NC                                         G
Well let's make like a  tree and leave
NC                                           D7
Well let's make like a storm and blow
D7                                                                    
Now let's play like a chicken and fly this scope
D7                              G
Let's make like rock 'n' roll 

G                                
Took my baby to a ball
G                                      D7
Hadn't been there long at all
G                        G7   C/E     C#dim                                
She turned to me and then she said
                        D7              NC                                               
Well let's blow this joint, the music's dead 

Chorus:

NC                                               G                                                      
Well let's make like a  tree and leave
NC                                               D7
Well let's make like a storm and blow
D7                                                                    
Now let's play like a chicken and fly this scope
D7                                G
Let's make like rock 'n' roll 

SOLO

We've been here for quite  a while
Long-hair music cramps my style
It's the deadest place that I been in
And what's that thing called a violin

Chorus

SOLO 

You said that the music  was fine
We would have a rockin' time
All I've heard since I arrived
Is the stuff they played when gramps was alive

Chorus

SOLO

Chorus

SOLO

E       
Well I went to my baby on bended knees

baby, baby, baby, will you marry me?

She said: "sorry daddy but what can I say,
                    NC
I found a new love just the other day"
    

Chorus:
                   A                                
And you're barking up the wrong tree
                  E
Well, you're barking up the wrong tree
                  H7
Yes, you're barking up the wrong tree
           E
That's what she said to me

Well I pleaded and begged nearly out of my mind
I said: "baby, baby, baby, girls are hard to find"
She said: "sorry daddy but try to understand,
I'm goin' with the cutest guy in the land" 

Chorus

Now, my heart was broken and it felt so blue
I said: "baby, baby, baby, does it mean we're through?"
She said: "sorry daddy but can't you take a hint?
My guy's got money, more than the mint" 

Chorus

Now my friend told me the other day
That my baby, baby, baby, had gone away
She took all his money and she left him flat
And let me tell you people I'm so glad that 

Chorus

E
Well they call me birddog 'cause I'm just like a hound

Wherever there's women, well a-that's where I'm found

Well they call me birddog 'cause I'm just like a pup
                          NC
Well I'm always birddoggin', I never give up

     H7           E
Birddog... birddog
      H7                                                       E
Well birddoggin' daddy, I'll get me a woman you'll see

Well they call me birddog 'cause I'm hunting chicks
Everybody wonders how I find 'em so quick
Whenever I hear there's a new girl in town
Well pretty soon she gonna find me hangin' around
Birddog... birddog
Well birddoggin' daddy, I'll get me a woman you'll see 

Well they call me birddog 'cause I'm on the prowl
I stay up late at night and you oughta hear me howl
To lead a dog's life, some say is bad
But I can tell you people of the fun I've had
Birddog... birddog
Well birddoggin' daddy, I'll get me a woman you'll see 

E
I tried talkin', to get through to you
                                              H7
I tried callin', to get my message through
E
I tried every way that I know
                   NC
And my heart is beatin' morse-code
                E
My smoke signals went up over town
                                             H7
I sent pigeons, but you shot 'em down
E
I tried every way to communicate
                            NC
Won't you listen to my heart, before it's too late
          A
Well I love you, is what I try to say
          E
I try it different each and every day
                    A
Oh won't you listen to what my heart is beatin'
  H7                                                        E
I love you, I love you, it keeps repeatin'
E
I advertised on the radio
                                                H7
I tried to reach you through a TV-show
E
I even put signs upon the road
                   NC
And my heart is beatin' morse-code 

E       
(Pah-pah-pah-oom, pom-pom-pom-pom)
E
You need me, cried the girl to the boy

Without my love your life a-has no joy
         A
I can do anything, baby, that I please
          E
You'll come back crawling on your knees

Chorus:
E 
Not I, cried-a he with a broken heart                             
E
Gave you my love, but you tore it apart
A
Don't want you now, 'cause-a you made me cry
      E       H7     E
Not I, Not I, Not I 

She said, you're the puppet on my string
When I move my finger, you'll do anything
You know what will happen baby, if you lose me
You'd jump off a building or jump in the sea 

Not I, cried-a he with a broken heart
Gave you my love, but you tore it apart
Don't want you now, 'cause-a you made me cry
Not I, Not I, Not I
(One more time) 

She said, you're the puppet on my string
When I move my finger, you'll do anything
You know what will happen, if you lost me
You'd jump off a building or jump in the sea 

Not me, cried he with a broken heart
Gave you my love, but you tore it apart
Don't want you now, 'cause-a you made me cry
Not I, Not I, Not I
Not I, Not I, Not I
Not I, Not I, Not I

                     E
Well, if I look at a girl

When they, they walk by
     A7
If I stomp my feet
        E
And roll, roll my eyes
                   H7                     A7
Please realize (please realize)
                E
I'm just a red blooded American boy
         
            E
And if I like rock 'n' roll

And it thrills, thrills me so
              A7
Well, if I wear Ivy League
          E
From head, from head to toe
                          H7                      A7
Well, don't you know (don't you know)
                E
I'm just a red blooded American boy 

A7
Why do people always say
E
We never did that in our day
F7
They had that like you and me
H7
We all do what's naturally 

                       E
Well, if I won't let a girl

Wear, wear my ring
             A7
And if I like to bird dog
           E
Every sweet, sweet young thing
                        H7                  A7
Well, you can see (you can see)
                E
I'm just a red blooded American boy 

Why do people always say
We never did that in our day
They had that like you and me
We all do what's naturally 

Well, if I won't let a girl
Wear, wear my ring
And if I like to bird dog
Every sweet, sweet young thing
Well, you can see (you can see)
I'm just a red blooded American boy
Mmm, red blooded American boy
Ah-haha, red blooded American boy
Ah-haha, red blooded American boy 

Chorus

E 
There is a number to call if you want my lovin'

The number to call if you want turtle dovin'

The number I'll be waiting all night long 
                   E
'Cause I'm waitin' and waitin' for you to phone 
        H7             E
Bigelow 6-2-0-0 

Chorus: 
E
What's the matter, what's the matter, why don't you call?

Don't you love your little baby no more at all?

Waitin' and waitin', can't do anything
                   E
'Cause I'm waitin' for the doggone phone to ring
        H7             E
Bigelow 6-2-0-0 

         A7
Well, baby dial my number
E
You said you would phone
F7
I'm so broken-hearted
H7
Please don't wait too long 

         E
Well, I thought a-pretty baby that we had a fight

And you left me the other night

But if the phone doesn't ring in a minute or two
  E
I think pretty baby I-I'll call you
        H7             E
Bigelow 6-2-0-0 (Make that call!) 

Well, baby dial my number
You said you would phone
I'm so broken-hearted
Please don't wait too long 

Well, I thought a-pretty baby that we had a fight
And you left me the other night
But if the phone doesn't ring in a minute or two
I think pretty baby I-I'll call you
Bigelow 6-2-0-0