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
Start Jamming...
[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]
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[Bb]
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[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]
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[Bb] [Cm]
[C] [Fm] [F]
[C] [Gm]
[Cm] [C] [Eb]
[C] Yeah.
[G] [N]
[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:
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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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ 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!
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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!
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Hard rock [Cm] and roll. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C] _ Yeah. _ _ _
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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!
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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. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C] _ Yeah. _ _ _
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