Old Rock 'n' Roller chords by Charlie Daniels Band

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Verse 1
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He's just an
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old rock 'n' roller
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playing music in a backstreet bar.
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He sings a little flat and he never
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learned to play the guitar.
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But he keeps on belting out
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them rhythm and blues,
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"Long Tall Sally" and "Blue
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Suede Shoes".
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He never faced the fact that he's
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never gonna be a star.
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He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing
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music in a backstreet bar.

Verse 2
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He had a record in the sixties,
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it was big enough to go Top Ten.
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And though he tried and he tried he never
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could make it happen again.
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He's been living twenty years
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on bourbon and pride.
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Jerry Lee went crazy and Elvis died.
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Then his third wife left him but he never
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really thought it would last.
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And now she ain't nothing but another little
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blast from the past.

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Verse 3

But sometimes at night when the music

and the crowd is having fun,

He steps up on the mike with a gleam in his

eye and once again he's twenty- one.

And then it's "Be- Bop- A- Lula" and "Heartbreak

Hotel" and "That'll Be The Day"

Then the Sweet Bird of Youth

just flies away.

Verse 4
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He's an earthbound eagle that nev
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er did learn how to fly.
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He ain't never gonna make it
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but he sure did give it a try.
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So go dye your hair and turn
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the music up loud,
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And when it's time to go at least
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you'll go down proud.
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You ain't never gonna be noth
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ing but what you are
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Just an old rock 'n' roller playing
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music in a backstreet bar.
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Just an old rock 'n' roller playing
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music in a backstreet bar.