Misc Unsigned Bands – Eric Jupp - My Pal Skippy (Guitar)

(C)            F      C                    F
How would you like to find a friend that's ever-true?

       C                     F        
Well a kangaroo could be the perfect pal for you.

                  C           F     
Everyone ought to have a kangaroo or two - 

             Gm                         C
'Though it's not a very common thing to do-do-do.

          F       C                   F
Skippy is my best friend, although I like white mice

       C              F           C
And a hippopotamus is really very nice.

          F      C          F
Elephants may be popular in Timbuktu,

        C                  F
But I'd rather have a kangaroo.

          Bb
She has a good pouch for minding

        F
All the treasures I'm finding,

       C                       F
But if I overload her she gets hopping mad.

          Bb
And every night in her pocket,

       F
When I help her unlock it,

          C                              C7
There are things we'd forgotten that she ever had.

             F       C                    F
So would you like to find a friend that's ever-true,

        C                     F            C
Well, a kangaroo could be the very one for you.

           F         C               F
Skippy's a real good pal, the best I ever knew:

        C                    F    
She's a real Australian kangaroo-roo-roo.

        C                    F  
She's a real Australian kangaroo.

|F    C   |F        |Gm       |C        |

[Instrumental to first four lines of the verse]

          F       C                   F         C
Skippy is my best friend, although I like white mice

       F    C         F           C   
And a hippopotamus is really very nice.

          F      C          F
Elephants may be popular in Timbuktu,

        C                  F
But I'd rather have a kangaroo.

          Bb
She has a good pouch for minding

        F
All the treasures I'm finding,

       C                       F
But if I overload her she gets hopping mad.

          Bb
And every night in her pocket,

       F
When I help her unlock it,

          C                              C7
There are things we'd forgotten that she ever had.

              F       C                    F
So, would you like to find a friend that's ever-true?

       C                     F            C
Well a kangaroo could be the very one for you.

           F         C               F
Skippy's a real good pal, the best I ever knew:

        C                    F 
She's a real Australian kangaroo-roo-roo.

        C                    F
She's a real Australian kangaroo.

  C                    F
A real Australian kangaroo.

  C                    F C,C,C,F. [Stop]
A real Australian kangaroo.