Snookeroo

Ringo Starr

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snookeroo - Ringo Starr --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Elton John/Bernie Taupin From: "Goodnight Vienna" (1974) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo: 1st fret play: D key: Eb --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-0 A/C# x-4-2-2-2-0 G/B x-2-0-0-0-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] One two three four | | | | | [Verse] I was born in the north of England I was raised in a working town I broke all the rules when I went to school But the teacher’s couldn’t pin me down [Bridge] I tried to make my parents proud By adapting the social powers Oh pigs will fly and the Earth will fry When they get me doing honest hours [Chorus] Snookeroo Snookeroo daddy’s going on the booze Mother used to cut my hair and sister used to make the news Well it was two rooms up and two rooms down We were sentenced by the wrecking crane Oh I was born on the eve of Halloween And Snookeroo Snookeroo Snookeroo’s my name (break) [Verse] I need someone to cook for me And turn me lose at night I could spend my life with a factory girl ’Cause a factory girl’s my type [Bridge] I hear them gossip on the street Most of what they say is true Oh don’t you know that I hear them say "There goes that lazy no good Snookeroo" [Chorus] Snookeroo Snookeroo daddy’s going on the booze Mother used to cut my hair and sister used to make the news Well it was two rooms up and two rooms down We were sentenced by the wrecking crane Oh I was born on the eve of Halloween And Snookeroo Snookeroo Snookeroo’s my name (Snooke - roo) (break) [Solo] (= verse + bridge) | | | | | | | | | / | | | | | | | | | | / | [Chorus] Snookeroo Snookeroo daddy’s going on the booze Mother used to cut my hair and sister used to make the news Well it was two rooms up and two rooms down We were sentenced by the wrecking crane Oh I was born on the eve of Halloween [Coda] And Snookeroo Snookeroo Snookeroo Snookeroo Snookeroo Snookeroo Snookeroo’s my name (break)

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La chanson raconte l'histoire d'un jeune homme né dans le nord de l'Angleterre, qui a grandi dans un quartier populaire. Il se sent en décalage avec les attentes de son entourage, notamment en ce qui concerne l'école et les normes sociales. Ce personnage un peu rebelle évoque des souvenirs d’un foyer modeste, où son père buvait, sa mère s’occupait de sa coiffure, et sa sœur attirait l'attention des médias. La vie quotidienne est décrite de façon à la fois touchante et ironique, soulignant un besoin de liberté et une quête d'identité. Le contexte de la chanson se situe dans les années 1970, une période marquée par des bouleversements sociaux et une remise en question des valeurs traditionnelles. Elle reflète les préoccupations d'une génération qui cherche sa place dans un monde en mutation, tout en gardant une certaine nostalgie pour les racines et les liens familiaux.

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