Rock and Roll
Originally by The Velvet Underground
riff:
D Am
|------|--------------------|----------------------| |------|----------7\--------|----------5\----------| |------|-------4--7\--------|-------2--5\----------| |------|-------4--7\--------|-------2--5\----------| |-(17)\|-5--7---------------|-3--5-----------------| |------|--------------------|----------------------|
4 1 & 2 & 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4 G D
|---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|----------7\----------| B=bend |---------------------|-------4--7\----------| R=release |-----------2-B3---R2-|-------4--7\----------| \=slide down |-----2--5------------|-5--7-----------------| |--3------------------|----------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4
riff 2x guitar and cowbell
riff 2x whole band play chords indicated above(D C G D)
D Am
Jenny said when she was just five years old you know there's
G D
nothing goin' down at all.
D Am G D She turned on that radio and there was nothin' happening at all.
D Am G
She turned on that L.A. station couldn't believe what she heard
D
at all.
D Am
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
G D
Her life was saved by rock and roll.
E G
chorus: Despite all the complications they could just
A G
dance to that rock and roll station
D G
And it was alright(it's alright)
D G
It was alright(it's alright)
D G
It was alright(it's alright)
D
It was alright.
riff 2x
Jenny said when she was five years old you know her parents will be the death of us all.
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars well they don't
mean nothin' at all, not at all.
She turned on that L.A. station couldn't believe what she heard at all.
She started dancin' to that fine fine music, her life was saved by rock and roll.
chorus
solo over verse chords
chorus
1st verse
chorus-end on last "alright"
== Alternate Transcription ==
Intro/Verse
C Bb6 (something, Emil help me out on this one) e||-----8---8----8------------------------------
b||-----8---8----8------8---8--8-------6---6--6-
g||-----9---9----9------7---7--7-------5---5--5-
d||----10--10---10------8---8--8-------7---7--7-
a||---------------------x---x--x---7-8----------
e||--8------------------6---6--6----------------
F slide to G then back F back to C
e--------\-------------\------------------||
b----10--\------12-----\----10------------||
d----10--\------12-----\----10------------||
d----10--\------12-----\----10------------||
a-----8--\-------------\------------------||
e-----------------------------------------||
Chorus
Despite all the complications....
chord progression is D F G F
Treys break after the 1st chorus:
(edited by Saint 3/30/08)
E --------------------------------------------------- B --------------------------------------------------- G ----------------7-^9-7-7----7-9-10~--^12-10-9----- D ---10-10~--9^10--------------------------------8--- A --------------------------------------------------- E ---------------------------------------------------
Mike hits these notes in progression..
C C F hammered G C C
transcribed to guitar (if you're into comping)
e-------------------------
b-------------------------
g-------------------------
d----------------10---10--
a----------8h10-----------
e---8---8-----------------
at this point.. they sing
C Bb6
"and it was alright... (its alright)"
time to jam
repeat a bunch
B R B R |: :|
E--(15)^17-15--12---------------------------17----------------------- B------------------(15)^17-15-13-15-(15)^17-----(15)^17-15-13----13-- G-------------------------------------------------------------14----- D-------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------