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]
[Intro - Capo 2 - BPM 125 - 'Deh' starts off beat prior to first 1 - remember to play G 3x0003 as B is important to melody] [Chug chords with Vocals - bass drum on all 4] Deh ... deh do ... ded doo BxSB - x B S x - B B S x
(sing C to G for C chords, then B to G twice for G and Em chords, then A to G for D chord) [C][G][Em][D] (x2)
[Verse 1 - Drums B-B- ---- ---- ---- Guitar X-X- X-xx xxX- X---] [C] I was left [G] to my own de [Em] i i i i ces [D] [C] Many days [G] fell away with [Em] nothing to [D] show
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum on all 4] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] (to make more drummy - add bass drums now each 8th note BB(B+S)B) Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D to stop]
[Chorus - Deh deh in background - Full drums - bass drum on all beats] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? (stop)
[Verse 2 - No drums - Chugging guitar] [C] We were caught [G] up and lost in [Em] all of our [D] vices (light drums in BxSlap xxSlap) [C] In your pose [G] as the duh uh ust [Em] settles a [D] round us
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] (to make more drummy - add bass drums now each 8th note BB(B+S)B) Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D to stop]
[Chorus - Full drums - bass drum on all 4] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this?
[Deh etc section - Full drums] Deh ... deh do ... ded doo [C][G][Em][D] (stop)
[Bridge - No drums - Quiet] [C] Oh where do we beg [G] in? The [Em] rubble or our [D] sins? (big harmonies come in) [C] Oh where do we beg [G] in? The [Em] rubble or our [D] sins?
[Pre-Chorus - Just bass drum and funky strumming] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D / drum fill to stop]
[Chorus - Full drums - bass drum on all 4] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? If you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? (stop drums)
[Outro - No drums - Deh ... deh do ... ded doo] [C][G][Em][D] (x2) [Tempo check - 19/11/23 - 120 - actual 125 - OK - prefer slower everytime]
