Band: Shonen Knife
Song: Riding on the rocket
Album: Let's knife
note: This song is easiest to play using bar chords
INTRO: C ,D# A#, ,F C, ,G D, C B/C (Intro plays 2 times)
Verse:
C F C F C
Riding on the rocket I wanna go to pluto
C F C F C
Space foods are marshmallows, asparagus, ice cream
A# F G
Blue eyed kitty cat said, please let me go with you
Chorus:
C F C F
Iko, iko everybody let’s go
Iko, iko everybody let’s go
C F C A# B C
Iko, iko everybody iko
G F# D# D C#, A# B C
Mercury venus jupiter saturn mars
Uranus neptune pluto and planet earth
(INTRO): C ,D# A#, ,F C, ,G D, C B/C (plays 2 times)
Verse 2:
C F
Getting in radio communication
C F C
Hello, hello
C F C F C
Earth is like a little star, hello hello
A# F G
Shaking her hip, blue eyed cat dances the mambo
C F C F
Uka boo, uka boo everybody uka boo
Uka boo, uka boo, space walk, uka boo
C F C A# B C
Uka boo, uka boo, let’s do the uka boo
G F# D# D C#, A# B C
Floating through space with you it’s a dance party
Floating through space let’s drink to the planet earth
SOLO:
(Rythm guitar)
C F C , F C
C F C , F C
G A A# C
G D# A# C
(INTRO): C ,D# A#, ,F C, ,G D, C B/C (plays 2 times)
C F
Getting in radio communication
C F C
Hello hello
C F
Earth is just a little star
C F C
hello hello
A# F G
Blue eyed kitty cat said,let’s do it one more time
C F C F
Iko, iko everybody let’s go
Uka boo, uka boo, everybody uka boo
C F A# B C
Iko, iko everybody let’s go
G F# D# D C#, A# B C
Mercury venus jupiter saturn mars
Uranus neptune pluto and planet earth
G F# D# D C#, A# B C
Floating through space with you it’s a dance party
Riding on the rocket, cheers to the planet earth
Comeon!
G F# D# D C#, A# B C (continue to fadeout)
