Chords for Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart of Rock & Roll

Tempo:
142.4 bpm
Chords used:

C

Bb

F

Cm

Eb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart of Rock & Roll chords
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[C]
[Cm]
[C]
New York, New York, is everything you say, in the face of the [Cm] property.
[Bb] [A] [Cm]
Where else can you do a half a [C] million things, all at a quarter to three?
[B] [Bb]
And they play their music, ooh, that modern music,
I get it with a lot of style, [F] but it's still that same old backbeat rhythm,
[Bb] that really, [F] really does [C] them wild.
They [Bb] say the harder I throw, the [F] stupider, and [Bb] from what I've seen, I [F] believe them.
Now [Eb] the old boy may be barely breathing, but [D] the hard rock and roll, [G] hard rock and [C] roll should be done.
[Cm]
[C] [Gm] [C]
Hollywood and the Sunset Strip is something everyone should [Cm] see.
The neon lights and the pretty, pretty [C] girls, all dressed so scantily.
[Bb]
When they play their music, that hard rock music,
I get it with a lot of style, [F] but it's still that same old backbeat rhythm,
[Bb] that [F] really, really [C] gets them in.
[Bb] They say the harder I throw, [F] the stupider, and from [Bb] what I've seen, [F] I believe them.
[Eb] Now the old boy may be barely breathing, [D] but the hard rock and [G] roll, hard rock and [C] roll should be done.
Johnny!
[Cm] [F]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb]
[F]
[Bb]
[D] [Dm] [C] D.C.!
San Antonio and the [Cm] Liberty Town, Boston and a fat rose.
What's up, Austin?
Oklahoma City, Seattle, San Francisco, ooh.
[Bb] And they play this music, real live music, man, with a million [Gm] styles,
[F] but it's still that same old rock and roll music,
that really, really drives [C] them wild.
They [Bb] say the harder I throw, the [F] stupider, [Bb] and from what I've seen, [F] I believe them.
[Eb] Now the old boy may be barely breathing, but [D] the hard rock and roll, [G] hard rock and roll [C] should be done.
Yeah.
In Cleveland.
Detroit!
[Gm] [C]
Hard rock [Cm] and roll.
[C] [Eb]
[C] [Bb] [C]
[Fm] [Gb] [C]
[Eb] [C]
[Gm] [Cm]
[C] [Gm] [C]
[Eb] [C]
[Eb] [C]
[Bb] [Cm]
[C] [Fm] [F]
[C] [Gm]
[Cm] [C] [Eb]
[C] Yeah.
[G] [N]
Key:  
C
3211
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
Cm
13421113
Eb
12341116
C
3211
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
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To start learning Huey Lewis & The News - (Remastered 1999) The Heart Of Rock And Roll chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: C, Bb, F and Bb. Ease into the song by practicing at 71 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 142 BPM. Considering the song's key of Gb Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ New York, New York, is everything you say, in the face of the [Cm] property.
[Bb] _ [A] _ _ [Cm]
Where else can you do a half a [C] million things, all at a quarter to three?
_ [B] _ [Bb]
And they play their music, ooh, that modern music,
I get it with a lot of style, [F] but it's still that same old backbeat rhythm,
[Bb] that really, [F] really does [C] them wild.
They [Bb] say the harder I throw, the [F] stupider, and [Bb] from what I've seen, I [F] believe them.
Now [Eb] the old boy may be barely breathing, but [D] the hard rock and roll, [G] hard rock and [C] roll should be done.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ Hollywood and the Sunset Strip is something everyone should [Cm] see. _
The neon lights and the pretty, pretty [C] girls, all dressed so scantily.
_ _ [Bb]
When they play their music, that hard rock music,
I get it _ _ with a lot of style, [F] but it's still that same old backbeat rhythm,
[Bb] that [F] really, really [C] gets them in.
_ [Bb] They say the harder I throw, [F] the stupider, _ and from [Bb] what I've seen, [F] I believe them.
[Eb] Now the old boy may be barely breathing, _ [D] but the hard rock and [G] roll, hard rock and [C] roll should be done. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Johnny!
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] D.C.!
San Antonio and the [Cm] Liberty Town, Boston and a fat rose. _ _
What's up, Austin?
Oklahoma City, Seattle, San Francisco, ooh.
_ _ [Bb] And they play this music, real live music, man, with a million [Gm] styles,
[F] but it's still that same old rock and roll music,
that really, really drives [C] them wild.
They [Bb] say the harder I throw, the [F] stupider, _ _ [Bb] and from what I've seen, [F] I believe them.
_ [Eb] Now the old boy may be barely breathing, but [D] the hard rock and roll, [G] hard rock and roll [C] should be done.
Yeah. _ _ _ _
In Cleveland. _ _ _ _ _
Detroit!
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _
Hard rock [Cm] and roll. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [C] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
[Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [C] _ Yeah. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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Facts about this song

It's Huey Lewis and Johnny Colla who authored this song.