Rock'n'Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)
Rock'n'Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life)

Rock'n'Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) easy guitar chords by Terry Jacks

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  • Verse 1
    I can 
    still 
    remember 
    when I bought 

    my 
    first 
    gui
    tar 

    I remember 
    just 
    how good 

    the feeling 
    was 

    Put it 
    proudly 
    in my 
    car 

    And I 
    played 
    my friends 
    a thou
    sand 
    times 

    My 
    two song 
    reper
    toire 

    And I 
    told 
    my mom 
    her old
    est 

    son 
    was 
    gonna 
    be 
    star 

    Verse 2
    I bought 
    all the 
    Beatles 
    records 

    And I 
    tried 
    to sound 
    like 
    Paul 

    bought 
    all the 
    old 
    Buddy 
    Holly's, 

    the 
    78s and 
    all 

    And I sat 
    by my 
    record 
    player 

    playing 
    every 
    song 
    they 
    played 

    And 
    watched 
    them 
    all 
    on 
    TV 

    every 
    move 
    they made 

    Verse 3
    Rock 
    and Roll, 
    I gave 
    you 
    all 
    the be

    st 
    years 
    of 
    my life 

    The 
    dreamy 
    sunny 
    Sundays 

    All 
    the 
    magic 
    moonlit 
    nights 

    was 
    so 
    busy 
    in 
    the backroom 

    Writing 
    love 
    songs 
    to you 

    While 
    you 
    were chan
    ging 
    your 
    direction 

    I never 
    even 
    knew 

    That 
    was always 
    one 
    step 

    be
    hind 
    you 

    Verse 4
    '66 seemed 
    like 
    the 
    year 
    I was 

    really 
    going 
    some
    where 

    We were 
    living 
    in San 
    Francisco 

    with 
    flowers 
    in 
    our 
    hair 

    Singing 
    songs 
    of kindness 
    so 
    the 

    world 
    would 
    under
    stand 

    That the 
    guys 
    and 
    me 

    were something 
    more 

    Than 
    just 
    another 
    band 

    Verse 5
    And '69 in 
    LA 
    well it 
    came 

    around 
    so 
    slow 

    But we 
    were 
    really 
    making 
    headway 

    and 
    writin' 
    lots 
    of 
    toons 

    We 
    must 
    have played 
    the wild
    est 

    stuff 
    we 
    had ever 
    played 

    Because 
    the 
    way the 
    crowds 
    yelled 
    out 

    for more 
    we 
    thought 
    we 
    had 
    it made 

    Verse 6
    Rock 
    and Roll, 
    I gave 
    you 
    all 
    the be

    st 
    years 
    of my 
    life 

    Playing 
    my 
    guitar 
    under 

    bright 
    and 
    flashing 
    lights 

    was 
    so 
    busy 
    on 
    the road 

    singing 
    love songs 
    to you 

    While 
    you 
    were chan
    ging 
    your 

    direction 
    I never 
    even 
    knew 

    That I 
    was always 
    one 

    step 
    be
    hind 
    you 

    Verse 7
    '71 in 
    Soho 
    when I 
    met 
    Suzanne 

    I was 
    try
    ing 
    to go 
    it 
    solo 

    with some 
    else's 
    band 

    And she 
    came 
    up to 
    me 
    later 
    on 
    and I 

    took 
    her 
    by 
    the 
    hand 

    And I told 
    her all 
    my 
    troubles 
    and she 

    seemed 
    to 
    understand 

    And she 
    fol
    lowed 
    me 
    to 
    London 

    through a 
    hundred 
    hotel 
    rooms 

    Through a 
    hundred 
    record 
    companies 

    that 
    didn't 
    like 
    my 
    tunes 

    And 
    she 
    followed 
    me 
    'til 
    fi
    nally 

    sold 
    my old 
    gui
    tar 

    And she 
    tried 
    to help 
    me 
    un
    derstand 

    that 
    I would 
    never 
    be 
    star 

    Verse 8
    Rock and 
    Roll, 
    I gave 

    you 
    all 
    the be
    st 
    years 
    of 
    my 
    life 

    The 
    dreamy 
    sunny 
    Sundays 

    All 
    the 
    magic 
    moonlit 
    nights 

    And 
    though 
    I've never 
    had 
    the chance 

    Of 
    making 
    it 
    with 
    you 

    thank 
    the lord 
    for 
    giving 
    me 

    the little 
    bit 
    knew 

    And I will 
    always 
    be 
    one 

    step 
    be
    hind 
    you 

    Verse 9
    Rock and 
    Roll, 

    gave you 
    all the 
    best 
    years 
    of my 
    life 

    Singing 
    out 
    my love 
    songs 


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