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How To Play "Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)" by Kevin Johnson


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\"Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)\" is a 1973 song written and originally performed by Australian singer Kevin Johnson, most famously covered by American singer Mac Davis.

Johnson's version reached number four in Australia.
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Rock & Roll I Gave You (Capo 1) #KevinJohnson

[Intro] C A7 Dm G C

[C]I can still remember when I [F]bought my first gui[G]tar
Remember [C]JUST how good the feeling was put_it [F]proudly in my [G]car
And my [C]family listened [Am7]fifty times to my [A7]two song reper[Dm]toire
[Dm]And I told my mom her only son was [F]gonna [G]be a [C]star
Bought [C]all the Beatles records [F]sounded just like [G]Paul
[C]Bought all the old Chuck Berry's [F]seventy eights and [G]all
And_I [C]SAT by my record [Am7]player playing [A7]every note they [Dm]played
[Dm]And I watched them all on TV making [F]every [G]move they [C]made

[C]Rock and Roll I gave you all the [F]best years of my life
All the [G]dreamy sunny sundays all the [F]moonlit summer [C]nights_
I_was_so [C]busy in the backroom writing [F]love songs to you
While you were [G]changing your direction [F]never even [C]knew
That I was [G]always just one step be[C]hind you [C]

[C]'66 seemed like the year I was [F]really going [G]somewhere_
We_were [C]living in San Francisco with [F]flowers in our [G]hair
[C]Singing songs of [Am7]kindness so the [A7]world would under[Dm]stand
[Dm]That the guy's and me were something more than [F]just another [G]band_
And then [C]'69 in LA [F]came around so [G]soon
We were [C]really making head way [F]writing lots of [G]tunes
And_we [C]MUST have played the [Am7]wildest stuff [A7]we had ever [Dm]played
And [Dm]WHEN the crowds cried out for us we [F]thought we [G]had it [C]made


[C]Rock and Roll I gave you all the [F]best years of my life
All the [G]crazy lazy young days all the [F]magic moonlit [C]nights
I was so [C]busy on the road singing [F]love songs to you
While you were [G]changing your direction [F]never even [C]knew[C]
That I was [G]always just one step be[C]hind you [C]

Do Do Do... ( C F G C ) x2

[C]'71 in Soho [F]when I saw Su[G]zanne
I was [C]trying to go it solo with [F]someone else's [G]band
And_[C]SHE came up to me [Am7]later I [A7]took her by the [Dm]hand
[Dm]And I told her all my troubles and she [F]seemed to under[G]stand
And she [C]followed me through London through a [F]hundred hotel [G]rooms
Through a [C]hundred record companies who [F]didn't like my [G]tunes
She [C]followed me when [Am7]finally I [A7]sold my old gui[Dm]tar
[Dm]And she tried to help me understand I'd [F]never [G]be a [C]star[C]

[C]Rock and Roll I gave you all the [F]best years of my life
All the [G]dreamy sunny sundays all the [F]moonlit summer [C]nights
Though I [C]NEVER knew the magic of [F]making it with you
I [G]thank the Lord for giving me the [F]little bit I [C]knew
And I will [G]always be one step be[C]hind you

[C]Rock and Roll I gave you all the [F]best years of my life
[G]Singing out my love songs on a [F]bright lit magic [C]night
And though I [C]NEVER knew the magic of [F]making it with you
I [G]thank the Lord for giving me the [F]little bit I [C]knew

[C]Rock and Roll I gave you all the [F]best years of my life
All the [G]dreamy sunny sundays all the [F]moonlit summer [C]nights_
I_was_so [C]busy in the backroom writing [F]love songs to you
While you were [G]changing your direction [F]never even [C]knew


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