Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)

Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) chords by Scatman John

1995•Electronic
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • C

  • Em

  • D

  • C

  • Em

  • D

    • Intro 1
    (Scatting 
    by 
    Scatman 
    John) 

    I'm 
    the 
    Scatman 






    Verse 1
    Everybody 
    stutters 
    one 
    way 
    or 
    the 
    other 

    So 
    check 
    out 
    my 
    message 
    to 
    you 

    As 
    a 
    matter 
    of 
    fact 

    I 
    don't 
    let 
    nothin' 
    nothin' 
    hold 
    you 
    back 

    If 
    the 
    Scatman 
    can 
    do 
    it 
    so 
    can 
    you 

    Everybody's 
    sayin' 
    that 
    the 
    Scatman 
    stutters 

    But 
    doesn't 
    ever 
    stutter 
    when 
    he 
    sings 

    But 
    what 
    you 
    don't 
    know 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    tell 
    you 
    right 
    now 

    That 
    the 
    stutter 
    and 
    the 
    scat 

    is 
    the 
    same 
    thing, 
    yo 

    I'm 
    the 
    Scatman 

    Where's 
    the 
    Scatman? 

    Verse 2
    I'm 
    the 
    Scatman 

    Why 
    should 
    we 
    be 
    pleasin' 

    all 
    the 
    politician 
    heathens 

    Who 
    would 
    try 

    to 
    change 
    the 
    seasons 
    if 
    the 
    could? 

    The 
    state 
    of 
    the 
    condition 

    insults 
    my 
    intuitions 

    And 
    it 
    only 
    makes 
    me 
    crazy 

    and 
    my 
    heart 
    like 
    wood 

    Everybody 
    stutters 
    one 
    way 
    or 
    the 
    other 

    So 
    check 
    out 
    my 
    message 
    to 
    you 

    As 
    a 
    matter 
    of 
    fact 

    I 
    don't 
    let 
    nothin' 
    hold 
    you 
    back 

    If 
    the 
    Scatman 
    can 
    do 
    it 
    brother 
    so 
    can 
    you 

    Interlude 1
    I'm 
    the 
    Scatman 





    Verse 3
    Everybody 
    stutters 
    one 
    way 
    or 
    the 
    other 

    So 
    check 
    out 
    my 
    message 
    to 
    you 

    As 
    a 
    matter 
    of 
    fact 

    I 
    don't 
    let 
    nothin' 
    hold 
    you 
    back 

    If 
    the 
    Scatman 
    can 
    do 
    it 
    brother 
    so 
    can 
    you 

    I'm 
    the 
    Scatman 

    I 
    hear 
    you 
    all 
    ask 
    'bout 
    the 
    meaning 
    of 
    scat 

    Well 
    I'm 
    the 
    professor 
    and 
    all 
    I 
    can 
    tell 
    you 

    Is 
    while 
    you're 
    still 
    sleepin' 

    the 
    saints 
    are 
    still 
    weepin' 

    'Cause 
    things 
    you 
    call 
    dead 

    haven't 
    yet 
    had 
    the 
    chance 
    to 
    be 
    born 

    Interlude 2
    I'm 
    the 
    Scatman 





    Bridge 1
    Yeah, 
    I'm 
    the 
    Scatman 

    Where's 
    the 
    Scatman? 


    I'm 
    the 
    Scatman 
    re
    peat 
    after 
    me 

    It's 
    a 
    scoobie 
    oobie 
    doobie 

    scoobie 
    doobie 
    melody 

    I'm 
    the 
    Scatman 

    Sing 
    a
    long 
    with 
    me 

    It's 
    a 
    scoobie 
    oobie 
    doobie 

    scoobie 
    doobie 
    melody 

    Outro 1
    I'm 
    the 
    Scatman 

    I'm 
    the 
    Scatman 

    [Repeat 
    and 
    fade] 
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