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Rock And Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) chords by
Dessie O'flaherty
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Key: C major•
Verse 1
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C
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I can still remember
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F

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when I bought my first guitar
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G

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C

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Remember just how

good the feeling was
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G
G

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Put it proudly in my car
C
C

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My family listened fifty times
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A

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to my two song repertoire
Dm
Dm

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And I told my mom

her oldest son
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was gonna be a star

Bought all the Beatle records,
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G

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sounded just like Paul
C
C

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Bought all the old Chuck Berries,
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G

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78s and all
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C

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And I sat by my record player
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A

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playing every note they played

And I watched them all on TV
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F

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G

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C
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making every move they made

Rock and roll, gave you
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F

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all the best years of my life
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G

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All the dreamy sunny Sundays,
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F

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C
C

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all the moonlit summer nights

I was so busy in the back room
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writing love songs to you
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You were changing your direction
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and you never really knew
C
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G
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That I was always just one
C
C

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step behind you

Sixty -six seemed like the year
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I was really going somewhere
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C

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We were living in San Francisco
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G

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with flowers in our hands
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C

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Singing songs of kindness
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Dm
Dm

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so the world would understand

That the guys and me were something
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G

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more than just another band
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C

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Rock and roll, I gave you
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all the best years of my life
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All the crazy, lazy, young days
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C
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All the magic, moonlit nights

I was so busy on the road,
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singing love songs to you
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G

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While you were changing your direction,
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and you never really knew
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G
G

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That I was always just one
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C

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step behind you
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4

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Seventy -one in Soho,
F#
F#
2

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Ab
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4

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when I saw Suzanne
Db
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I was try ing to go it solo,
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2

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Ab
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with someone else's band
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And she came up to me later
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Ebm
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and I took her by the hand

And I told her all my troubles
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F#
2

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Db
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and she seemed to understand

And she followed me to London,
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F#
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Ab
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4

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to a hundred hotel rooms
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To a hundred record companies
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2

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Ab
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4

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who didn't like my tunes
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She fol lowed me
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Ebm
6

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when finally I sold my old guitar

She tried to help me understand
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F#
2

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Ab
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4

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Db
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I'd never be a star

Rock and roll
F#
F#
2

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I gave you all the best years of my life
Ab
Ab
4

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All the dreamy sunny Sundays,
F#
F#
2

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Db
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4

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all the moonlit summer nights

Though I never knew
F#
F#
2

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the magic of making it with you
Ab
Ab
4

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I was getting along with

my country songs,
F#
F#
2

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doing what I was going to do
Db
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4

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Ab
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4

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When I was always just
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4

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one step behind you

Rock and roll
F#
F#
2

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I gave you all the best years of my life
Ab
Ab
4

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All the dreamy sunny Sundays,

all the moonlit sundays

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • F

  • C

  • A

  • Dm

  • Db

    4

  • F#

    2

  • Ab

    4

  • Bb

  • Ebm

    6

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Rock And Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) by Dessie O'Flaherty is C major.

The primary chords used in Rock And Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) are G, F, C, A, Dm, Db.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like G, F, C, A, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Rock And Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) is approximately 88 beats per minute.

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