Stray Cats, Rock This Town (1982)
Key: :[D#] (w: Brian Setzer)
BASS TIPS: [D#](*4*) //
[D#](*2*) [A#](*2*) //
[D#](*2*) [G#](*2*) //
[D#](*1*) [A#](*1*) [D#](*2*)
INTRO: [D#]
VERSE 1:
Well, my
[D#] baby and me went out late Saturday night
I had my hair piled high and my baby just looked so
[A#7] right
Well,
[D#] pick you up at ten, gotta
[D#7] have you home at two
[G#] Mama don't know what I
[G#7] got in store for you
But
[D#] that's all right 'cause we're
[A#7] looking as cool as can
[*R1 x4] be
VERSE 2:
Well, we
[D#] found a little place that really didn't look half bad
I had a whiskey on the rocks and change of a dollar for the
[A#7] jukebox
Well, I
[D#] put a quarter right in-
[D#7]-to that can
But
[G#] all it played was
[G#7] disco, man
Come
[D#] on, pretty baby, let's
[A#7] get out of here right a-
[D#]-way
CHORUS:
We're gonna
[D#] rock this town, rock it inside out
We're gonna rock this town, make 'em scream and
[A#7] shout
Let's
[D#] rock, rock, rock, man,
[D#7] rock
We're gonna
[G# open] rock 'til we pop, we're gonna
[G#7] rock 'til we drop
We're gonna
[D#] rock this town,
[A#7] rock it inside
[D#] out
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE] //
[*R1 x4]
VERSE 3:
Well, we're
[D#] having a ball just a-bopping on the big dance floor
Well, there's a real square cat, he looks like 197-
[A#7]-4
Well, he
[D# open] look at me once, he look at me
[D#7 open] twice
Look at me a-
[G# open]-gain and there's a-
[G#7]-gonna be fight
We're gonna
[D#] rock this town, we're gonna
[A#7] rip this place a-
[D#]-part
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE] //
[*R1 x4]
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO:
We're gonna
[D#] rock this town
[A#7] rock it inside
[D# *R1] out
We're gonna
[D#] rock this town
[A#7] rock it inside
[D# *R1] out
We're gonna
[D#] rock this town
[A#7] rock it inside
[D# open] out
