[Intro - BPM 154 - no drums] D Dsus4 D x4 (pickup x x x bS
[Verse 1 - Double snare on 'This Thing' to bring drums in] This [D+sus4] thing .... called love, ... I [G] just can't [C] handle [G/B] it,..This thing, [D+sus4] called love ... I [G] must, get [C] round to [G/B] it, I ain't [D] ready ..... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. (bssbssbsss fill + stop)
[Verse 2] This [D+sus4] thing, called love, it [G] cries, in a [C] cradle all [G/B] night, It [D+sus4] swings, it jives, it [G] shakes all over like a [C] jelly [G/B] fish, I kinda [D] like it, .... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. (bssbssbsss fill + stop)
[Bridge][#######################SCROLL############] There goes my [G] baby, she [C] knows how to rock and [G] roll, ....She drives me [Bb] crazy ................. she gives me [E7] hot and cold [A7] fever, then she [F7] leaves (stop) me in a cool, cool sweat.
[Break - keep bass drum going on 1 & 3] D5 C#5 C5 N.C. A5 G#5 G5 N.C. (stabs with snare) E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 A7 (Then descending riff - just notes not chords) (G)I (F#)gotta (E)be
[Verse 3] [D+sus4] cool, relax, get [G] hip, ... get [C] on my [G/B] tracks, take a [D+sus4] back seat, hitch-hike And [G] take a long ride on my [C] motor [G/B] bike until I'm [D] ready, .....[Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. [N.C.] (stop)
[Solo] | Bb | Bb | D G | D | | Bb | Bb | E7 A7 | F7 N.C.
[Verse 4] (no chords - just snare) I gotta be cool, relax, get hip, get on my tracks, take a back seat, hitch-hike And take a long ride on my motorbike until I'm ready, (ready Freddie) Crazy little thing called love. (bssbssbsss fill + D then stop) Bass run (G) (F#) (E)
[Verse 5 - Full drums] This thing, [D+sus4] called love, I [G] just can't [C] handle [G/B] it, This thing, [D+sus4] called love, I [G] must, get [C] round to [G/B] it, I ain't [D] ready, .... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love.
[Outro] [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love, yeah yeah (fade out, repeats another approx 8 times)
E 0-REPEAT-------- B 0---------2---0- G 1---------2---0-- D 2---------2---0- A 2--------------- E 0----------------
[Verse 1] Oh, keep your [E] eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel Keep your [E] eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel Yeah, we're [E] goin' to the Roadhouse, gonna have a re [E7#9] al good time
[Instrumental] [E][E][E][A] X 4
[Verse 2] Yeah, the [E] back of the Roadhouse, they got some bungalows Yeah, the [E] back of the Roadhouse, they got some bungalows And [E] that's for the people who like to go down [E7#9] slow
[Chorus] Let it [A] roll, baby, roll Let it [A] roll, baby, roll Let it [A] roll, baby, roll [A7] Let it [roll,][Triplet - start with upstroke as per Higher Ground] B7 B7 B7 - B7 B7 B7 - B7 B7 B7 - B7 B7 B7 (broken triplets (B) Stop on bass drum C7 C7 C7 B7 E all night long
[Instrumental - Riff as per intro - put some octaves in to fill out] E E E E - A A E E
[Bridge] [E7] Ashen lady, Ashen lady Give up your vow! Give up your vow! Save our city, save our city Right now
[Verse 3] When I [E] woke up this morning, I got myself a beer When I [E] woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer The [E] future's uncertain, and the end is always [E7#9] near
[Chorus] Let it [A] roll, baby, roll Let it [A] roll, baby, roll Let it [A] roll, baby, roll [A7] Let it [B7] roll,
[Ending - Snare on all and staccato] (triplet figure first) B7 B7 B7 - B7 B7 B7 - B7 B7 B7 - B7 B7 B7
(broken triplets - use snare - power chords on E string straight up) [B7][C7][C#7] [C#7] all [D7] night [D#7] [E] long (drums stop) ............. [E9]
