Little red rooster
Little red rooster

Little red rooster chords by Paul Heaton

N/A•
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • D

  • A

  • G

  • Em

  • D

  • A

  • G

  • Em

    • Intro 1


    Verse 1

    What should 
    i 
    compare 
    thee 
    to? 

    That sun 
    on 
    winters 
    day 

    Tulip 
    standing 
    proud 
    and 
    bright 

    When 
    all 
    around 
    is 
    grey 

    What should 
    i 
    compare 
    thee 
    to? 

    A 
    comet 
    or 
    a star 

    A 
    little 
    flicker 
    where 
    you've 
    been 

    Or 
    a 
    lighthouse 
    where 
    you are 

    But 
    wrong 
    is 
    the 
    compar
    ison 

    That 
    sees 
    love as a 
    light 

    That 
    hides 
    behind 
    the glow 
    of 
    day 

    And 
    only 
    shines 
    at 
    night 

    You're just 
    a little 
    red 
    rooster 

    She's 
    an old 
    speckled 
    hen 

    You've 
    fallen 
    in 
    love 
    once 
    before 

    Now 
    it's 
    happening 
    again 

    Just 
    do 
    what 
    you 
    use 
    to 

    I'll 
    do 
    what 
    I 
    can 

    And 
    she'll 
    be 
    once, 
    twice, 

    three 
    times 
    your 
    lady 

    And 
    I'll 
    be 
    her 
    man 


    What should 
    i 
    compare 
    thee 
    to? 

    That 
    window 
    facing 
    South 

    That 
    captures 
    sun 
    in tiny 
    frame 

    And 
    throws 
    it round 
    the 
    house 

    What should 
    i 
    compare 
    thee 
    to? 

    A 
    compass 
    or 
    a stone

    The 
    rock 
    that holds 

    the whole 
    thing 
    down 

    Or the 
    hand 
    that points 
    you home 

    But 
    wrong 
    is 
    the 
    compar
    ison 

    That 
    sees 
    love 
    as a 
    light 

    That 
    hides 
    behind 
    the glow 
    of 
    day 

    And only 
    shines 
    at 
    night 

    You're just 
    a little 
    red 
    rooster 

    She's 
    an 
    old 
    speckled 
    hen 

    You've 
    fallen 
    in 
    love 
    once 
    before 

    Now 
    it's 
    happening 
    again 

    Just 
    do 
    what 
    you 
    use 
    to 

    I'll 
    do 
    what 
    I 
    can 

    And 
    she'll 
    be 
    once, 
    twice, 

    three 
    times 
    your 
    lady 

    And 
    I'll 
    be 
    her 
    man 

    So 
    listen 
    up 
    you 
    middle 
    aged 

    Slightly 
    older 
    men 

    If 
    they 
    look young 
    to you 
    my 
    friend 

    You 
    sure 
    look 
    old 
    to them 

    Take 
    this 
    from 
    the roost
    er 

    Who 
    found 
    his speckled 
    hen 

    It's 
    never 
    down 
    to who 
    you 
    love 

    Its 
    purely 
    down 
    to 



    when 

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