The Heart Of Rock And Roll Chords by Huey Lewis & The News

Tempo:
141.85 bpm
Chords used:

C

F

Cm

Bb

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Heart Of Rock And Roll chords
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[C]
New York is everything they say and no place that I'd [G] rather be.
[Cm] Where else can you do a half [C] a million things all at a quarter to three?
[B] [Bb] When they play their music, ooh, that modern music, they like it with a lot of style,
but [F] it's still that same old backbeater rhythm that [F] really, really [C] does them wild.
[Bb] They say the hard rock and roll [F] is the beatin', and from [Bb] what I've seen, [F] I believe them.
[Eb] Now the other may be barely breathin', [D] but the hard rock and [G] roll, hard rock and roll [C] is the beat, friend.
[Cm]
[Bb] [C] Hollywood and the Sunset Strip is something everyone should [Cm] see.
The I-Lights and the pretty, [C] pretty girls all dress so scantily.
[Bb] When they play their music, that hard rock and music, they like it with a lot of flash,
[F] but it's still that same old backbeater rhythm that really, really gets [G] them in [Bb] the
They say the hard rock and roll [F] is the beatin', and from [Bb] what I've seen, [F] I believe them.
[Eb] Now the other may be barely breathin', [D] but the hard rock and [G] roll, hard rock and roll [C] is the beat, friend.
[Cm] [F]
[Bb]
[G] [F]
[Bb]
[F]
[Bb]
[F]
[Bb] [D]
[F] [C] D.C., San Antonio, and the Liberty Town, and Boston and the [Eb] Baton Rouge.
[Cm] Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City, Seattle, San Francisco, Peru.
[Bb] Everywhere there's music, real live music, bands with a million styles,
[C] [F] but it's still that same old rock and roll music that really, really does [G] them wild.
[Bb] They say the hard rock and roll [F] is the beatin', [Bb] and from what I've seen, [F] I believe them.
[Eb] Now the other may be barely breathin', [D] but the hard rock and roll, [G]
hard rock and roll [C] is the beat, friend.
Yeah, in Cleveland, Detroit, hard rock and roll.
[Cm] [C]
[Gm] [Cm] [C]
[Gm] [C] [Fm]
[G] [C]
[Cm] [C]
[Cm] [C]
[Cm] [C]
[Cm] [C]
[Cm]
[C]
Thanks.
[Fm] [G] [C]
[Cm] [C]
[Eb] [Cm] [C]
[Eb] [G]
[N]
Key:  
C
3211
F
134211111
Cm
13421113
Bb
12341111
G
2131
C
3211
F
134211111
Cm
13421113
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To learn Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart Of Rock And Roll chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Eb, F, Eb, F, Bb, C, Cm, C, Bb and F of chords. A strategic approach would be to train at 71 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 142. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: C Minor.

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_ _ _ _ New York is everything they say and no place that I'd [G] rather be.
_ _ [Cm] Where else can you do a half [C] a million things all at a quarter to three?
_ [B] _ [Bb] When they play their music, ooh, that modern music, they like it with a lot of style,
but [F] it's still that same old backbeater rhythm that [F] really, really [C] does them wild.
_ [Bb] They say the hard rock and roll [F] is the _ beatin', and from [Bb] what I've seen, [F] I believe them.
_ [Eb] Now the other may be barely _ breathin', [D] but the hard rock and [G] roll, hard rock and roll [C] is the beat, friend. _ _
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[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ Hollywood and the Sunset Strip is something everyone should [Cm] see.
_ The I-Lights and the pretty, [C] pretty girls all dress so scantily.
_ _ _ [Bb] When they play their music, that hard rock and music, they like it with a lot of flash,
[F] but it's still that same old backbeater rhythm that really, really gets [G] them in _ [Bb] the_
They say the hard rock and roll [F] is the _ beatin', and from [Bb] what I've seen, [F] I believe them.
_ [Eb] Now the other may be barely _ breathin', [D] but the hard rock and [G] roll, hard rock and roll [C] is the beat, friend. _
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[F] _ _ [C] _ D.C., San Antonio, and the Liberty Town, and Boston and the [Eb] Baton Rouge.
[Cm] _ _ Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City, Seattle, San Francisco, Peru.
_ [Bb] _ Everywhere there's music, real live music, bands with a million styles,
[C] [F] but it's still that same old rock and roll music that really, really does [G] them wild.
[Bb] They say the hard rock and roll [F] is the _ beatin', [Bb] and from what I've seen, [F] I believe them.
_ [Eb] Now the other may be barely _ breathin', [D] but the hard rock and roll, [G]
hard rock and roll [C] is the beat, friend. _
Yeah, _ _ _ in Cleveland, _ _ _ _ _ Detroit, _ _ _ _ _ _ hard rock and roll.
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_ _ _ Thanks.
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