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Rock And Roll Runaways Tab by The Velvet Underground

Rock And Roll Runaways tab by The Velvet Underground

Guitar Tab 

This is the same song originally done by the Velvet Underground.
It was done on the Runaways(Joan Jetts' first band) first release
and it features a real cool riff.  The song is in 4/4 and we used
to start it by having the drummer play a steady beat on the cow
bell.  Here is our arrangement:

Rock and Roll -  Runaways(VU)

riff:
        D                    C
|------|--------------------|----------------------|
|------|----------7\--------|----------5\----------|
|------|-------4--7\--------|-------2--5\----------|
|------|-------4--7\--------|-------2--5\----------|
|-(17)\|-5--7---------------|-3--5-----------------|
|------|--------------------|----------------------|
    4    1  &  2  &  3    4   1  &  2  &   3     4
      G                     D
     |---------------------|----------------------|
     |---------------------|----------7\----------|  B=bend
     |---------------------|-------4--7\----------|  R=release
     |-----------2-B3---R2-|-------4--7\----------|  \=slide down
     |-----2--5------------|-5--7-----------------|
     |--3------------------|----------------------|
        1  &  2  &  3    4   1  &  2  &   3     4


riff 2x guitar and cowbell

riff 2x  whole band play chords indicated above(D C G D)

D                       C
Jenny ..

G                     D
nothing ..

D                  C                   G                    D
She ...

D                  C                       G
She ..

   D
at ...

D                           C
She ..

    G                          D
Her ...


         E                     G
chorus:

         Despite ..

         A                           G
         dance ..

                      D            G
         And ..

                  D            G
         It ..

                  D            G
         It ..

                  D
         It ...

riff 2x

Jenny ..
parents ....
Two ..
mean ...

She ..
heard ...
She ..
saved ...

chorus

solo over verse chords

chorus

1st verse

chorus-end on last "alright"
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