Chords with lyrics
- Submitter:
Donczarski53 - Tuning: Standard tuning
- Difficulty: Beginner
SONG: ROCK `N` ROLL (I GAVE YOU THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE)
ARTIST: TERRY JACKS
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
ROCK `N` ROLL (I GAVE YOU THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE)
TERRY JACKS
INTRO:
D MajorD D MajorD
VERSE: (Singls Strums for the 1st Verse)
D MajorD 
G+G 
A augmentedA
I can still remember when I bought my first guitar
D MajorD
I remember just how good the feeling was
G+G A augmentedA
Put it proudly in my car
D MajorD 
B minorBm
And I played my friends a thousand times
G+G D MajorD
My two song repertoire
G+G A augmentedA A augmentedA D MajorD
And I told my mom her oldest son was gonna be star
VERSE:
D MajorD
I bought all the Beatles records
G+G A augmentedA
And I tried to sound like Paul
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
I bought all the old Buddy Holly’s, the 78s and all
D MajorD B minorBm G+G D MajorD
And I sat by my record player playing every song they played
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
And I watched them all on TV every move they made
CHORUS:
D MajorD G+G
Rock and Roll I gave you all the best years of my life
A augmentedA
The dreamy sunny Sundays
D MajorD
All the magic moonlit nights
D MajorD
I was so busy in the backroom
G+G
Writing love songs to you
A augmentedA
While you were changing your direction
G+G D MajorD
I never even knew
A augmentedA D MajorD
That I was always one step behind you
VERSE:
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
‘66 seemed like the year I was really going somewhere
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
We were living in San Francisco with flowers in our hair
D MajorD B minorBm G+G D MajorD
Singing songs of kindness so the world would understand
G+G A augmentedA
That the guys and me were something more
A augmentedA
Than just another band
VERSE:
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
And ‘69 in LA well it came around so slow
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
But we were really making headway and writin’ lots of tunes
D MajorD B minorBm G+G D MajorD
And we must have played the wildest stuff we had ever played
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
`Cause the way the crowds yelled out for more we thought we had it made
CHORUS:
D MajorD G+G
Rock and Roll I gave you all the best years of my life
A augmentedA D MajorD
Playing my guitar under bright and flashing lights
D MajorD G+G
I was so busy on the road singing love songs to you
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
While you were changing your direction I never even knew
A augmentedA D MajorD
That I was always one step behind you.
E MajorE -3p2-
BB -----
G+G -----
D MajorD -----
A augmentedA -----
E MajorE -----
VERSE:
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
‘71 in Soho is when I met Suzanne
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
I was trying to go it solo with someone else`s band
D MajorD B minorBm G+G D MajorD
And she came up to me later on and I took her by the hand
G+G A augmentedA
And I told her all my troubles and she seemed to understand
VERSE:
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
And she followed me to London through a hundred hotel rooms
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Through a hundred record companies that didn’t like my tunes
D MajorD B minorBm G+G D MajorD
And she followed me `til finally I sold my old guitar
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
And she tried to help me understand that I`d never be a star
CHORUS:
D MajorD G+G
Rock and Roll I gave you all the best years of my life
A augmentedA
The dreamy sunny Sundays
D MajorD
All the magic moonlit nights
D MajorD
And though I’d never had the chance
G+G
Of making it with you
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
I thank the lord for giving me the little bit I knew
A augmentedA D MajorD
And I will always be one step behind you
OUTRO:
D MajorD G+G
Rock and Roll I gave you all the best years of my life
A augmentedA
Singing out my love songs... - FADE OUT -
