Chords for Jess Roden Band • Old Grey Whistle Test

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and that was Statesborough Blues.
_ Well, if you've been tracing Jess Roden's recent musical history, you'll know that from Bronco,
which I always thought to be an excellent band,
he moved briefly to the Butts band with Robbie Krieger and John Densmore,
who you probably saw during the last series of Whistle Test, and now he's released his own album,
a very fine LP too, from which he's brought two numbers into the studio tonight.
What the Hell is the title of the first?
So here is the Jess Roden band. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ What [Am] the hell?
_ _ [G] Sitting on my [E] window [G] sill
_ Hoping and I'm [B] trying to jail [D] with this life of mine _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] And it seems [G] like _ [E] time
Rusting on [G] a knife
Should [A] I go back before [D] you know, I ain't too sure
Cuz [G] I've been trying for [Em] so long
[G]
Just to sing this doggone [Em] song
[G] And if the notes don't ring [Em] out clear
I [D] hope you're here
_ _ _ I hope you're here
Why _ _ _ this [Am]
way?
[G] When I could shine and [E] see my [G] days
Full of [E] laughter, full of [D] plays, you know another way _ _ _ _ _
Well, [Am] look now, don't you know it's you that's gonna [E] get you down
So _ look around, seems to me a [D] conclusion _ _ _
Cuz [G] I've been trying for so [Em] long
Just to sing this [E] doggone song
_ [B]
And if [G] the notes don't ring [Em] out clear
I [D] hope you're here
_ _ _ [E] Well, I hope you're here
_ Oh, [D] _
yeah _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [D] _ Yeah _ _ _
_ _ What _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ the [C]
hell?
[G] I've been
_ Sitting on [E] my window sill
_ _ Hoping and I'm trying to jail with this [D] life of mine I _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] Don't you know that it [G] seems like my time
Was [E] burning away my [G] dreams
Never know when I'm back [Em] or far
Say [D] I'm never sure
_ Cuz [G] I've been trying for so long
_ Just to sing this [Em] doggone song
[G] And if the notes don't ring out [Em] clear
I [D] hope you're here _ _
[E] Well, I hope you're here _ _ _
_ [D] Oh, _ yeah
[E] Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
ooh
[D] Ooh _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ooh, ooh _ _ _ _ _
[G] Ooh
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [D] _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ La, _ la, la, _ la
La, _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ la, la, la
[D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
La, [D] la, la, la _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Ooh, _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ yeah
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ That was called What the Hell
And the next one we're gonna do is called Sad Story
_ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Here we are
_ _ _ _ Back in the corner
_ And _ _ [Am] the lights are all [G] out
And the [Bm] people's in doubt
[E] That's for sure _ _ _ _ _
Here we are _ _ _ _
Back in deep water _ _ _ _
And [Am] we just can't decide
Should we swim, should we ride
[E] Through the shore
_ Well, _ _ I [G] know that it's dreaming
But I like to think [E] that we
All could talk and share a dream
Even [Am] though it's dreaming
No, we know [G] that it's _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em]
real
[E] Here we [Bm] are _ _ _ _
[E] Asking for more now _ _ _ _
And we're [Am] trying to be fine
As [Bm] we watch the big [E] line
So I'm sure _ _ _ _
Here we are
[E] _ _ _
Getting shoulder to shoulder _ _ _
_ [Am] Seeing no end to the thing
That [Bm] this world got to [E] bring
Oh, they say _ _ _ _
_ [Am] Well, we've all been [Em] dreaming
And while the power that be [E] Have us
A few things
Every one of us needs
[Am] _ Now we know
We got to see [Bm] that it's right
[F#] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] Here we [Em] are _ _ _
_ Telling a story _ _ _ _
_ [Am] How our world must be [Bm] saved
From a future so grave
[Em] It's a party _ _ _
_ Things gone down _ _
[E] Never felt so astounded _ _ _ _
_ [Am] So we got to be sure
That [Bm] we never no [Em] more
Tell a story
_ Glory
_ Come [Am] on, _ glory _
_ [Em] Come on, glory _ _
_ Come [Am] on, _ glory _
_ [Em] Come on, glory _ _
_ Come on, glory
You know [Am] we got to be sure We never
Got to be sure
[Em] We never hear a story Oh, no
_ [Am] You know we got to be sure We never _
Hear [Em] a _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] story
_ _ [A] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [D#] We never
We just wrote and