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[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]
Am G F G E -8-7-5-7------5----5---5-7----7----7----13-12-10-12-10--10---10---10-8-7-8-0----0----0----- B -5-------5----5----5---6-8----8----8----10--------------10---10---0--------0----0----0----- G -5------------5----5---5-7----7----7----10--------------10---10---0--------0----0----0----- D -5------------5----5---7-9----9----9----10--------------10---10---0--------0----0----0----- A -0------------0----0---8-10---10---10---0---------------0----0----------------------------- E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Verse 1] [A] Hello--how [Amaj7] are you? Have you [A7] been alright, through all those lonely, lonely, [Bbdim -xx2320] lonely, lonely ni [Bm] ghts, That's what I'd [E] say, [Bm] I'd tell you [C#m] everything [D] If you'd pic [E] k up that telep [Amaj7] hone. [Dmaj7] ya ya ya
[Verse 2] [A] Hey--how you [Amaj7] feelin' Are you [A7] still the same Don't you realize the things we did we [Bbdim] did were all for [Bm] real not a [E] dream [Bm] I just [C#m] can't believe [D] They've all fa [E] ded out of [Amaj7] view. Yeah [Dmaj7] Yeah ooh [Amaj7] ooh [Dmaj7] ooh [E] (drums build)
[Bridge] [A] Shoo wop [F#m] doo be doo doo wop [D] doo wah doo l [E] ang [A] Blue days [F#m] black nights [D] doo wah doo [E] lang
[A] I look in [F#m] to the sky [D] (The love you need ain't gonna [E] see you through.) [A] And I [F#m] wonder why [D] (The little things you planned ain't c [E] oming true.) [Chorus] [A] Oh Telephone [F#m] line, give me some [D] time, I'm living in [E6 - 022120] twi - [Ddim - xx0101] light [A] Oh Telephone [F#m] line, give me some [D] time, I'm living in [E6] twi - [Ddim] light [G][A]
[Synth Fill] [Am][G][F][G]
[Verse 3] [A] O.k. so no--one's [Amaj7] answering, Can't you [A7] just let it ring a little longer longer longer [Bbdim] oh wo wo [Bm] I'll just sit [E] tight, [Bm] through the shadows [C#m] of the night [D] Let it r [E] ing for ever [Amaj7] more. oh oh [Dmaj7] whoa ya ya [Amaj7] ya [Dmaj7][E]
[Chorus] [A] Shoo wop [F#m] doo be doo doo wop [D] doo wah doo l [E] ang [A] Blue days [F#m] black nights [D] doo wah doo l [E] ang
[A] I look in [F#m] to the sky [D] (The love you need ain't gonna [E] see you through.) [A] And I [F#m] wonder why [D] (The little things you planned ain't [E] coming true.)
[A] Oh Telephone [F#m] line, give me some [D] time, I'm living in [E6] twi - [Ddim] light [A] Oh Telephone [F#m] line, give me some [D] time, I'm living in [E6] twi - [Ddim] light [A] Oh Telephone [F#m] line, give me some [D] time, I'm living in [E6] twi - [Ddim] light [A] Oh Telephone [F#m] line, give me some [D] time, I'm living in [E6] twi - [Ddim] light
