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
[G7] right
Well,
[C] pick you up at ten, gotta
[C7] have you home at two
[F] Mama don't know what I
[F7] got in store for you
But
[C] that's all right 'cause we're
[G7] 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
[G7] jukebox
Well, I
[C] put a quarter right in-
[C7]-to that can
But
[F] all it played was
[F7] disco, man
Come
[C] on, pretty baby, let's
[G7] 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
[G7] shout
Let's
[C] rock, rock, rock, man,
[C7] rock
We're gonna
[F open] rock 'til we pop, we're gonna
[F7] rock 'til we drop
We're gonna
[C] rock this town,
[G7] 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-
[G7]-4
Well, he
[C open] look at me once, he look at me
[C7 open] twice
Look at me a-
[F open]-gain and there's a-
[F7]-gonna be fight
We're gonna
[C] rock this town, we're gonna
[G7] rip this place a-
[C]-part
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE] //
[*R1 x4]
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO:
We're gonna
[C] rock this town
[G7] rock it inside
[C *R1] out
We're gonna
[C] rock this town
[G7] rock it inside
[C *R1] out
We're gonna
[C] rock this town
[G7] rock it inside
[C open] out
