Chords for Rock And Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) - Russell Sprout

[C#] _ I _ _ _ [A#] _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ can still remember when [F#] I fell out [G#] of the car
[C#] I bounced and landed on my head [F#] and I still bear [G#] the scar
[C#] My [F#] family laughed [C#] and people cheered [A#] as I [D#] lay on the [D#m] tar
[D#] I knew right then without [D#m] a doubt [F#] I was [G#] gonna be [C#] a star
_ Bought all the Beatles records, [F#] I sounded [G#] just like Ringo
[C#] I was consumed by rock and [F#] roll like a Zaria [G#] by a dingo
[C#] Set my drums up in [A#m] the back room and [A#] I practiced night [D#m] and day
And one by one my family kept up and [G#] moved away
So I [C#] started jammin' with some guys from [F#] school, we sounded pretty [G#] bland
We [C#] didn't have a garage, [F#] we were just a [G#] carport band
[C#] We played it loud, played it hard, [A#] stuck it in for [D#m] years
And I think of them each time I hear that [G#] ringy [C#] in my ears _
_ Rock and roll gave you [F#] all the best years of my life
All [G#] the seedy sunny Sundays, all [F#] the wasted summer [C#] nights
Headin' home at sunrise [F#] and the daytime sleepin' through it
[G#] And I was having so much fun [F#] I never even knew [C#] it _
It's a [G#] dirty job, _ someone's [C#] gotta do it _ _ _ _ _ _
Seventy-nine and [F#] Frankston put my shoulder [G#] to the wheel
[C#] Auditioned for a keyway band [F#] who had a record [G#] deal
[C#] Our albums stiffed, we [A#] parted ways, I couldn't [D#] see the point
[D#m] The _ best thing that I learned from them was how to roll [G#] a joint
But [C#] I'd had enough of being [F#] broke so I switched [G#] to cover bands
[C#] Then it was sex, lies and gaffer tape, [F#] an endless one [G#]-night stand
[C#] I even had a roadie just [A#] to help me to keep [D#m] score _ _
Getting paid and getting laid, now [F#] who could [G#] ask for more
[C#] Well we did a lot of touring, yes [F#] we traveled [G#] everywhere
[C#] Places and the faces, [F#] all those memories [G#] we shared
[C#] The bright lights of the cities [A#] and the outback [D#m] scenery
And the working girls in Canberra [G#] serviced [C#] us for free _
_ Rock and roll gave you all [F#] the best years of my life
[G#] All those hours rehearsing, [F#] just trying to [C#] get it right
Each time I thought I had it made, [F#] I always went and blew it
[G#] But I was having so much fun, I [F#] never [C#] even knew it _
[G#] It's a dirty job, _ _ someone's [C#] gotta do it _ _ _ _ _ _
Ninety-three in Melbourne [F#] and everything [G#] had changed
[C#] I muffled my old drum kit, [F#] friends thought I was [G#] deranged
[C#] I tried stand-up comedy, [A#] I felt it was [D#] my fate
[D#m] _ _ But everybody laughed at me, so I moved [G#] interstate
[C#] Now I live in Queensland [F#] and I'm singing [G#] for a crust
[C#] I strum on my green fender while [F#] my drum kit [G#] gathers dust
[C#] My best years are behind me, [A#] but I'm doing [D#m] what I want
_ Things could be worse, I might be in a [F#] theatre [G#] restaurant
[C#] So here I am on YouTube [F#] and I've got [G#] no regrets
[C#] I've got one hundred subscribers and [F#] lots of friends I've [G#] never met
[C#] I've launched myself into cyberspace and [A#] uploaded all my [D#m] vids
As a wise man once said to me, I [G#] wouldn't be dead [C#] for quids _
_ Rock and roll gave you all [F#] the best years of my life
I'm old with [G#] the years and tears and laughter, [F#] getting in and out [C#] of strife
This time they were the short straw, [F#] it was always me the truest
[G#] But I was having so much fun, I [F#] never [C#] even knew it _
[G#] It's a dirty job, _ _ someone's [C#] gotta do it
_ _ _ _ [G#] It's a dirty job, but someone's [C#] gotta do it _ _
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