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