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Intro: Am  
        AmDoo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo
        Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo
Verse:
        AmOh look we got another one, just like the other ones
        Another bad ass, another trouble maker
        GI'm scared, ain't you boys scared
        AmOh, I wonder if he's gonna show us what bad is 
        FBoys we got a man with a dog collar on
        GThink we oughta throw ol' Spike a bonAme
    Make me say
        Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo
        Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo
Verse 2:
Oh here's another misfit, another Jimmy Dean
Bet he's got a motorbike, whatta ya'll think
Bet if we be good, we'll get a ride on it
If he ain't to mad about the future
Maybe we oughta help him see, the future ain't what it used to be
Chorus: 
        Listen, hey GSpike whatta you likeAm  
                                   G  Am(2 measures)  D(2 measures)
        Hey Spike whatta you like
         C   D   D   D   C/  D   C   C   C   D/  C   D   D   D   C/  D   C   C   C   D/ Em(4 measures)
AmOh say 
Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo
Chorus:
Hey Spike whatta you like 
Hey Spike you're scarin' my wife
Hey Spike tell us about life
Can you tell me about life
I might need me a dog collar too boy
It might make me say, say Oow
I might say, might say...
(to get the full effect, you must end by panting like a dog)

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Spike

by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Intro:

Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo

Verse:

Oh look we got another one, just like the other ones

Another bad ass, another trouble maker

I'm scared, ain't you boys scared

Oh, I wonder if he's gonna show us what bad is

Boys we got a man with a dog collar on

G Am

Think we oughta throw ol' Spike a bone

Make me say

Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo

Verse 2:

Oh here's another misfit, another Jimmy Dean

Bet he's got a motorbike, whatta ya'll think

Bet if we be good, we'll get a ride on it

If he ain't to mad about the future

Maybe we oughta help him see, the future ain't what it used to be

Chorus:

G Am

Listen, hey Spike whatta you like

G Am D

(2 measures) (2 measures)

Hey Spike whatta you like

C D D D C D C C C D C D D D C D C C C D Em

/ / / / (4 measures)

Oh say

Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo

Chorus:

Hey Spike whatta you like

Hey Spike you're scarin' my wife

Hey Spike tell us about life

Can you tell me about life

I might need me a dog collar too boy

It might make me say, say Oow

I might say, might say...

(to get the full effect, you must end by panting like a dog)

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