Rock ’n’ roll band    (intro)    (sample)

 

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                                                  Hey !

 

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1. Well, we were just another band out of Boston,

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    on the road to try and make ends meet.

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    playin' all the bars, sleepin' in our cars,

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    and we practiced right down out in the street.

 

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   No, we didn't have much money,

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    we barely made enough to survive,

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    but when we got up on stage and got ready to play,

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    people came alive.

 

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Rock 'n' roll band, everybody's waiting, gettin' crazy, anticipating

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Love, and music, play, play, play, yeah yeah yeah yeah !

 

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2. Dancin' in the streets of Hyannis,

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    we were getting pretty good at the game

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    people stood in line and didn't seem to mind,

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    you know, everybody knew our name.

 

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    Livin' on rock 'n' roll music,

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    never worried 'bout the things we were missin',

 

 

 

 

 

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    when we got up on stage and got ready to play,

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    everybody'd listen.

 

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Rock 'n' roll band, everybody's waiting, gettin' crazy, anticipating

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Love, and music, play, play, play!

 

   + E - A - E - A (2x)

 

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3. Playin' for a week in Rhode Island,

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    a man came to the stage one night,

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    he smoked a big cigar and drove a Cadillac car,

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    and said, "Boys I think this band's outta sight".

 

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    Sign a record company contract,

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    you know I've got great expectations,

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    when I hear you on the car radio,

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    you're gonna be a sensation.

 

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Rock 'n' roll band, everybody's waiting, gettin' crazy, anticipating

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Love, and music, play, play, play !

 

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    Yeah, yeah !

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Boston)