Cool Jerk:The Capitols.
#2 R&B, #9 on CANADIAN RPM and #7 on
BB Hot 100 on KAREN Records in 1966.
INTRO: E..D E Bm
#1.
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Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk..
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we know a cat who can really do the Cool Jerk.
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We know a cat who can really do the Cool Jerk.....welllll..
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this cat they're talking about..I wonder who could
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it be..cause I know I'm the heaviest cat, the heaviest
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cat you ever did see.
#2.
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When you see me walking down the street (hey, hey) and the
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the fellas jump to their feet..(hey, hey)..on their faces
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they wear silly smirks cause they know I'm the king of the
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Cool Jerk..(wooooo!!!)
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Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk..ah-ha-ha!!
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BRIDGE:
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Look at them guys (uh-huh) looking at me like I'm a fool.
(Cool Jerk)
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Ahhhh, but deep down inside (Cool Jerk, uh-uh-huh) they know
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I'm cool.
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I said, now, I said, now (Cool Jerk, uh-uh-huh) the moment of
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truth has finally come..(Cool Jerk, uh-uh-huh)..when I'm gonna
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show you some..(Cool Jerk, uh-uh-huh)..some of that Cool Jerk.
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Now,(Cool Jerk, uh-uh-huh) give me a little bit of the drums by
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himself, there..now, give me a little bit of bass with those
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eighty-eights..ahhhhhhh, you're cookin, mmmmmm, you're smokin'..
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mmm-mmm-mmm!..now, everybody, I wanna hear y'all..
#3.
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Aaaaaahhhhh..can you do it, can you do it, can you do it, can you
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do it, can you do it, can you do it, can you do it..can you do the
Cool Jerk??
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Come on, people (Cool jerk)..hey! hey!
#4.
G#m7
When you see me walkin down the street..(hey, hey)..they think twice
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and then they speak..(hey, hey)..
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On their faces they don't wear a smirk cause they know I'm the king of
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the Cool Jerrrrrrk..wooooooo!!
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Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk....(come, on people)..Cool Jerk....(can you do it?)
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Cool Jerk....(come on, people)..
OUTRO:
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Can you do it, can you do it, can you do it, can you do it, can you do it,
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can you do it, can you do it, can you do it, can you do it..???(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
