Rock & roll i gave you the best years of my life

The Cats - Rock & Roll I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life

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The Cats - Rock & Roll I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life

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I can still remember when [Gb] I bought my first guitar

[Ab] remember [Db] just how good the feeling was, put [Gb] it proudly in_my car

[Ab] and [Db] my family listened 50 times to my [Bb7] two song repertoire [Ebm]

[Ebm] and I told my mam [Ebm] her only son [Gb] was [Ab] gonna e [Db] a star



bought all [Db] The Beatles' records, soun- [Gb] ded just like Paul

[Ab] bought [Db] all the old Chuck Berries, 78's [Gb] and all

[Ab] I sat by [Db] my recordplayer, playing [Bb7] every note they pla- [Ebm7] yed

[Ebm] I watched them all on [Ebm] TV, making [Gb] every move [Ab] they made [Db]


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[Db] Rock 'n' Roll I gave you all the [Gb] best years of my life

All the drea- [Ab] my sunny sundays, [Gb] all_the moonlit summernights

[Db] I was so bu- [Db] sy in the backroom, wri- [Gb] ting lovesongs to you

While you [Ab] were changing your direction, [Gb] never even [Db] knew

[Db] That I [Ab7] was always [Ab7] just one step [Db] behind you [Db] [Db]



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[Db] '66 seemed like the year I [Gb] was really going somew- [Ab] here

We [Db] were living in san Francisco, [Gb] with flowers in our hair

[Ab] Sin- [Db] ging songs of kindness, [Bb7] so_the world would understand [Ebm]

[Ebm] that the guys and me were [Ebm] something more [Gb] than just ano- [Ab] ther band

[Db] And then '69 in LA, [Gb] came around so [Ab] soon

[Db] we were really making headway, [Gb] and writing lots of tunes [Ab]

[Db] We must have played the wildest [Bb7] stuff, we had [Ebm] ever played

[Ebm] And_the way the crowds cried [Ebm] out for us, [Gb] we_thought [Ab] we_had [Db] it_Made


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[Db] Rock 'n' Roll I gave you all the [Gb] best years of my life

All the [Ab] dreamy sunny sundays, [Gb] all_the moonlit summernights

[Db] I was so [Db] busy in the backroom, wri- [Gb] ting lovesongs to you

While you [Ab] were changing your direction, [Gb] never even knew [Db]

[Db] That I was [Ab] always [Ab] just one step behind [Db] you




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[Db] '71 in Soho [Gb] when I saw Susan- [Ab] ne

I was try- [Db] ing going solo [Gb] with someone else’s [Ab7] band

[Db] she came up to me lately [Bb7] and_I_took her by [Ebm] the hand

[Ebm] I told her all [Ebm] my troubles and [Gb] she seemed [Ab] to understand

[Db] And she followed me through London, [Gb] Through a 100 hotel- [Ab] rooms

[Db] Through a 100 recordcompanies who [Gb] didn't like my tunes [Ab]

[Db] And she followed me when finally I [Bb7] sold my old [Ebm] guitar

[Ebm] She tried to help [Ebm] me understand I'd [Gb] never be....- [Ab] a star[Db] [Db] [Db]

[Db] [Db] Rock 'n' Roll I gave you [Gb] all the best years of my life

All the [Ab] dreamy sunny sundays, [Gb] all the moonlit [Db] summernights

And though I [Db] never knew the magic of ma- [Gb] king it with you

I thank [Ab] the Lord for giving me [Gb] the little bit I [Db] knew

[Db] That [Ab] I was always [Ab] just one step behind [Db] you

[Db] Rock 'n' Roll I gave you all [Gb] the best years of my life

All [Ab] the dreamy sunny sundays, [Gb] all_the moonlit summernights

[Db] I was so [Db] busy in the backroom, writing [Gb] lovesongs to you

While you [Ab] were changing your direction, [Gb] never even knew [Db]



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[Db] Rock 'n' Roll I gave you all the [Gb] best years of my life

All the [Ab] dreamy sunny sundays, [Gb] all_the moonlit summernights

[Db] I was so [Db] busy in the backroom, writing [Gb] lovesongs to you

While you [Ab] were changing your direction, [Gb] never even [Db] knew

[Db] Rock 'n' Roll I gave you all [Gb] the best years of my life

All the [Ab] dreamy sunny sundays, all_the [Gb] moonlit summernights [Db]

[Db] always behind you