C |
C | Em |
What’s the matter with the cl | othes I’m wearing? |
Bb | F | |
Can’t you t | ell that your tie’s too w | ide? |
C | Em |
Maybe I should buy some o | ld tab collars |
Bb | F | |
Welcome | back to the age of j | ive |
Em | Am |
Where have you been hidin’ o | ut lately, honey? |
Em | D | G | |
You | can’t dress trashy till you | spend a lot of | money |
C | Em | Bb |
Everybody’s | talking ‘bout the | new sound |
F | Am | G | C |
Funny, but it’s | still rock and | roll to | me |
C | Em |
What’s the matter with the | car I’m driving? |
Bb | F | |
Can’t you | tell it’s out of st | yle? |
C | Em |
Should I get a set of | white wall tires? |
Bb | F | |
Are you | gonna cruise the miracle mi | le? |
Em | Am |
Nowadays you can’t be t | oo sentimental |
Em | D | G | |
Your | best bet’s a true baby, | blue Conti | nental |
C | Em | Bb | F |
Hot funk, | cool punk | even if it’s | old junk |
Am | G | C | |
It’s | still rock and r | oll to m | e |
Bridge
G | F | |
O | h it doesn’t matter what they sa | y in the papers |
E | Am | |
‘Cause it’s a | lways been the same old sc | ene |
G | F | |
There’s a | new band in town but you ca | n’t get the sound |
E | Ab | |
From a | story in a ma | gazine |
Eb | F | G |
Aimed at your average | teen |
C | Em |
How about a pair of | pink sidewinders |
Bb | F | |
And a | bright orange pair of pant | s? |
C | Em |
Well, you could really be a | Beau Brummel baby |
Bb | F | |
If you j | ust give it half a cha | nce |
Em | Am |
Don’t waste your money on a n | ew set of speakers |
Em | D | G | |
You | get more mileage from a ch | eap pair of sn | eakers |
C | Em | Bb | F |
Next phase, | new wave, | dance craze, | anyways |
Am | G | C | |
It’s | still rock and | roll to me |
Solo if appropriate
G | F | E | Am | |||
G | F | E7 | Ab | Eb | F | G |
C | Em |
What’s the matter with th | e crowd I’m seeing? |
Bb | F | |
Don’t you | know that they’re out of touc | h? |
C | Em |
Should I try to be a s | traight A student? |
Bb | F | |
If you | are, then you think too much |
Em | Am |
Don’t you know about the n | ew fashion, honey? |
Em | D | G |
All you need are looks and a w | hole lotta | money |
C | Em | Bb | F | |
It’s the n | ext phase, n | ew wave, d | ance craze, | anyways |
Am | G | C | |
It’s | still rock and | roll to me |
Hard stops on each chord
C | Em | Bb |
Everybody’s | talking about the n | ew sound |
F | G | C9 |
Funny, but it’s s | till rock and roll to me |