Doors-Roadhouse Blues
[Intro]E(12 bars)
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B 0---------2---0-
G 1---------2---0--
D 2---------2---0-
A 2---------------
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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]