Let There Be Rock chords by Drive-by Truckers

Tuning: D Tuning (D G C F A D)

Key: F

Difficulty: Novice

Tune one whole step down to play along with the record (DGCFAD).

Open or barre chords both work. Same three-chord progression the entire song.
Super easy, just crank the distortion!

The lick at the very end is just a simple hammer on and off between an open C and C/B chord.

Intro:

G D A G (x2)

Verse 1:

N.C.
Dropped acid, Blue Oyster Cult concert, fourteen years old
N.C.
And I thought them lasers were a spider chasing me
N.C.
On my way home, got pulled over in Rogersville Alabama
N.C.
With a half-ounce of weed and a case of Sterling Big Mouth
    G              D
My buddy Gene was driving
         A             G       D    A    G
he just barely turned sixteen
         G                 D
And I'd like to say, "I'm sorry"
        A              G
but we lived to tell about it
        G              D               A             G
And we lived to do a whole bunch more crazy, stupid shit

Chorus:

       G                D
And I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd
       A               G
but I sure saw Molly Hatchet
      G   D               A          G
With .38 Special and the Johnny Van Zant Band

[Interlude

G D A G (x2)

Verse 2:

G           D            A                G
When I was seventeen, I drank a fifth of vodka
       G         D               A           G
On an empty stomach, then drove over to a friend's house
       G               D
And I backed my car between
              A                G
his parents' Cadillacs without a scratch
      G              D            A                     G
Then crawled to the backdoor and slithered through the mail hole
       G           D
And I sneaked up them stairs
     A            G
and puked in the toilet
              G                D
And I passed out and nearly drowned
                 A                 G
but his sister, Deedee, pulled me out

Chorus:

       G                D
And I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd
       A               G
but I sure saw Molly Hatchet
         G              D
And the band that I was in
             A             G
played "The Boys are Back in Town"

[Interlude

G D A G (x2)

Verse 3:

G        D               A             G
Skynyrd was set to play Huntsville, Alabama
        G            D
In the spring of '77
          A                 G        D    A   G
I had a ticket but it got cancelled
         G                D
And the show, it was rescheduled
          A         G               D    A   G
for the "Street Survivors Tour"
         G             D       A       G
And the rest, as they say, is history

Chorus:

      G                       D
So I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd
       A               G
but I sure saw Ozzy Osbourne
      G               D
With Randy Rhoads in '82
         A                    G
Right before that plane crash
       G                       D
And I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd
       A            G
but I sure saw AC/DC
      G         D
With Bon Scott singing
A             G
Let There Be Rock tour
      G         D
With Bon Scott singing
A             G
Let There Be Rock tour
      G         D
With Bon Scott singing
 A                   G
"LET THERE BE ROCK!"

Outro:

G D A G (x7)

G D C C/B C C/B C