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Rock And Roll Band

Boston

RockAdvanced for beginners8 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

BDiagram coming soon
E
A×
D××
D#Diagram coming soon
F#Diagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
C#mDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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verse 1:  
 
B               
Well....  
        E                        A 
We were just another band out of Boston 
        E                        A 
On the road to try to make ends meet 
  E                           A 
Playin' all the bars, sleepin' in our cars  
       E                             A      D D# 
And we practiced right on out in the street  
E                       A 
No, we didn't have much money 
   E                      A 
We barely made enough to survive 
            E                        F#                    A          B7 
But when we got up on stage and got ready to play, people came alive.  
 
 
Chorus 1:  
 
C#m                  A 
Rock and roll band everybody's waitin' 
C#m           A 
Gettin' crazy anticipating  
E      F#         A    B7    E                            B 
Love and music, play, play, play, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah  
 
 
verse 2: 
 
E                        A 
Dancin' in the streets of Hyannis 
         E                        A 
We were getting pretty good at the game  
E                               A 
People stood in line and didn't seem to mind 
         E                  A    D D# 
You know everybody knew our name 
E                        A 
Livin' on rock-n-roll music 
      E                              A 
Never worry 'bout the things we were missing 
        E                           F#                    A           B7           
When we got up on the stage and got ready to play, everybody listened.  
 
 
Chorus 2:  
 
C#m                  A 
Rock and roll band everybody's waitin' 
C#m           A 
Gettin' crazy anticipating  
E      F#         A    B7    E                            B 
Love and music, play, play, play, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah  
 
 
verse 3:  
 
 
E                        A 
Playin' for a week in Rhode Island 
E                        A 
A man came to the stage one night  
    E                           A 
He smoked a big cigar, Drove a Cadillac car 
           E                        A           D D# 
And said, "Boys, I think this bands outta-sight 
E                        A 
Sign a record company contract 
E                        A 
You know I've got great expectations 
       E                   F#                        A             B7 
When I hear you on the car radio you're goin' to be a sensation!"  
 
 
Chorus 3:  
 
 
C#m                  A 
Rock and roll band everybody's waitin' 
C#m           A 
Gettin' crazy anticipating  
E      F#         A    B7    E                            B 
Love and music, play, play, play, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 
          
 

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Chord set

B · E · A · D · D# · F# · B7 · C#m

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.