Old Rock 'n' Roller Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]He'[C]s j[G]ust[C] an[G][C][G][C]
[G]old rock 'n' roller
playing [D]music in a backstreet [G]bar.[C][G]
[Em]He sings a little flat and he [C]never
learned to play the gui[D]tar.
But he [Em]keeps on belting out
them [Bm]rhythm and blues,
[C]"Long Tall Sally" and "Blue
[G]Suede Shoes".
He never [C]faced [G]the fact that he's
[D]never gonna be a [Em]star.[C]
He's just an old [G]rock 'n' roller playing
[D]music in a backstreet [G]bar.[C][G]

[Verse 2]
He had [G]a record in the sixties,
it was [D]big enough to go Top [G]Ten.[C][G]
And though [Em]he tried and he tried he never
[C]could make it happen [D]again.
He's been liv[Em]ing twenty years
on [Bm]bourbon and pride.
Jerry [C]Lee went crazy and [G]Elvis died.
[C]Then his [G]third wife left him but he [D]never
really thought it would [Em]last.[C]
And [G]now she ain't nothing [D]but another little
blast from the pas[G]t.[C][G]

[Verse 3]
[Bm]But sometimes at night when the music
[C]and the crowd is having fun,
He [Bm]steps up on the mike with a gleam in his
eye and once [C]again he's twenty- one.
And then it's [Em]"Be- Bop- A- Lula" and "Heartbreak
[Bm]Hotel" and "That'll Be The Day"
Then [C]the Sweet [Bm]Bird [Am]of Youth
just [G]flies [C]awa[D]y.

[Verse 4]
He's an [G]earthbound eagle that nev
[D]er did learn how [G]to fly.[C][G]
He ain't [Em]nev er gonna make it
but [C]he sure did give it [D]a try.
So go [Em]dye your hair and turn
the [Bm]music up loud,
And when it's [C]time to go at least
you'll [G]go down proud.
You ain't never gonna be [D]noth
ing but what you [Em]are[C]
Just an [G]old rock 'n' roller playing
[D]music in a [Em]backstreet [C]bar.
Just an [G]old rock 'n' roller playing
mu[D]sic in a backstreet [G]bar.

[Outro 1]
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