Let It Rock Chords

by Chuck Berry
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Author antsliiv [a] 1,247. Last edit on Nov 17, 2021

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by Chuck Berry 1959
 
Capo 1
Intro:
 
A
 
[Verse 1]
A
Well in the heat of the day, down in Mobile, Alabama 
A
Working on the railroad with a steel driving hammer 
D
I Got to get some money, buy some brand new shoes 
A
Try to find somebody take away these blues 
E
She don't love me here, I'm singing in the sun 
A
Payday's coming when my work is all done 
 
A D A E A
 
[Verse 2]
A
Well later in the evening when the sun is sinking low 
A
All day I've been waiting for the whistle to blow 
D
Sitting in a tee-pee built right on the track 
A
Rolling them bones 'till the foreman come back 
E
Pick up your belongings boys and scatter about 
A
We got an off scheduled train coming two miles out 
 
A D A E A
 
[Verse 3]
A
Everybody's scrambling and jumping around 
A
Picking up the money, tear the teep-pee down 
D
Foreman was in panic, 'bout to go insane 
A
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train 
E
Engineer blowing the whistle long and long 
A
Can't stop the train we got to let it roll on
 
A D A E A
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5 comments
Strat799
Nobody does this song better than Bob Segar on his smokin op's album.
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bradmccaskill1
Nice beginner guitar song to learn, love it, especially The Dead or Widespread Panic playing it!!
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philbar15
Check out Motorhead doing this on the Leeterman show!
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