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Cool Jerk:The Capitols.
#2 R&B, #9 on CANADIAN RPM and #7 on
BB Hot 100 on KAREN Records in 1966.
INTRO:  E   Bm  
#1.
ECool JerkBm....ECool JerkBm....ECool JerkBm....ECool Jerk.Bm. 
Ewe know a cat who can Bmreally do the ECool Jerk.Bm  
EWe know a cat who can Bmreally do the ECool Jerk.Bm....Bwelllll..
Athis cat Emthey're talking about..I Awonder who could 
it Embe..cause I Eknow I'm the Bmheaviest cat, the Eheaviest 
cat you Bmever did see.
#2.
G#m7When you see me walking down the street C#m(hey, heyG#m7) and the 
the fellas jump to their feet..    C#m(Ahey, hey)..on their faces 
they wear silly smirks cause they Bknow I'm the king of the 
BCool Jerk..(wooooo!!!)
ECool JerkBm....ECool JerkBm....ECool JerkBm....ECool Jerk.Bm.ah-ha-ha!!
BRIDGE:
ELook at them guys (Bmuh-huh) looking at me like I'm a Efool.
(Cool Jerk)
BAhhhh, but deep down Einside (Cool Jerk, uh-uh-Bmhuh) they know 
I'm EcoolBm.
I said, Enow, I said, now (Cool Jerk, uh-uh-Bmhuh) the moment of 
Etruth has finally come..(Cool Jerk, uh-uh-Bmhuh)..when I'm gonna 
Eshow you some..(Cool Jerk, uh-uh-Bmhuh)..some of that ECool JerkBm.
Now,(ECool Jerk, uh-uh-Bmhuh) give me a little bit of the Edrums by 
himBmself, there..now, give me a little bit of bass with those 
eighty-Eeights..Bmahhhhhhh, you're Ecookin, Bmmmmmmm, you're Esmokin'..
mmm-mmm-Bmmmm!..now, Eeverybody, BmI wanna hear y'all..
#3.
BmAaaaaahhhhh..Ecan you do it, can you do it, Acan you do it, can you 
do it, Ecan you do it, can you do it, Acan you do it..Ecan you do the
Cool Jerk??
Come on, people (Cool jerk)..Bmhey! hey!
#4.
G#m7When you see me walkin down the street..  C#m(hey, hey)G#m7..they think twice 
and then they speak..   C#m(hey, hey)..
AOn their faces they don't wear a smirk cause they Bknow I'm the king of 
the BCool Jerrrrrrk..wooooooo!!
ECool JerkBm....ECool JerkBm....(come, on people)..ECool JerkBm....(can you do it?)
ECool Jerk.Bm...(come on, people)..
OUTRO:
ECan you do it, can you do it, Acan you do it, can you do it, Ecan you do it,
can you do it, Acan you do it, can you do it, Ecan you do it..???(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Cool Jerk

by The Capitols

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G#m7

C#m

Cool Jerk:The Capitols.

#2 R&B, #9 on CANADIAN RPM and #7 on

BB Hot 100 on KAREN Records in 1966.

E Bm

INTRO:

#1.

E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm

Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk..

E Bm E Bm

we know a cat who can really do the Cool Jerk.

E Bm E Bm B

We know a cat who can really do the Cool Jerk.....welllll..

A Em A

this cat they're talking about..I wonder who could

Em E Bm E

it be..cause I know I'm the heaviest cat, the heaviest

cat you ever did see.

#2.

G#m7 C#m G#m7

When you see me walking down the street (hey, hey) and the

C#m A

the fellas jump to their feet.. (hey, hey)..on their faces

they wear silly smirks cause they know I'm the king of the

Cool Jerk..(wooooo!!!)

E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm

Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk..ah-ha-ha!!

BRIDGE:

E Bm E

Look at them guys (uh-huh) looking at me like I'm a fool.

(Cool Jerk)

B E Bm

Ahhhh, but deep down inside (Cool Jerk, uh-uh-huh) they know

E Bm

I'm cool.

E Bm

I said, now, I said, now (Cool Jerk, uh-uh-huh) the moment of

E Bm

truth has finally come..(Cool Jerk, uh-uh-huh)..when I'm gonna

E Bm E Bm

show you some..(Cool Jerk, uh-uh-huh)..some of that Cool Jerk.

E Bm E

Now,(Cool Jerk, uh-uh-huh) give me a little bit of the drums by

himself, there..now, give me a little bit of bass with those

E Bm E Bm E

eighty-eights..ahhhhhhh, you're cookin, mmmmmm, you're smokin'..

Bm E Bm

mmm-mmm-mmm!..now, everybody, I wanna hear y'all..

#3.

Bm E A

Aaaaaahhhhh..can you do it, can you do it, can you do it, can you

E A E

do it, can you do it, can you do it, can you do it..can you do the

Cool Jerk??

Come on, people (Cool jerk)..hey! hey!

#4.

G#m7 C#m G#m7

When you see me walkin down the street.. (hey, hey)..they think twice

C#m

and then they speak.. (hey, hey)..

A B

On their faces they don't wear a smirk cause they know I'm the king of

the Cool Jerrrrrrk..wooooooo!!

E Bm E Bm E Bm

Cool Jerk....Cool Jerk....(come, on people)..Cool Jerk....(can you do it?)

E Bm

Cool Jerk....(come on, people)..

OUTRO:

E A E

Can you do it, can you do it, can you do it, can you do it, can you do it,

A E

can you do it, can you do it, can you do it, can you do it..???(Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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