R-O-C-K
A D
A E D A
R - O - C - K, R-O-C-K, rock !
A
1. Making R from an eight, to the bar eighty-eight,
O from the tone of the sax
syncopated,
D
C from the key of a six-string
guitar,
A
K from the kick of a rim shot, baby.
E D A
That's how they played it, that's
how they made it, R-O-C-K, rock.
A
2. I know my A's and my B's and my C's,
P's and my Q's and my X, Y,
Z's,
D
know
how to lose, all the blue, blue, blues,
A
jump
in a pair of my dancing shoes.
E D A
Take with my baby, rock with
my baby, R-O-C-K, rock.
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+ Oh, Strauss
discovered waltzes,
a
handy man found the blues,
B7
and
here they came along with their rocking song,
E E7
crazy,
man, crazy, crazy news !
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3. R is all the rock, hear the band, it's a' moving,
O more than that, it's a go-go
grooving,
D
C what I mean, it's a hot top
action,
A
K like a kiss, it's a cool attraction.
E D A
Who even get you, I'm gonna bet you, R-O-C-K, rock.
+ A - D - A
- E - D - A
A D
A E D
A
+ R - O - C - K,
R-O-C-K, rock !
A
+ Oh, Strauss
discovered waltzes,
a
handy man found the blues,
B7
and here
they came along with their rocking song,
E E7
crazy,
man, crazy, crazy news !
A
4. R is all the rock, hear the band, it's a' moving,
O more than that, it's a go-go
grooving,
D
C what I mean, it's a hot top
action,
A
K like a kiss, it's a cool
attraction.
E D A
Who even get you, I'm gonna bet you, R-O-C-K, rock !
(Bill Haley & His Comets)