Dan’s Big Awesome Acoustic Songbook

Huey Lewis - The Heart of Rock and Roll

Originally in C, I play in A

Intro... anywhere there are I7’s, mix in some 7#9’s

First “New York” on the 5, the second more or less on the b3

A7New York, New York is everything they say and no place that I’d rather be

A7Where else can you do a half a million things, all at a quarter to three

Vox on the 1 of the chorus

G7When they play their music, oooh that modern music, they like it with a lot of style

Vox on the b7 of the chord

But it’s sD7till that same old backbeat rhythm that reGally really dDrives ‘em wA7ild

They say the hGeart of rock and roll is still Dbeating

And from Gwhat I’ve seen I belDieve ‘em

Now the oCld boy may be barely breathing

But the Bheart of rock and roll, Eheart of rock and roll is

Still A7beating

A7L.A., Hollywood, and the Sunset Strip is something everyone should see

A7Neon nights and the pretty pretty girls all dressed so scantily

G7When they play their music, that hard rock music, they like it with a lot of flash

But it’s D7still that same old backbeat rhythm that rGeally really kicD7ks ‘em in the A7

They say the hGeart of rock and roll is still Dbeating

And from Gwhat I’ve seen I belDieve ‘em

Now the oCld boy may be barely breathing

But the Bheart of rock and roll, Eheart of rock and roll is

Still A7beating

A7Johnny, ow!

Solo

DADA

DADG→ F#→ B

A7D.C., San Antone, and the liberty town, Boston and-a Baton Rouge

A7Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City, Seattle, San Francisco too

G7Everywhere there’s music, real live music, bands with a million styles

But it’s sD7till that same old rock and roll music that reGally really dDrives ‘em wA7ild

Th-th-th-th-they say the hGeart of rock and roll is still Dbeating

And from Gwhat I’ve seen I belDieve ‘em

Now the oCld boy may be barely breathing

But the Bheart of rock and roll, Eheart of rock and roll is

Still A7beating

A7In Cleveland

A7Detroit

A7Uh, heart of rock and roll