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] (No drums) G D Em C - G D Em C C-D (Drums in) G D Em C - G D Em C C-D (whoooaaa)
[Verse 1] [G] I get the [D/F#] same old dreams [Em] same time [D] every night, [C] fall to the [G/B] ground and I [Am] wake up [D] [G] So I get [D/F#] out of bed, put [Em] on my shoes, and [D] in my head, [C] thoughts fly [G/B] back to the [Am] break-up [D] [Eb] These four walls are [F/C] closin' in, [Eb] look at the fix you've [C] put me [D] in [C to D phrase] C(Bb)/A B(С)/D E ------------------------ B -5-5-5---5-5-7---------- G -5-5-5---5-5-7----------- D -5-5-5---5-5-7----------- A -3-x-x---x-3-5---------- E ---6-5---7-----------------
[Chorus] [G] Since you've been gone, [D][Em] since you've been gone [C] I'm [G] out of my [D] head, can't [Em] take [C] it. [C][D] [G] Could I be [D] wrong, but [Em] since you've been [C] gone [G] you've cast a [D] spell so [Em] break [C] it. [C][D] Oh!.
[Bridge] G D Em C - G D Em C C-D G D Em C - G D Em C C-D ...since you've been gone.
[Verse 2] [G] So in the [D/F#] night I stand, [Em] beneath the [D] back street light [C] I read the [G/B] words that you [Am] sent to me [D] [G] I can take the [D/F#] afternoon, the [Em] nighttime comes a [D] round too soon, [C] you can't [G/B] know what you [Am] mean to [D] me [Eb] Your poison letter, your [F/C] telegram, [Eb] just goes to show you don't [C] give a [D] damn
[Chorus] [G] Since you've been gone, [D][Em] since you've been gone [C] I'm [G] out of my [D] head, can't [Em] take [C] it. [C][D] [G] Could I be [D] wrong, but [Em] since you've been [C] gone [G] you've cast a [D] spell so [Em] break [C] it. [C][D] Oh!.
[Bridge] G D Em C - G D Em C C-D G D Em C - G D Em C C-D ...since you've been gone.
[Guitar Solo/Breakdown] G Am G/B (C C/B Am) G D Em C
[G] If you [Am] will come [G/B] back, [C] ba [C/B] by, [Am] you [G] know ..you'll [D/F#] never do [Em] wrong ha [C] aa a ha
D (shift up full step - key change - try to sing if you dare :-) A E F#m D - A E F#m D D-E
