[Verse 1] [C] Day after day I'm more con [G] fused [C] Yet I look for the [D] light through the pouring [G] rain [C] You know that's a game that I hate to [G] lose [Am] And I'm feelin' the strain, [C] ain't it a shame?
[Chorus] Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away [G]
[Instrumental - approx 1/2 bar for these chords] G... ..D. .... .... (C D) - G
[Verse 2] [C] Beginning to think that I'm wasting [G] time [C] I don't under [D] stand the things I [G] do [C] The world outside looks so un [G] kind [Am] I'm a-countin' on you, [C] to carry me through
[Chorus] Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away [G]
[Instrumental - approx 1/2 bar for these chords] G... ..D. .... .... (C D) - G
[Bridge] [Am] And when my mind is free, [C] you know no melody can [G] move me [Am] And when I'm feeling blue, [C] the guitars, comin' through to [D] soothe me [C] Thanks for the joy that you've given [G] me [C] I want you to know, I believe in your [G] song [C] Rhythm and rhyme in har [G] mony [Am] You'll help me along, [C] makin' me strong
[Chorus] (acappella) Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away
[Chorus] Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away
[Chorus] Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away
[Outro] [G] Now, now, now, won't you, won't you take me? Woah, oh [D] take me? . . . [C] (vamp out)
[Verse 1 - Upstrum to simulate snare roll to start and heavy muted downstrum - and keep going during verse] [Bm] Take a look at my [A6] girlfriend [Gmaj7] She's the only one I got [Bm] Not much of a [A6] girlfriend I [Gmaj7] never seem to get a lot
[F#7] Take a jumbo across the water [Bm] Like to see America [F#7] See the girls in California I'm [Em] hoping it's going to come [A] true But there's [Em] not a lot I can [A] do
[Verse 2] [Bm] Could we have kippers for [A6] breakfast [Gmaj7] Mummy dear, Mummy dear (run E 3 5) [Bm] They got to have 'em in [A6] Texas 'Cause [Gmaj7] everyone's a millionaire
[F#7] I'm a winner, I'm a sinner Do you [Bm] want my autograph [F#7] I'm a loser, what a joker I'm [Em] playing my jokes upon [A] you While there's [Em] nothing better to [A] do, hey
[Hook] [F#7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Bm] do da do da do [F#7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' do [Bm] da do da do La la [G] la, la la [Em] la, la la la [A] laaaaaaaa
[Verse 3] [Bm] Don't you look at my [A6] girlfriend, girlfriend 'Cause [Gmaj7] she's the only one I got [Bm] Not much of a [A6] girlfriend, girlfriend I [Gmaj7] never seem to get a lot - What's she got? Not a lot
[F#7] Take a jumbo across the water [Bm] Like to see America [F#7] See the girls in California I'm [Em] hoping it's going to come [A] true But there's [Em] not a lot I can [A] do, hey
[Hook] [F#7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Bm] do da do da do [F#7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Bm] do da do da do Hey [F#7] u-um, hey u-um, hey [Bm] u-um, hey u-um Hey [F#7] u-um, hey u-um, hey u- [Bm] um, hey u-um La la [G] la, la la [Em] la, la la la [A] la ............... [End]
