Stray Cats, Rock This Town (1982)
Key: :[B] (w: Brian Setzer)
BASS TIPS: [B](*4*) //
[B](*2*) [F#](*2*) //
[B](*2*) [E](*2*) //
[B](*1*) [F#](*1*) [B](*2*)
INTRO: [B]
VERSE 1:
Well, my
[B] baby and me went out late Saturday night
I had my hair piled high and my baby just looked so
[F#7] right
Well,
[B] pick you up at ten, gotta
[B7] have you home at two
[E] Mama don't know what I
[E7] got in store for you
But
[B] that's all right 'cause we're
[F#7] looking as cool as can
[*R1 x4] be
VERSE 2:
Well, we
[B] 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
[F#7] jukebox
Well, I
[B] put a quarter right in-
[B7]-to that can
But
[E] all it played was
[E7] disco, man
Come
[B] on, pretty baby, let's
[F#7] get out of here right a-
[B]-way
CHORUS:
We're gonna
[B] rock this town, rock it inside out
We're gonna rock this town, make 'em scream and
[F#7] shout
Let's
[B] rock, rock, rock, man,
[B7] rock
We're gonna
[E open] rock 'til we pop, we're gonna
[E7] rock 'til we drop
We're gonna
[B] rock this town,
[F#7] rock it inside
[B] out
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE] //
[*R1 x4]
VERSE 3:
Well, we're
[B] having a ball just a-bopping on the big dance floor
Well, there's a real square cat, he looks like 197-
[F#7]-4
Well, he
[B open] look at me once, he look at me
[B7 open] twice
Look at me a-
[E open]-gain and there's a-
[E7]-gonna be fight
We're gonna
[B] rock this town, we're gonna
[F#7] rip this place a-
[B]-part
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE] //
[*R1 x4]
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO:
We're gonna
[B] rock this town
[F#7] rock it inside
[B *R1] out
We're gonna
[B] rock this town
[F#7] rock it inside
[B *R1] out
We're gonna
[B] rock this town
[F#7] rock it inside
[B open] out
