(I'm the Scatman)[DbM7] [Fm] [Eb]
(I'm the [DbM7]Scatman)[Fm] [Eb]
(Ba-Da-Ba-Da-Ba[DbM7] Be-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop
[Fm]Ba-Bop-Ba Dop-Bop)
[Eb](Be-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-
[Eb]Ba-Da-Ba-Da)
[DbM7](Be-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop [Fm]Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop
[Eb]Be-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
[DbM7] [Fm] [Eb]
[DbM7]Everybody stutters one way or the other
So [Fm]check out my message to you
As a [Eb]matter of fact don't let nothin' hold you back
[Eb]If the Scatman can do it so can you
[DbM7]Everybody's sayin' that the Scatman stutters
But[Fm] doesn't ever stutter when he sings
But[Eb] what you don't know I'm gonna tell you right now
[Eb]That the stutter and the scat is the same thing
Yo I'm the [DbM7]Scatman[Fm]
Where's the [Eb]Scatman? I'm the Scatman
[DbM7]Why should we be pleasin' all the politician heathens
Who [Fm]would try to change the seasons if they could?
The[Eb] state of the condition insults my intuitions
[Eb]And it only makes me crazy and my heart like wood
[DbM7]Everybody stutters one way or the other
So check[Fm] out my message to you
As a [Eb]matter of fact don't let nothin' hold you back
[Eb]If the Scatman can do it brother so can you
[Eb]I'm the Scatman
[DbM7](Be-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop [Fm]Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
[Eb](Be-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop- Ba-Da-Ba-Da)
[DbM7](Be-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop [Fm]Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
[Eb]Be-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
[DbM7] [Fm] [Eb] [DbM7] [Fm] [Eb]
[DbM7]Everybody stutters one way or the other
So [Fm]check out my message to you
As a [Eb]matter of fact don't let nothin' hold you back
[Eb]If the Scatman can do it brother so can you
I [DbM7]hear you all ask 'bout the meaning of scat
Well I'm[Fm] the professor and all I can tell you is
[Eb]While your still sleepin' the saints are still weepin' cause
[Eb]Things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born
[Eb]I'm the Scatman
[DbM7](Be-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop [Fm]Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
[Eb](Be-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop- Da-Ba-Da-Ba)
[DbM7](Be-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop [Fm]Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
[Eb]Be-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
[DbM7] [Fm] [Eb]
[DbM7] [Fm] [Eb]
Yeah I'm the [DbM7]Scatman[Fm] [Eb]
Where's the [DbM7]Scatman?[Fm] [Eb]
I'm the [DbM7]Scatman[Fm] [Eb]
I'm the [DbM7]Scatman[Fm] [Eb]
Yeah I'm the [DbM7]Scatman[Fm] [Eb]
I'm the [DbM7]Scatman[Fm] [Eb]
[DbM7] [Fm] [Eb] [DbM7] [Fm] [Eb]