Dan’s Big Awesome Acoustic Songbook

The Pretty Reckless - Death by Rock and Roll

Originally in E (or Em-ish), I play in the original key and drop an octave on the second half of the chorus

Reminder of the vibe of the riff in E

|--------------------0----------------------|
|----------0-0-1-1-2------------0-0-1-1-0---|
|--0-0-3-3--------------0-0-3-3-----------3-|
|--------------------0-2-2-0-0--------------|
|----------0-0-1-1-2-----------2-2-1-1---0--|
|--0-0-3-3-----------------------------3----|

E5Jenny died of suicide

With a candle burning in her eye

All but drums out on “on”

But on my tombstone when I go

Just put death by rock and roll

Riff

E5John forgot what he was on

But he broke the needle, dead and gone

But on my tombstone when I go

Just put death by rock and roll

Riff

Vox on the 3 of the chord (major 7 of the key) on “go”

B5I wanna go wC5ith A5a sB5hotgun blast C5A5

I don’t go up at the end of this line, and don’t worry too much about the descending riff as long as it hits the I on the 1

B5I wanna go wC5ith A5a wB5oman on her backB5C5A5G5F#5

This is where I drop an octave

E5I wanna go with balls, I won’t pray

E5I wanna go with this bottle in my veins

I wanna B5go C5A5

B5I wanna go C5A5

B5I wanna go oB5ut A5my wG5ay F#

E5Amy shot and killed a man

With a gun too heavy in her hand

But on my tombstone when I go

Just put death by rock and roll

Riff

E5Janey had steel in her bones

But she burned away blood into stone

But on my tombstone when I go

Just put death by rock and roll

No riff this time

B5I wanna go wC5ith A5a sB5hotgun blast C5A5

B5I wanna go wC5ith A5a wB5oman on her backB5C5A5G5F#5

E5I wanna go with a sickness in my throat

E5I wanna go, killed by rock and roll, I wanna

B5C5A5B5I wanna go C5A5

B5I wanna go C5A5

OB5ut A5my wG5ay F#

Pre-solo, with hard stops

E5G5A5

E5G5A5Bb5B5D5

Solo

E5B5→ D5

B5I wanna go wC5ith A5a sB5hotgun blast C5A5

B5I wanna go C5in A5a moB5torcycle crash C5A5

B5Out on my own, C5I A5don’t B5need to be saved C5A5

B5I wanna go C5A5

OB5ut... A5G5my... wE5ay

Riff

Let ring

OE5n my tombstone when I go

JAust put death by rock and rEoll