Rock Lobster - The B-52's
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
Rock Lobster - The B-52s (1979)
- Not intended to be an actual recreation of what they play, but a chord version to strum along with -
[Intro Riff]
Sca-do-ba-da,
eww, sca-d
#
o-ba-da, ew
w
[Verse]
We were at a p
arty (Eww)
The deal loaf
fell in the de
ep (Eww)
( '
loaf' = mariju
ana )
Someone reache
d in and grabb
ed it (Eww)
It was a roc
k lobster (Eww
)
[Chorus]
(Ah - ah - ah
- ah) Rock lob
ster
(Ah - ah - ah
- ah) Rock lob
ster
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[Riff]
(Ewww
) (E
www)
[Verse]
We were at the
beach (Eww)
Everybody had
matching towel
s (Eww)
Somebody went
under a dock (
Eww)
And there they
saw a rock (E
#
ww)
It wasn't a
rock (Eww)
It was a roc
k lobster (Eww
)
[Chorus]
(Ah - ah - ah
- ah) Rock lob
ster
(Ah - ah - ah
- ah) Rock lob
ster
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[Riff]
Rock lob -
ster, rock lob
- ster
[Verse]
Motion in the
ocean (Ooowaaa
h)
His air hose b
roke (Ooowaaah
)
Lots of troubl
e (Ooowaaah)
Lots of bubble
s (Hoowaaah)
He was in a
jam (Hoowaaah)
He's in a gi
ant clam! (Hoo
rah)
[Bridge]
Rock, rock,
rock lobste
r! Down, dow
n...
[Riff]
Sca-do-ba-da,
eww, sca-d
#
o-ba-da, ew
w
[Verse]
Underneath the
waves (Eww)
Mermaids wavin
' (Eww)
Wavin' to merm
en (Eww)
Wavin' sea fan
s (Eww)
Sea horses sai
ling (Eww)
Dolphins waili
ng (Eww)
[Chorus]
(Ah - ah - ah
- ah) Rock lob
ster
(Ah - ah - ah
- ah) Rock lob
ster
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[Riff]
Rock lob -
ster, rock lob
- ster
[Verse 5]
(Ooowaa
ah)
(Ooowaaah)
[Verse]
Red snappers s
nappin' (Ooowa
aah)
Clam shells cl
appin' (Ooowaa
ah)
Mussels flexin
' (Ooowaaah)
Flippers flipp
in' (Ooowaaah)
[Bridge]
Rock, rock,
rock lobste
r! Down, dow
n...
[Riff]
L
#
obster!
R
#
ock!
L
#
obster!
R
#
ock!
Let's rock!
Boys in bikini
s
Girls on surfb
oards
Everybody's ro
ckin'
Everybody's Fr
uggin'
Twistin' 'roun
d the fire, ha
vin' fun
Bakin' potatoe
s, bakin' in t
he sun
Put on your no
se guard
Put on the lif
eguard
Pass the tanni
ng butter
Here comes a s
tingray (ooow
arp oowarp)
There goes a m
anta ray (ayi
ayi ayi)
In walked a je
llyfish (urrrr
rrrrr)
There goes a d
ogfish (reeeo
rwww)
Chased by a ca
tfish (oowa
aahoooo)
In flew a sea
robin (laaaaa
aaa)
Watch out fo
r that piranha
(ya ya ya ya
ya ya hooo)
There goes a n
arwhal (eeee
uuuu eeee eee
)
Here comes a
bikini whale!
(eeeeeee!)
[Outro]
Rock lob st
er
(Lob ster, rock lobster)
Rock lob- ste
r
(Lob- ster, ah-ah-ah - ah)
Rock lob st
er
(Lob ster, rock lobster)
Rock lob- ste
r
(Lob- ster, ah-ah-ah - ah)
(ah - a
h - ah - ah
ah, ah - a
h -ah - ah ah