Rock And Roll Best Years Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

D I can still remember when I Gbought my first guiAtar,

 Remember Djust how good the feeling to put it Gproudly in my Acar,

 And my D7fam'ly listened fifty times to my B7two song reperEmtoire.

 I told my mom her only son was Ggonna be a Astar.

D Bought all the Beatles records, I Gsounded just like APaul,

 I Dbought all the old Chuck Berry's G78's and Aall

 I D7sat by my record player playing B7ev'ry note they Emplayed.

 I watched them all on TV making Gev'ry Amove they Dmade.

DRock and roll, I gave you all the Gbest years of my life

 All the Adreamy sunny Sundays, all the Gmoonlit summer Dnights.

 I was so busy in the backroom writing Glove songs to you

 While you were Achanging your direction and Gnever even Dknew

 That I was Aalways just Gone step beDhind you.

D '66 seemed like the year I was Greally going Asomewhere;

 We were Dliving in San Francisco with Gflowers in our Ahair,

D7 Singing songs of kindness so the B7world would underEmstand,

 To the guys and me you were something more than G just another Aband.

 And then Dsixty-nine in L. A. Gcame around so Asoon,

 We were Dreally making headway and Gwriting lots of Atunes,

 And we D7must have played the wildest stuff that B7we had ever Emplayed,

 And the way the crowds cried out for us, we Gthought we Ahad it Dmade.

DRock and roll, I gave you all the Gbest years of my life

 All the Acrazy, lazy, young days, all the Gmagic moon at Dnight.

 I was so busy on the road singing Glove songs to you,

 While you were Achanging your direction and Gnever even Dknew

 That I was Aalways just Gone step beDhind you.

D Seventy-one and so alone Gwhen I met SuAsanne,

 I was Dtrying to go it solo with Gsomeone else's Aband.

 She D7came up to me later and I B7took her by the Emhand,

 And I told her all my troubles and she Gseemed to underAstand.

 And she Dfollowed me through London, through a Ghundred hotel Arooms,

 Through a Dhundred record companies who Gdidn't like my Atunes;

 She D7followed me when finally I B7sold my old guiEmtar,

 She tried to help me understand I'd G never Abe a Dstar.

DRock and roll, I gave you all the Gbest years of my life

 All the Adreamy sunny Sundays, all the Gmoonlit summer Dnights.

 And though I never knew the magic, of Gmaking it with you

 That I Athank the lord for giving me the Glittle bit I Dknew

 And I was Aalways just Gone step beDhind you.