Let It Rock chords by The Georgia Satellites

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: G+G

🎸 Intro:

G+G


🎸 Verse 1:
G+G
In the heat of day, down in Mobile, Alabama
G+G
I'm workin' on the railroad with a steel-drivin' hammer
 C majorC
I gotta get some money, buy some brand new shoes
G+G
Gotta find somebody take away my blues
   D MajorD
Well, she don't love me when I'm singin' in the sun
G+G N.C.                  G+G
Payday's comin' when the work is all done

🎸 Verse 2:
G+G
Well now, late here in the evening, when the sun is sinkin' low
G+G
All day, I've been waitin' for that whistle to blow
C majorC
Sitting in a teepee, built right on here on the tracks
G+G
Rolling them bones until the foreman comes back
D MajorD
Pick up your belongings, boys, and scatter about
       G+G N.C.
We've got an off-shedule train comin', two miles out


Guitar 🎸 Solo:
G+G  C majorC  G+G  D7D7 C majorC G+G
C majorC G+G  D MajorD C majorC G+G


🎸 Verse 3:
G+G
Everybody's scrambling and a-runnin' around
G+G
Picking up their money, tearing the teepee down
C majorC
Foreman wants to panic, 'bout to go insane
G+G
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train
              D MajorD
Engineer blows the whistle, loud and long
   N.C.
Can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on

Guitar 🎸 Solo:
G+G  C majorC  G+G  D MajorD C majorC G+G
C majorC  G+G  D MajorD C majorC G+G


🎸 Verse 4:
G+G
Everybody's scrambling and a-runnin' around
G+G
Picking up their money, tearing the teepee down
C majorC
Foreman wants to panic, 'bout to go insane
G+G
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train
              D MajorD
Engineer blows the whistle, loud and long
   N.C.
Can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on


Outro-Guitar 🎸 Solo:
G+G  C majorC  G+G  D MajorD C majorC G+G
C majorC  G+G  D MajorD C majorC G+G  N.C. G+G