That's Rock 'N' Roll chords by Shaun Cassidy (Official Version)

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Verse 1

Well, I was sixteen, sick of school

I didn't know what I wanted to do

I bought a guitar, I got the fever

That's rock and roll

Verse 2
G5 
D5 
I played at parties, played in bars
G5 
C5 
I'd spend my money buyin' new guitars
G5 
I screamed my heart out,
C5 
D5 
but how I loved it
G5 
D5 
That's rock and roll

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Chorus 1

Well, come on, everybody get down,

get with it

Come on, everybody get down, get with it

Come on, everybody get down

That's rock and roll

Verse 3
G 
D 
It's when they're smokin' and the heat
G 
How 'bout your heart
C 
pounding right with the beat
G 
C 
D 
Don't try to fight it, just get excited
G 
D 
That's rock and roll

Verse 4

Now don't you worry 'bout bein' a star

It doesn't matter who or what you are

Just get the rhythm and let it fill ya

That's rock and roll

Chorus 2
G 
C 
Well, come on, everybody get down,
D 
get with it
G 
C 
D 
Come on, everybody get down, get with it
G 
C 
Come on, everybody get down
D 
G 
That's rock and roll

Interlude 1

Chorus 3
G 
C 
Well, come on, everybody get down,
D 
get with it
G 
C 
D 
Come on, everybody get down, get with it
G 
C 
Come on, everybody get down
D 
G 
D 
That's rock and roll

Verse 5
G 
D 
And if you feel it clap your hands
G 
Let's see some sweat
C 
for the boys in the band
G 
Well, lemme hear ya,
C 
D 
lemme hear ya

Chorus 4
G 
C 
That's rock and roll, everybody get down,
D 
get with it
G 
C 
D 
Come on, everybody get down, get with it
G 
C 
Come on, everybody get down
D 
G 
D 
That's rock and roll
G 
C 
Well, come on, everybody get down,
D 
get with it
G 
C 
D 
Come on, everybody get down, get with it
G 
C 
Come on, everybody get down
D 
G 
D 
That's rock and roll
[Repeat and fade]

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: G majorBPM: 128

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

G5: 3-5-x-x-x-x
D5: x-5-7-x-x-x
C5: x-3-5-x-x-x
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
Bb: x-1-3-3-3-x

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This is the definitive original version of That's Rock 'N' Roll by Shaun Cassidy, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of G major. It suits players who want to learn That's Rock 'N' Roll the way Shaun Cassidy intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.