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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Old Rock 'n' Roller</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Written by Charlie Daniels, from his album &ldquo;Simple Man&rdquo;, released in
  17 1989 (thanks to Martina Henze). <br />
  18 Played by Dylan in Hamburg, 3 July 1990, and introduced with the
  19 words: &ldquo;In case you're wondering what happens to people like me,
  20 here's a song to tell about it&rdquo;.<br />
  21 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem </p>
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  25 <pre class="verse">
  26              C                           G                     C
  27 He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar.
  28    Am                         Em                           G
  29 He sings a little flat and he never learned to play the guitar.
  30        Am                        Em
  31 But he keeps on belting out them rhythm and blues
  32 F                      C
  33 &quot;Long Tall Sally&quot; and &quot;Blue Suede Shoes&quot;
  34    Am                             Em               F
  35 He never faced the fact that he's never gonna be a star.
  36              C                           G                     C
  37 He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar.
  38
  39 He had a record in the sixties, it was big enough to go Top Ten.
  40 And though he tried and he tried he never could make it happen again.
  41 He's been living twenty years on bourbon and pride.
  42 Jerry Lee went crazy and Elvis died.
  43 Then his third wife left him but he never really thought it would last.
  44 And now she ain't nothing but another little blast from the past.
  45 </pre>
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  47 <pre class="bridge">
  48     Em                          F
  49 But sometimes at night when the music [...]
  50         Em              F
  51 and the crowd is having fun,
  52    Em                          F
  53 He steps up on the mike with a gleam in his eye
  54           Em               F
  55 and once again he's twenty-one.
  56                Am                        Em
  57 And then it's &quot;Be-Bop-A-Lula&quot; and &quot;Heartbreak Hotel&quot;
  58
  59     Am              Em *)
  60 and &quot;That'll Be The Day&quot;
  61          **)   G       C          Am     F/g
  62 Then the Sweet Bird of Youth just flies away.
  63 </pre>
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  65 <pre class="verse">
  66 He's an earthbound eagle that never did learn how to fly.
  67 He ain't never gonna make it but he sure did give it a try.
  68 So go dye your hair and turn the music up loud,
  69 And when it's time to go at least you'll go down proud.
  70 You ain't never gonna be nothing but what you are &ndash;
  71 Just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar,
  72
  73 Just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar.
  74 </pre>
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  77
  78 <p>*) One guitar plays an F here.</p>
  79
  80 <p>**) No specific chord is discernible here; several alternatives are
  81 played simultaneously... <strong>Am</strong> is a good guess, which makes
  82 sense musically.</p>
  83
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  85
  86 <a name="daniels"></a>
  87 <h2 class="songversion">Charlie Daniels' version</h2>
  88 <pre class="tab">
  89 Intro/lick *)        lick **)
  90
  91   A       D/a        D     Dadd9
  92   :   .   .   .      :   .   .   .
  93 |-----------------||-------0h2---0---|
  94 |-------2h2-------||-----3-----3---3-|
  95 |-----2-------2---||---2-------------|
  96 |---2-------4---4-||-0---------------|
  97 |-0---------------||-----------------|
  98 |-----------------||-----------------|
  99   x4 for intro
 100 </pre>
 101
 102 <pre class="verse">
 103              A                           E                     A   D/a  A   *)
 104 He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar.
 105        F#m                        D                         E7
 106 And he sings a little flat and he never learned to play the guitar.
 107        F#m                       C#m7
 108 But he keeps on beltin' out them rhythm and blues
 109 D                      A
 110 &quot;Long Tall Sally&quot; and &quot;Blue Suede Shoes&quot;
 111         A                     E                     F#m     D(add9 - D)   **)
 112 He just can't accept the fact he's never gonna be a star.
 113              A                           E                     A      *)
 114 He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar.
 115
 116 He had a record in the sixties, it was big enough to go Top Ten.
 117 And though he tried and he tried he never could make it happen again.
 118 He's been living twenty years on bourbon and pride.
 119 Jerry Lee went country and Elvis died.
 120 And then his third wife left him but he never really thought it would last.
 121 And now she ain't nothing but another little blast from the past.
 122 </pre>
 123
 124 <pre class="bridge">
 125     C#m7
 126 But sometimes late on a saturday night
 127          D
 128 when the crowd's out having fun,
 129    C#m7
 130 He steps to the mike with a gleam in his eye
 131           D
 132 and once again he's twenty-one.
 133                F#m
 134 And then it's &quot;Be-Bop-A-Lulu&quot; and &quot;Heartbreak Hotel&quot;
 135     C#m7
 136 and &quot;That'll Be The Day&quot;
 137              D     C#m7    Bm         A      D     E
 138 But then the Sweet Bird of Youth just flies away.
 139 </pre>
 140
 141 <pre class="verse">
 142 He's an earthbound eagle that never did learn how to fly.
 143 He ain't ever gonna make it but he sure did give it a try.
 144 So go dye your hair and turn the music up loud,
 145 When it's time to go, at least you'll go down proud.
 146 You ain't never gonna be nothing but what you are &ndash;
 147 Just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar,
 148
 149 Just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar.
 150 </pre>
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