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Rock And Roll Runaways by The Velvet Underground

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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"