This is an incredibly catchy song by the Stray Cats. It's all about the saxophone,
but that guitar sounds damn good too.
The places in the solo when I say "improv" is where I encourage people to do their
own thing and really make the song their own.
F#m-Gm - D#7 - D7
("rock rock rock")
G7 - C7 - D7
F#m/Gm
I wanna mambo, jambo, do my number
Hold my baby all the summer
D#7 D7 F#m/Gm
Every time I hear that wild saxophone
F#m/Gm
I wanna bip it, bop it, really rock it,
Oooooh, Davy Crockett
D#7 D7 F#m/Gm
Every time I hear that wild saxophone
G7
I wanna rock rock rock
C7
roll roll roll
D7
bop bop bop
F#m/Gm
I wanna rip it, rock it, really bop it,
Oooooh, Davy Crockett
D#7 D7 F#m/Gm
Every time I hear that wild saxophone
[sax solo]
G7
I wanna rock rock rock
C7
roll roll roll
D7
bop man bop
[guitar solo]
p.m.....................
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--1/2/3/2~-1-3-----|
|-----------------------|---------------3-0~|improv.
|----------5------------|-------------------|
|------5-------55-4-3---|-------------------|
|--333---3---3--------6-|-------------------|
|--8/9/10/9~-8~--------|
|--------------11~-8~--|
|----------------------|improv.
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------3~--|
|----11~---10~---8~----11~--11-10~--3~--|
|----------------------10~--10--9~--3~--|
|--8------7-----5-------8~---8--7~------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
F#m/Gm
I wanna rip it, rock it, really bop it,
Yeah, Davy Crockett
D#7 D7 F#m/Gm
Every time I hear that wild saxophone
F#m/Gm
I wanna mambo, jambo, do my number
Hold my baby all the summer
D#7 D7 F#m/Gm
Every time I hear that wild saxophone
G7
I wanna rock rock rock
C7
roll roll roll
D7
bop man bop
F#m/Gm
I wanna flip it, flop it, really bop it,
Aaaaah, Davy Crockett
D#7 D7 F#m/Gm
Every time I hear that wild saxophone
Every time I hear that wild saxophone
Every time I hear that wild saxophone
Every time I hear that wild saxophone