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Song title: Rock 'n' Roll Lullaby
Original Album: How dare you!
Words and Music by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman
Copyright © 1976 Mercury Records
Published by Mercury Records
Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net) (www.gartfrets.net)
NOTES:
Standard Tuning; timing is 4/4.
INTRO:
A B
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------4------|-------------------------6------|
|-------------4---7--------------|-------------6---9--------------|
|-5------------------------------|-7------------------------------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
A B
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------4------|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9------|
|-------------4---7--------------|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9------|
|-5------------------------------|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7------|
| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|
VERSE:
Notes:
The first note of Fill 1 starts on the C#m of "get"; and the last note is on
the F#7 of "Snuggle" in the CHORUS.
Chords:
E 022100 Am 577555
G# 466544 B 799877 or x24442
A 577655 C#m x46654
E G#
Listen while I sing you to sleep
A Am
With a rock 'n' roll lullaby
E G#
Close your eyes and don't you peep
A Am
This is a rock 'n' roll lullaby
E C#m [Fill 1]
The Sandman's gonna get you...
Fill 1
C#m F#7
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--4-4--2-4-2----------------|
|-------------5-5--4-5-4--2--|
CHORUS:
Chords:
F#7 242322 D xx0232
A 577655 E 022100
F#7
Snuggle down your sleepy head
"It's gettin' late," the Sandman said,
D A E (F#7)
"Your dreams are waiting
F#7
It's daybreak in the land of nod
So get to sleep you little sod,
D A E
Your dreams are waiting."
BRIDGE:
Chords:
Bm x24432 A 577655
E 022100 Am(maj7) x02110
C#m x46654 Amaj7 x02120
B 799877 or x24442
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/numeric/10cc/326012.html ]
Bm E
And if you get a nightmare, would you go and shake your Ma?
C#m B A
'Cause your Daddy's been a-workin' all day - ay
Bm E
And if you go and get a glass of water by yourself
C#m Am(maj7)
You can show us that you're older than you are
Amaj7
Show us that you're older...
[ GUITAR SOLO (over Guitar figure 1 below) ]
[Play x2]
Guitar Figure 1
E G# A C D
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------|
|*----------------|----------------|----------------|----------2----------4-*|
|*----------------|----------3---3-|--------2-4-2-4-|------2-5--------4-7---*|
|---------2-4-2-4-|------3-6---6---|-0-0--4---------|-3-3--------5-5---------|
|--0-0--4---------|-4-4------------|----------------|------------------------|
E C#m
The Sandman's gonna get you
[play Fill 1]
Fill 1
C#m F#7
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--4-4--2-4-2----------------|
|-------------5-5--4-5-4--2--|
CHORUS:
Chords:
F#7 242322 D xx0232
A 577655 E 022100
F#7
Well, you're too small to understand
You're living in a wonderland
D A E F#7
Your dreams are waitin'
F#7
If only we could be there too
And dream a dream along with you
D A E F#7
Your dreams are waitin'
BRIDGE:
Chords:
Bm x24432 A 577655
E 022100 Am(maj7) x02110
C#m x46654 Amaj7 x02120
B 799877 or x24442
Bm E
Careful that you don't get out the wrong side of the cot
C#m B A
Are you gonna be an angel or a de - vil
Bm E
You're too young to reason what is right and what is wrong
C#m
But childhood dreams are gone too fast,
Am(maj7)
There's no way we can make them last
Amaj7 B
We'll always love you anyway - ay...
CODA:
Guitar figure 1
E G# A C D
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------------|
|*----------------|----------------|----------------|----------2----------4-*|
|*----------------|----------3---3-|--------2-4-2-4-|------2-5--------4-7---*|
|---------2-4-2-4-|------3-6---6---|-0-0--4---------|-3-3--------5-5---------|
|--0-0--4---------|-4-4------------|----------------|------------------------|
E
Any way you are
G#
Any way you are
A C D
Any way you are
[repeat CODA until fade]
