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Rock N' Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) chords by
Mac Davis
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Key: C major•
Verse 1
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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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Remember just how good the feeling was,
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put it proudly in my car
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C

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And my family listened fifty times
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to my two song repertoire

And I told my mum her only son
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C
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was gonna be a star

Bought all the Beatle records,
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sounded just like Paul
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C

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Bought all the old Chuck Berry's,
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's and all
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And I sat by my record player,
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playin' every note they played

And I watched them all on TV,
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makin every move they made
Verse 2
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Rock and roll,
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I gave you all the best years of my life
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All the dreamy sunny Sundays,
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all the moon- lit summer nights

I was so busy in the back room
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writin' love songs to you
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While you were changin' your direction
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and you never even knew
G
G

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That I was always,
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just one step behind you
Verse 3
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' seemed like the year I was
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really goin' somewhere
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G

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C
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We were living in San Francisco,
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with flowers in our hair
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C

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Singing songs of kindness so
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the world would understand
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But the guys and me were something

more than just another band

And then ' in LA, came

around so soon

We were really making headway
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and writing lots of tunes
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G

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And we must have played the wildest stuff we
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had ever played

The way the crowds cried out for us, we

thought we had it made
Verse 4
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Rock and roll, I gave you all the be

st years of my life
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All the crazy lazy young days,
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all the magic moon- lit nights

I was so busy on the road singin'
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love songs to you
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While you were changin' your direction,
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and you never even knew
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That I was always,
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just one step behind you
Verse 5
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Ab
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' in Soho, when I saw Suzanne
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I was trying to go it solo,
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with someone else's band
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And she came up to me later and
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I tooke her by the hand

And I told her all my troubles and she
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seemed to understand
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And she followed me through London,
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through a hundred hotel rooms
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Throught a hundred record companies
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Ab
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who didn't like my tunes
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And she followed me when,
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finally, I sold my old guitar

And she tried to help me understand,
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Db
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I'd never be a star
Verse 6
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Rock and roll,
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I gave you all the best years of my life
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4

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All the dreamy sunny Sundays,
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2

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Db
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all the moon- lit summer nights

And though I never knew the magic
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of makin' it with you

Thank the Lord for giving me

the little bit I knew
Ab
Ab
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And I will always be one

step behind you
Verse 7
Gb
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Rock and roll, I gave you all
Db
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4

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the best years of my life
Ab
Ab
4

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Singing out my love songs in

the brightly flashing lights

And though I never knew the magic
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of makin' it with you

Thank the Lord for giving

me the little bit I knew
Verse 8
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Gb
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2

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Rock and roll, I gave you all the best

years of my life

All the dreamy sunny Sundays, all
Ab
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4

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the moon- lit summer nights

I was so busy in the back room

makin' love songs to you

While you were changin' your direction,

and you never even knew

That I was always, just one step behind you

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • F

  • C

  • A

  • Dm

  • Db

    4

  • Gb

    2

  • Ab

    4

  • Bb

  • Ebm

    6

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Rock N' Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) by Mac Davis is C major.

The primary chords used in Rock N' 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 N' Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) is approximately 92 beats per minute.

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