Rock And Roll Baby Blues chords by Andy Bown

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Intro:

C  C/E   F   F/D   C

Verse 1:
Am                      G     Bdim/G
A good friend became, a father today
   C           C/E               F  Bb/F  F   C/E
His wife gave birth a thousand miles away
        F/D                      F/G               C
He’s suffering in shock, of the Rock & Roll Baby Blues


Verse 2:
Am                      G     Bdim/G
Polaroid pictures, by special mail
   C            C/E         F  Bb/F  F       C/E
The first he’s seen of his new born girl
       F/D                         F/G              C
He’s breaking his back, with the Rock & Roll Baby Blues

Chorus 1:
           F/D                Em/G     Bdim/G
He’s not thinking ‘bout the one night stands
       C              C/E       B/F   F        C/E
He’s dreaming of the family he left behind
        F/D          Em/G  E/Ab  Am    Am  G   F    G      Am  D7  F#dim/D  Csus4/G  G   E/Ab
Keeping ahead of the Inland Revenue   ……oooooooh                     ……oooooooh
Am      G         Cmaj7sus4/F    F         C/E       Em/G Abdim Am    C/G   F
Ain’t nothing can help him through, those Rock & Roll Baby Blues
           C/E       Em/G  Bdim/G C
Oh, those Rock & Roll Baby Blues

Verse 3:
Am                          G      Bdim/G
I drink in her portrait, I study my beer
C            C/E                  F   Bb/F   F        C/E
Wishing the child who changed my life was here
       F/D                 F/G               C
I’m fading away, with the Rock & Roll Baby Blues


Bridge:
Eb    Dm7     C         Am    G7      C    x2
  Ooooohhh………              Oooohhhh…….

Chorus 2:
     F/D              Em/G  Bdim/G
I can’t see her on the telephone
 C       C/E           B/F    F           C/E
I can’t touch her this far from home
    F/D               Em/G  E/Ab  Am    Am  G  F   G    Am D7 F#dim/D Csus4/G     G/B    E/Ab
I can’t handle these unexpected mo…ods… ……ooohhh            …  oooooohhh
Am    G           Cmaj7sus4/F   F         C/E       Em/G  Abdim Am    C/G   F
Ain’t nothing can help me through, these Rock & Roll Baby Blues
           C/E       Em/G  Abdim Am   C/G   F
Oh, these Rock & Roll Baby Blues
     C/E        Em/G  Bdim/G   C
Oh, Rock & Roll Baby Blues


Outro:
C    C/E  F  F/D   C