Stray Cats, Rock This Town (1982)
Key: :[E] (w: Brian Setzer)
BASS TIPS: [E](*4*) //
[E](*2*) [B](*2*) //
[E](*2*) [A](*2*) //
[E](*1*) [B](*1*) [E](*2*)
INTRO: [E]
VERSE 1:
Well, my
[E] baby and me went out late Saturday night
I had my hair piled high and my baby just looked so
[B7] right
Well,
[E] pick you up at ten, gotta
[E7] have you home at two
[A] Mama don't know what I
[A7] got in store for you
But
[E] that's all right 'cause we're
[B7] looking as cool as can
[*R1 x4] be
VERSE 2:
Well, we
[E] 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
[B7] jukebox
Well, I
[E] put a quarter right in-
[E7]-to that can
But
[A] all it played was
[A7] disco, man
Come
[E] on, pretty baby, let's
[B7] get out of here right a-
[E]-way
CHORUS:
We're gonna
[E] rock this town, rock it inside out
We're gonna rock this town, make 'em scream and
[B7] shout
Let's
[E] rock, rock, rock, man,
[E7] rock
We're gonna
[A open] rock 'til we pop, we're gonna
[A7] rock 'til we drop
We're gonna
[E] rock this town,
[B7] rock it inside
[E] out
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE] //
[*R1 x4]
VERSE 3:
Well, we're
[E] having a ball just a-bopping on the big dance floor
Well, there's a real square cat, he looks like 197-
[B7]-4
Well, he
[E open] look at me once, he look at me
[E7 open] twice
Look at me a-
[A open]-gain and there's a-
[A7]-gonna be fight
We're gonna
[E] rock this town, we're gonna
[B7] rip this place a-
[E]-part
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE] //
[*R1 x4]
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO:
We're gonna
[E] rock this town
[B7] rock it inside
[E *R1] out
We're gonna
[E] rock this town
[B7] rock it inside
[E *R1] out
We're gonna
[E] rock this town
[B7] rock it inside
[E open] out
