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An oldie from Mac Davis

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(@rodders)
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I think a lot of us will have an affinity with this one

And terrifically easy open chords

Rock and roll, ( I gave you all the best years of my life)

D G A
I can still remember when I bought my first guitar,
D G A
Remember just how good the feeling to put it proudly in my car,
D7 B7 Em
And my fam'ly listened fifty times to my two song repertoire.
G A
I told my mom her only son was gonna be a star.
D G A
Bought all the Beatles records, I sounded just like Paul,
D G A
I bought all the old Chuck Berry's 78's and all
D7 B7 Em
I sat by my record player playing ev'ry note they played.
G A D
I watched them all on TV making ev'ry move they made.

D G
Rock and roll, I gave you all the best years of my life
A G D
All the dreamy sunny Sundays, all the moonlit summer nights.
G
I was so busy in the backroom writing love songs to you
A G D
While you were changing your direction and never even knew
A G D
That I was always just one step behind you.

D G A
'66 seemed like the year I was really going somewhere;
D G A
We were living in San Francisco with flowers in our hair,
D7 B7 Em
Singing songs of kindness so the world would understand,
G A
To the guys and me you were something more than just another band.
D G A
And then sixty-nine in L. A. came around so soon,
D G A
We were really making headway and writing lots of tunes,
D7 B7 Em
And we must have played the wildest stuff that we had ever played,
G A D
And the way the crowds cried out for us, we thought we had it made.

D G
Rock and roll, I gave you all the best years of my life
A G D
All the crazy, lazy, young days, all the magic moon at night.
G
I was so busy on the road singing love songs to you,
A G D
While you were changing your direction and never even knew
A G D
That I was always just one step behind you.

D G A
Seventy-one and so alone when I met Susanne,
D G A
I was trying to go it solo with someone else's band.
D7 B7 Em
She came up to me later and I took her by the hand,
G A
And I told her all my troubles and she seemed to understand.
D G A
And she followed me through London, through a hundred hotel rooms,
D G A
Through a hundred record companies who didn't like my tunes;
D7 B7 Em
She followed me when finally I sold my old guitar,
G A D
She tried to help me understand I'd never be a star.

D G
Rock and roll, I gave you all the best years of my life
A G D
All the dreamy sunny Sundays, all the moonlit summer nights.
G
And though I never knew the magic, of making it with you
A G D
That I thank the lord for giving me the little bit I knew
A G D
And I was always just one step behind you.

Link to song http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/clipserve/B00004ZBD8001004/0/103-1979663-1385434

Be excellent to each other & party on dudes!
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 Nils
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Thanks Rodders. This brings back memories. As soon as Amazon comes back I will listen to the clip to refresh my memory of the song and tackle it.

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(@vic-lewis-vl)
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Wow Rodders.....where'd you dig this one up from!!!! I literally haven't heard this for years...not even on oldies shows!!! One of those forgotten classics....I'm sure I've still got this on a vinyl 45, but that means (Groan!) a trip to the attic and wading my way through boxes and boxes of junk - well the Mrs calls them junk, I call them memories......

Nice one,

:D :D :D

Vic

"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)


   
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(@lotto-king)
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wow the memories :lol:

thank you 8)

Aghhhh

Not only am I a senior citizen

I'm now a bloody senior member

Are you people trying to tell me I'm old or what ?

over 700 posts ( I really do need to get out more )


   
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(@vic-lewis-vl)
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Since last night, I've had a nagging feeling at the back of my mind...I know I bought this single waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back when, but "Mac Davis" just didn't seem right....

So, one trip to the attic later, one nose full of dust, one clean pair of jeans for washing, and one shower seriously needed, I came up trumps....

I couldn't find it on an old vinyl 45, but got it on a vinyl 33....best of 70's ballads....

And the artist was......(drum roll)......KEVIN JOHNSON.......

I hope there's some hot water left....

:D :D :D

Vic

"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)


   
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(@rodders)
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The only reason I put this one up was because it had nice easy chords and probably never would have thought of it if I hadnt heard the night before as I was listening online to an oldies show on some obscure US radio station.

Be excellent to each other & party on dudes!
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=686668


   
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