Billy Joel, It's Still Rock 'n' Roll To Me (1980)
Key: :[C] (w: Billy Joel)
INTRO: [C5]
VERSE 1:
[C5] What's the matter with the
[E5] clothes I'm wearing?
Can't You
[Bb5] tell that your tie's too
[F5] wide?
[C5] Maybe I should buy some
[E5] old tab collar?
Welcome
[Bb5] back to the age of
[F5] jive
CHORUS 1:
[Em] Where have you been hidin'
[Am] out lately, honey?
You
[Em] can't dress trashy till you
[D] spend a lot of
[G] money
[C] Everybody
[Em] talking 'bout the
[Bb] new sound
[F] Funny, but it's
[Am] still rock and
[G] roll to
[C5] me
VERSE 2:
[C5] What's the matter with the
[E5] car I'm driving?
Can't you
[Bb5] tell it's out of
[F5] style?
[C5] Should I get a set of
[E5] white wall tires?
Are you
[Bb5] gonna cruise the miracle
[F5] mile?
CHORUS 2:
[Em] Nowadays you can't be
[Am] too sentimental
Your
[Em] best bet's a true baby,
[D] blue Conti-
[G]-nental
[C] Hot funny,
[Em] cool punk
[Bb] even if it's
[F] old junk
It's
[Am] still rock and
[G] roll to
[C5] me
BRIDGE:
Oh,
[G] it doesn't matter what they
[F] say in the papers
Cause it's
[E] always been the same old scene
[Am]
There's a
[G] new band in town but you
[F] can't get the sound
From a
[E] story in a magazine
[Ab5],
[Eb5] aimed at your average
[F] teen
[G]
VERSE 3:
[C5] How about a pair of
[E5] pink sidewinders
and a
[Bb5] bright orange pair of
[F5] pants
[C5] Well, you could really be a
[E5] Beau Brummel baby
if you
[Bb5] just give it half a
[F5] chance
CHORUS 3:
[Em] Don't waste your money on a
[Am] new set of speakers
You
[Em] get more milage from a
[D] cheaper pair of
[G] sneakers
[C] Next phase,
[Em] new wave,
[Bb] dance trace,
[F] anyways
It's
[Am] still rock and
[G] roll to
[C] me
INSTRUMENTAL: [over BRIDGE]
VERSE 4:
[C5] What's the matter with the
[E5] crowd I'm seeing?
Don't
[Bb5] know that they're out of
[F5] tough?
[C5] Should I try to be a
[E5] straight 'A' student?
If you
[Bb5] are, then you think too
[F5] much
[Em]
CHORUS 4:
[Em] Don't you know about the
[Am] new fashion, honey?
[Em] All you need are looks and a
[D] whole lot a
[G] money
It's the
[C] next phase,
[Em] new wave,
[Bb] dance trace; anyways
it's
[Am] still rock and
[G] roll to
[C5] me
OUTRO:
[C5] Everybody's
[E5] talking 'bout the
[Bb5] new sound
[F5] Funny, but it's
[A5] still rock and
[G5] roll to me
[C9]