Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard tuning
SONG: THE ROAD TO ROCK 'N' ROLL
ARTIST: JOE STRUMMER AND THE MESCALEROS
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
THE ROAD TO ROCK 'N' ROLL
JOE STRUMMER AND THE MESCALEROS
INTRO:
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
E MajorE ---------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB ---------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G ---------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD ---------------------------|----------------------------------|
A augmentedA ---0-2-3-3/7---2-3-2-0-2-0-|-----0-2-3-3/7--5-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--|
E MajorE -3-------------------------|--3-------------------------------|
VERSE:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
On the road to rock and roll
D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
There's a lot of wreckage in the ravine
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
Some you recognize
D MajorD G+G C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
Used to hang out on the sce-ne
C majorC G+G D MajorD
On the road to rock and roll
VERSE:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
We'll be in the delta by and by-y
C majorC B minorBm D MajorD
And if you don't believe in good and evil
G+G C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
You can tell the devil why-y
G+G C majorC G+G
On the road to rock and roll
VERSE:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
Come on, everybody drift away-ay
G+G C majorC G+G
On the road to rock and roll
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
Oh where I learned to play-ay
BREAK:
E minorEm C majorC
Rock and roll
E minorEm C majorC
Rock and roll
E minorEm C majorC
Rock and roll
C majorC D MajorD
What I learned to play
VERSE:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
On the road to rock and roll
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
Everybody carries a good luck char-arm
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
Said to spook the highway wind
G+G C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
Blowing off old Parchman far-arm
C majorC G+G D MajorD
On the road to rock and roll
VERSE:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
They'll try to hook you by the eye eye
C majorC B minorBm D MajorD
There's a mirror in your soul
G+G C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
You should turn it to the sky-y
INSTRUMENTAL:
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
E MajorE ---------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB ---------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G ---------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD ---------------------------|----------------------------------|
A augmentedA ---0-2-3-3/7---2-3-2-0-2-0-|-----0-2-3-3/7--5-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--|
E MajorE -3-------------------------|--3-------------------------------|
VERSE:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
On the road to rock and roll
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
The lonely sing a soulful so-ong
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
Leave a little light in the wilderness
G+G C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
For somebody to come upon-on
C majorC B minorBm D MajorD
On the road to rock and roll
VERSE:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
With everybody deep in their drea-eams
C majorC B minorBm D MajorD
And the snow is falling on the city
G+G C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
Ask the music what it mea-eans
G+G C majorC G+G
On the road to rock and roll
VERSE:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
Come on everybody, drift away-ay
G+G C majorC G+G
On the road to rock and roll
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
Where I learned to play-ay
BREAK/OUTRO:
E minorEm C majorC
Rock and roll
E minorEm C majorC
Rock and roll
E minorEm C majorC
Rock and roll
C majorC D MajorD
Where I learned to play
G+G
On the road