The Rocky Horror Picture Show - The Time Warp

Originally in A, I play in E.

Everything works except the “step to the right”,

which is a G#, so I drop an octave.

Intro, straight 8ths

	E
(Riff Raff) It’s as	tounding

	F#
Time is f	leeting

D	A	E
Madness	takes its t	oll

(Magenta) Ahh...

Low octave, almost spoken

	E
(Riff Raff) But listen	closely

	F#
(Magenta) Not for very much l	onger

	D	A	E
(Riff Raff) I	’ve got to	keep cont	rol

Up to the high octave on the I

	E	F#
I re	member doing the Time	Warp

D	A	E
Drinking	those moments w	hen

	E
The blackness would	hit me

	F#
(Riff Raff & Magenta) And the void would be	calling

Vox up to the 3 of the chord on “let’s”

	C	G	D	A	E
(Guests) L	et’s	do the	Time W	arp aga	in

Hard stop after this line

C	G	D	A	E
Let’s	do the T	ime W	arp ag	ain

Out rubato, come back in on “left”

	B
(Narrator) It’s just a jump to the lef	t

Hard stop after this line, but stay in time

Either drop an octave, or work around E

	E
(Guests) And then a step to the r	i-i-i-i-ight

	B
(Narrator) With your hand on your hip	s

	E
(Guests) You bring your knees in t	ight

	A
But it’s the pelvic t	hrust

	E
They really drive you in	sa-a-a-a-a-ne

C	G	D	A	E
Let’s	do the T	ime W	arp ag	ain

C	G	D	A	E
Let’s	do the T	ime W	arp ag	ain

	E
(Magenta) It’s so d	reamy

	F#
Oh, fantasy	free me

	D	A
So you can’t	see me

	E
No not at a	ll

	E
In another di	mension

	F#
With voyeuristic int	ention

	D	A	E
Well secl	uded	I see	all

	E
(Riff Raff)	With a bit of a mind flip

	F#
(Magenta) You’re into a time	slip

	D	A	E
(Riff Raff) And	nothing	can ever be the s	ame

	E
(Magenta) You’re spaced out on sensa	tion

Up to the high octave

	F#
(Riff Raff) Like you’re under sed	ation

	C	G	D	A	E
(Guests)	Let’s	do the T	ime	Warp a	gain

C	G	D	A	E
Let’s	do the T	ime W	arp ag	ain

	E
(Columbia) Well, I was w	alking down the street

	E
Just a-	having a think

	E	E
When a	snake of a guy gave me an	evil wink

	A	A
He s	hook me up, he took me	by surprise

	E	E
He had a	pick-up truck and the	devil’s eyes

	B	A
He s	tared at me, and I f	elt a change

E	E
Time meant nothing,	never would again

	C	G	D	A	E
(Guests) L	et’s	do the T	ime	Warp ag	ain

C	G	D	A	E
Let’s	do the T	ime W	arp aga	in

	B
(Narrator) It’s just a jump to the lef	t

	E
(Guests) And then a step to the ri	-i-i-i-ight

	B
(Narrator) With your hands on your hip	s

	E
(Guests) You bring you knees in t	ight

	A
But it’s the pelvic t	hrust

	E
That really drives you in	sa-a-a-a-a-ne

C	G	D	A	E
Let’s	do the T	ime W	arp ag	ain

C	G	D	A	E
Let’s	do the T	ime W	arp a	gain

Tapdancing breakdown on verse chords, hits only on chord changes

E	F#	D	A	E
E	F#

(Columbia) Ah! Oh! Oh! Yeoooww

	C	G	D	A	E
(Guests) L	et’s d	o the T	ime W	arp a	gain

	C	G	D	A	E
L	et’s	do the T	ime W	arp ag	ain

	B
(Narrator) It’s just a jump to the lef	t

	E
(Guests) And then a step to the ri	-i-i-i-ight

	B
(Narrator) With your hands on your hip	s

	E
(Guests) You bring you knees in t	ight

	A
But it’s the pelvic t	hrust

	E
That really drives you in	sa-a-a-a-a-ne

	C	G	D	A	E
(Guests) L	et’s d	o the T	ime W	arp a	gain

	C	G	D	A	E
L	et’s	do the T	ime W	arp ag	ain