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SONG TITLE: I Love Rock'n'Roll
ARTIST/GROUP: Joan Jett
ALBUM:
TRANSCRIBED BY: qualitytabs@qualitytabs.tk
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CHORDS:
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EADGBE
E5 (0799xx)
A5 (x022xx)
B5 (x244xx)
GREAT GREAT GREAT SONG!!! One of the greatest anthems ever written!!
I'll just tab out the parts and then type the lyrics. I'll put
chord names over the tab and chord names over the lyrics so you'll
see where everything goes. It's an easy song to play.
TWO VERY IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. There are two guitar in this song. I've transcribed it for
one because they're always playing the same thing except
this: In the verses and end of chorus when the main guitar
plays
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E|--------------------| E|----------------|
B|-15b17r15-12--------| the other B|----------------|
G|-------------14-12--| guitar plays G|----------------|
D|--------------------| at the same D|-2p0------------|
A|--------------------| time this---> A|-----2--0-------|
E|--------------------| E|----------3-----|
b = bend note
r = release bend
p = pull-off
2. In the main riff, intro and chorus riff when there's a
bend on the low string that's written ---3b4---, the
bend should really only be up to 3 and a half but I
can't write that in tab so I had to write 4. The bend
is pretty small, just a half note. Listen to hear it.
INTRO:
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Intro starts with drums and then comes this:
E5 E5 A5 B5
E|---------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------
G|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
D|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
A|--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2--2--------
E|--0--0-------0--0-------3b4-------------------3b4--
E5 E5 A5 B5 E5
E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4----9--9----
D--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4----9--9----
A--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2----7--7----
E--0--0-------0--0-------3b4--------------0--0--0----
E5
E----------------------------------|
B--------------15b17r15-12---------| That's the whole intro.
G---9--9-------------------14-12---|
D---9--9---------------------------|
A---7--7---------------------------|
E---0--0---------------------------|
Here's what you play in the verses:
E5 E5
E|--------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------15b17r15-12--------
G|--9--9--------------------9--9-------------------14-12--
D|--9--9--------------------9--9--------------------------
A|--7--7--------------------7--7--------------------------
E|--0--0--------------------0--0--------------------------
E5 B5
E--------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------15b17r15-12--------
G--9--9--------------------4--4-------------------14-12--
D--9--9--------------------4--4--------------------------
A--7--7--------------------2--2--------------------------
E--0--0--------------------------------------------------
A5 B5 E5 A5
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--2--2-------4--4-------9--9-------2--------------------
D--2--2-------4--4-------9--9-------2--------------------
A--0--0-------2--2-------7--7-------0--------------------
E------------------------0--0----------------------------
B5
E--------------------------|
B--------------------------|
G--------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
D--------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
A--------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
E--------------------------|
VERSE 1:
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E5 E5
I saw him dancin' there by the record machine
E5 B5
I knew he must've been about seventeen
A5 B5 E5 A5
The beat was going strong, playin' my favorite song
[guitar stops]
And I could tell it wouldn't be long till he was with me, yeah,me
B5
And I could tell it wouldn't be long till he was with me, yeah me,
singin:
[Here's how you play the first two choruses:]
E5 E5 A5 B5
E|---------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------
G|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
D|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
A|--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2--2--------
E|--0--0-------0--0-------3b4------------------------
E5 E5 A5 B5 E5
E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4----9--9----
D--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4----9--9----
A--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2----7--7----
E--0--0-------0--0-------3b4--------------0--0--0----
E5
E----------------------------------|
B--------------15b17r15-12---------|
G---9--9-------------------14-12---|
D---9--9---------------------------|
A---7--7---------------------------|
E---0--0---------------------------|
CHORUS:
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E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5 E5
so come and take your time and dance with me
VERSE 2: [play same as verse 1]
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He smiled so I got up and asked for his name
"That don't matter,"he said,"'cause it's all the same"
I said, "Can I take you home, where we can be alone?"
And next we were movin' on and he was with me, yeah,me
Next we were movin' on and he was with me, yeah, me
singin':
CHORUS: [play same as previous chorus]
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I love Rock'n'Roll,
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
I love Rock'n'Roll,
so come and take your time and dance with me
GUITAR-SOLO/VERSE 3:
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[The first half of this verse is the solo. Make up your own
solo, I don't transcribe solos. It is played over the first
half of the verse chords. Here is the rest of the verse,
played like the second half of the verses:]
A5 B5 E5 A5
I said, "Can I take you home, where we can be alone?"
[no guitar for the rest of the verse]
Next we were movin' on. He was with me, yeah me
and we'll be movin' on and singin' that same old song
yeah, with me singin:
The last chorus is played like this:
E5 E5 A5 B5
E|---------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------
G|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
D|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
A|--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2--2--------
E|--0--0-------0--0-------3b4------------------------
E5 E5 A5 B5
E-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------| Then repeat
G--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4---| straight away.
D--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4---|
A--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2---|
E--0--0-------0--0-------3b4--------------0-|
CHORUS:
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[no guitar for the first four lines]
I love Rock'n'Roll,
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
I love Rock'n'Roll,
so come and take your time and dance with me
E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5
so come and take your time and dance with
E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5
so come and take your time and dance with
E5 E5 [second guitar starts playing Fill 1, see below]
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5
so come and take your time and dance with
E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5 E5
so come and take your time and dance with me
The second guitar that comes in when you're playing the chorus
again and again in the end plays this: [simple, just one note]
FILL 1:
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
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