The golden age of Rock ‘n’ Roll (1974)    (video)

 

    F - Dm - Bb - C

 

    (spoken) : Ladies and Gentlemen, the golden age of Rock’n Roll

 

+  C - C7      +  F - C - F (2x)

 

      F

1. Everybody hazy, shell-shocked and crazy,

         C                                          F

    screaming for the face at the window,

      F

    jeans for the genies, dresses for the dreamies, 

     C                                        F

    fighting for a place in the front row.

      Bb    C                     F  

    Ooh, ooh, ooh (it’s good for your body, it’s good for your soul),

      Bb    C                               F

    Ooh, ooh, let’s go (it’s the golden age of Rock’n Roll).

 

                      F

2. Well, you get a little buzz, send for the fuzz,

           C                                   F

     guitars getting higher and higher (ooh!).

              F

    The dude in the paint thinks he’s gonna faint,

       C                                  F

    stoke more coke on the fire.

      Bb    C                   F

    Ooh ooh ooh (you gotta stay young, you can never grow old),

     Bb    C                           F

    ooh ooh whoa (it’s the golden age of Rock’n Roll).

 

Gm                   D                    Bb                   C   

    The golden age of Rock’n Roll will never die,

Gm                   D                      Bb                         C

    as long as children feel the need to laugh and cry.

Dm                                                 C

    Don’t wanna smash, want a smash sensation,

Dm                                      C

    don’t wanna wreck, just recreation,

Dm                                           - C

    don’t wanna fight, but if you         turn us down,

                         C

    we’re gonna turn you around, gonna mess with the sound  !

 

+  F ~ ~  F ~ ~

 

               F

3. The shows gotta move, everybody groove,

              C                                     F

    there ain’t no trouble on the streets now.

                  F                                                         C                            F

 So if the going gets rough, don’t blame us, you ninety-six decibel freaks.

     Bb     C                     F

    Ooh, ooh, ooh (it’s good for you body, it’s good for your soul),

     Bb    C                       F

    ooh ooh ooh (it’s the golden age of Rock’n Roll).

 

              Bb                                     C

+  You gotta stay young, you can never grow old,

                 F

    it’s the golden age of Rock’n Roll !

            Bb                                  C

    It’s good for your body, it’s good for your soul,

                  F

    it’s the golden age of Rock’n Roll.

    

+  repeat the last 4 lines    +  C - C7 - F     +  That’s all !

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (Mott the Hoople)