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Artist: The Beach Boys
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Alley Oop
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Alley Oop
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Hey hey hey
Da da da
That's what I say
Da da da
There's a man in the funny papers we all know
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He lived way back a long time ago
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Well he don't eat nothin' but bearcat stew
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Oh well this cat's name is a-Alley Oop
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He's the toughest man there is alive
Alley Oop
Wears clothes from a wildcat's hide
Alley Oop
He's the king of the jungle jive
Look at that caveman go!
He's got a chauffeur that's a genuine dinosaur
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And he can knuckle your head before you count to four
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He's got a big ugly club and a headful of hair
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He's oohhhh eatin' grizzly bear
(*Laughter*)
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Forgot the words!
He's the toughest man there is alive
Alley Oop
Wears clothes from a wildcat's hide
Alley Oop
He's the king of the jungle jive
Look at that caveman go!
(*Scream*)
He rides through the jungle tearin' limbs offa trees
(*Scream*)
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And knocking great big monsters dead on their knees
Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop
Other cats don't bug him 'cos they know better
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'Cos he's a mean motor scooter and a bad go-getter
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Well, uh, he's the toughest man there is alive
Alley Oop
Wears clothes from a wildcat's hide
Alley Oop
He's a hully gully king of jive
(*Laugh*)
Well look at that caveman go!
(*Scream*)
There he goes
(There he goes.)
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Look at that caveman go
Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop
Ride, daddy, ride
Alley Oop Oop, Oop Oop Oop
Heigh-ho, dinosaur
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Oh my goodness, what a big brute he is! Hm!
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Oh, how would you like a dinosaur like that, for your own? Mm!
(*Laughter*)
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(G minor. D7.)
(What now? What now?)
(Just give me a minute.)
(Brian, I need a B flat [...]. You know I can't read.)
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