Chords for The Coasters - That Is Rock & Roll
Tempo:
130.05 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
E
C#
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
In the beginning there were nothing but rock [G#m] then somebody
invented the wheel [E]
and
[B] things just began to [F#] groove
Did you ever hear a tenor sax
[D#] Swinging [Gm] like a rusty [E] axe
Harking [F] like a frog [G#m] down in a hollow log
[C#] Baby, [F] that is rock [F#] and roll
[Bm] Did you [B] ever hear a guitar sway
[Gm] Jingy, jingy, jingy, [E] jang
Did you ever hear [Fm] those strings
[B] Doing [G#] crazy things
[C#] Baby, that [F#]
is rock [B] and roll
[E] That ain't no great thing that you hear
[F#] Rolling down the railroad [B] tracks
As [C#] the country folks be out of air
[F#] Playing in between the cracks
[B] You say that music's for the birds
But it's not for the birds
[D#] You can't understand [E] the words
But if [Fm] you did
[B] You'd really [G#] blow your lid
[C#] Baby, [F#] that is rock [B] and roll
[D#]
[E] [Fm]
[B] [G#] [C#]
[F#] [B]
[D#]
[E] [Fm]
[B] [G#] [C#] [F#]
[B] [E] That ain't no great thing that you hear
Rolling [B] down the railroad tracks
As [C#] the country folks be out [G#m] of air
[F#] Playing in between the cracks
[B] You say that music's for the birds
You say that music's for the birds
[D#] And you can't understand the [E] words
Well, honey, if you did
[B] You'd really blow [G#] your lid
[F#] Baby, that is [B] rock and roll
In [G] the morning
Baby, [F] that is rock and roll
[G#] In the evening
Baby, [F#] that is [B] rock and roll
[N]
invented the wheel [E]
and
[B] things just began to [F#] groove
Did you ever hear a tenor sax
[D#] Swinging [Gm] like a rusty [E] axe
Harking [F] like a frog [G#m] down in a hollow log
[C#] Baby, [F] that is rock [F#] and roll
[Bm] Did you [B] ever hear a guitar sway
[Gm] Jingy, jingy, jingy, [E] jang
Did you ever hear [Fm] those strings
[B] Doing [G#] crazy things
[C#] Baby, that [F#]
is rock [B] and roll
[E] That ain't no great thing that you hear
[F#] Rolling down the railroad [B] tracks
As [C#] the country folks be out of air
[F#] Playing in between the cracks
[B] You say that music's for the birds
But it's not for the birds
[D#] You can't understand [E] the words
But if [Fm] you did
[B] You'd really [G#] blow your lid
[C#] Baby, [F#] that is rock [B] and roll
[D#]
[E] [Fm]
[B] [G#] [C#]
[F#] [B]
[D#]
[E] [Fm]
[B] [G#] [C#] [F#]
[B] [E] That ain't no great thing that you hear
Rolling [B] down the railroad tracks
As [C#] the country folks be out [G#m] of air
[F#] Playing in between the cracks
[B] You say that music's for the birds
You say that music's for the birds
[D#] And you can't understand the [E] words
Well, honey, if you did
[B] You'd really blow [G#] your lid
[F#] Baby, that is [B] rock and roll
In [G] the morning
Baby, [F] that is rock and roll
[G#] In the evening
Baby, [F#] that is [B] rock and roll
[N]
Key:
B
F#
E
C#
G#
B
F#
E
_ _ _ In the beginning there were nothing but rock [G#m] _ _ then somebody
invented the wheel _ [E] _
_ and
[B] things just began to [F#] groove
_ Did you ever hear a tenor sax
_ _ [D#] Swinging [Gm] like a rusty [E] axe
_ _ _ Harking [F] like a frog [G#m] down in a hollow log
[C#] Baby, [F] that is rock [F#] and roll
[Bm] Did you [B] ever hear a guitar sway
_ _ _ [Gm] Jingy, jingy, jingy, [E] _ jang
_ Did you ever hear [Fm] those strings
[B] Doing [G#] crazy things
[C#] Baby, that [F#]
is rock [B] and roll
[E] That ain't no great thing that you hear
[F#] Rolling down the railroad [B] tracks
As [C#] the country folks be out of air
[F#] Playing in between the cracks
[B] You say that music's for the _ birds
But it's not for the birds
[D#] You can't understand [E] the words
But if [Fm] you did
[B] You'd really [G#] blow your lid
[C#] Baby, [F#] that is rock [B] and _ roll _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [B] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [B] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] That ain't no great thing that you hear
_ Rolling [B] down the railroad tracks
_ As [C#] the country folks be out [G#m] of air
[F#] _ Playing in between the cracks
_ [B] You say that music's for the birds
You say that music's for the birds
_ [D#] And you can't understand the [E] _ words
Well, honey, if you did
[B] You'd really blow [G#] your lid
[F#] Baby, that is [B] rock and roll
In [G] the morning
Baby, [F] that is rock and roll
[G#] In the evening
Baby, [F#] that is [B] rock and roll
_ _ _ _ [N] _
invented the wheel _ [E] _
_ and
[B] things just began to [F#] groove
_ Did you ever hear a tenor sax
_ _ [D#] Swinging [Gm] like a rusty [E] axe
_ _ _ Harking [F] like a frog [G#m] down in a hollow log
[C#] Baby, [F] that is rock [F#] and roll
[Bm] Did you [B] ever hear a guitar sway
_ _ _ [Gm] Jingy, jingy, jingy, [E] _ jang
_ Did you ever hear [Fm] those strings
[B] Doing [G#] crazy things
[C#] Baby, that [F#]
is rock [B] and roll
[E] That ain't no great thing that you hear
[F#] Rolling down the railroad [B] tracks
As [C#] the country folks be out of air
[F#] Playing in between the cracks
[B] You say that music's for the _ birds
But it's not for the birds
[D#] You can't understand [E] the words
But if [Fm] you did
[B] You'd really [G#] blow your lid
[C#] Baby, [F#] that is rock [B] and _ roll _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [B] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [B] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] That ain't no great thing that you hear
_ Rolling [B] down the railroad tracks
_ As [C#] the country folks be out [G#m] of air
[F#] _ Playing in between the cracks
_ [B] You say that music's for the birds
You say that music's for the birds
_ [D#] And you can't understand the [E] _ words
Well, honey, if you did
[B] You'd really blow [G#] your lid
[F#] Baby, that is [B] rock and roll
In [G] the morning
Baby, [F] that is rock and roll
[G#] In the evening
Baby, [F#] that is [B] rock and roll
_ _ _ _ [N] _