Rocky Raccoon (cover) by Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson's cover version of Rocky Raccoon. Recorded on 02.24.01-House of Blues in North Myrtle Beach, SC




Title: Jack Johnson - Rocky Raccoon lyrics

Artist: Jack Johnson

Well somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota
There lived a young boy named the Rocky Raccoon
One day his woman ran off with another guy
He hit young Rocky in the eye.
Rocky didn't like that. He said "Well I'ma get that boy."
So one day he walked into town
And booked himself a room in the local saloon.

Rocky Raccoon, he checked into his room
Only to find Gideon's Bible.
Rocky had come equipped with a gun
To shoot off the legs of his rival.

His rival, it seems, had broken his dreams
By stealing the girl of his fancy.
Her name was Magill, but she called herself Lil,
And everyone knew her as Nancy.

Well she and her man, who called himself Dan,
Were in the next room at the hoedown.
Rocky burst in, and grinning a grin, he said,
"Danny boy, this is a showdown."
But Danny was hot, he drew first and shot,
And Rocky collapsed in the corner. Ah...

Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo...
Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo
Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo...

Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo...
Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo
Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo...

Doctor came in and stinking of gin,
Proceeded to lie on the table.
He said, "Rocky you met your match."
He said, "No, Doc, you know it's only a scratch.
And I'll be better, Doc,
I will be better as soon as I am able."

So Rocky Raccoon, he fell back in his room,
But only to find Gideon's Bible.
Gideon checked out, and he left it, no doubt,
To help with good Rocky's revival.

Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Jack
• Johnson
• Rocky
• Raccoon
• cover

[JagerMikesterX]

Whether you like JJ or not, he took a great song and performed it in his own style. That's the way to do a cover tune. You show your respect to the original artist by choosing their tune. You show respect to your art by making it your own. It's not supposed to sound like the original. If I want to hear that...I'll listen to my Beatles CD's.

[hidudes0]

@carvey18 huh... looks like Jack Johnson just did.

[moviezealot169]

hearing this song 7 years ago in art class was one of my first exposures to the beatles haha. Jack Johnson made me a big fan of the song :) Now I listen to the beatles more than jack...funny how that turned out.

[tomyo75]

Jack Johnson - The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill. He should do a cover of that!!

[missrocknroller1]

Faverite song on the white album.

[uweseeler1]

Better than JamesBlunt version!

[Hendrix667]

great cover, dont like the way it says "Artist" in the description though, should be "performer"

[tnttiger1]

the Beatles sung it way better

[JudgeMe24]

@carvey18 True dat.

[dohertykaki]

Excellent version !

[tenminutemiler]

@JagerMikesterX Perfectly said! i agree 100%....there is alot of bad beatles covers but this certainly is not one!

[Castellano21]

@carvey18 Joe Cocker and countless others would disagree. Just because the Beatles did a song first, doesn't mean they did it best. Trying to say otherwise is ignorant fanboyism.

Note that this in no way pertains to this song. Jack's okay, but not really up my alley.