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IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N' ROLL

By The Rolling Stones
Album: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1974)



Guitar 1:

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|-------------------10/12--|-------------------10/12--|--------10----9----------
|-------------------11/13--|-------------------11/13--|-----9--------9---------9
|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------9
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Guitar 2:

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|---9-11/13\11--9-------9--|-----------------9\-------|-------------------------
|11---------------9h11--9--|-(9)----------------------|----------------9--------
|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------9h11--------7-
|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------7h9---

Guitar 3:

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|----------------------12--|----------rest------------|--12h14--12h14--12-------
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[Guitar 1 stops and reappears at the chorus, 2 comes back during the verse]

 This is the main rhythm guitar[4]
 
                                                                         If
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|-----------------------2--|--------4-----5-----4-----|-----2--4-----2-----4----
|-----------------------0--|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|-----0--0-----0-----0----

Verse
      I could stick  my pen      in my heart           spill it all over the sta
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|-----2--------------4-----|--------------2-----4-----|-----2--4-----5-----4----
|--0--0--3h4------0--0-----|-----0--3--4--0--0--0-----|-----0--0-----0-----0----

                     would       it satisfy   ya Would it slide on by ya   Would
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|-----2--------2-----4-----|-----2--4-----5-----4-----|-----5--4-----2--4-------
|-----0--3--4--0-----0--0--|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|-----0--0-----0--0-------

 ya think the boy     is strange?         Ain't he strange?                   If
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|--0--0--0-----0-----0-----|--X--0--0-----X--0-----5--|-----3-----0-------------

  I could win ya        if      I could sing ya    a    love song   so divine
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|-----2--4-----5-----4-----|-----2--------2-----4-----|-----2--4-----5-----4----
|--0--0--0-----0-----0-----|-----0--3--4--0-----0-----|-----0--0-----0-----0----

                     would  it be enough for your          cheatin' heart   if
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|-----2--------2-----4-----|-----2--4-----5-----4-----|-----2--------2-----4----
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      I broke down and cried         If  I        cried
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|--------4-----5-----4-----|--2-----4--------2-----7--|-----5-----2--------4----
|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|--0--0--0--------0-----5--|-----3-----0-----0--0----


                    I said
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|-----2--4-----------------|
|-----0--0-----0--0--0--0--|
End Verse




 Guitar 2:

 This comes in at the "Ain't He strange" Part
 Verse
 !
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|-----------------------7--|-----5--------------------|-------------------10-11-
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|-----9--------9--------9--|-----9--------9-----------|-----9--------9--------9-
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                                                                          I said
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|------------9----------6--|-----4-----------9--------|--9--------9-------------
|------------9----------7--|-----5-----------9--------|--9--------9-------------
|--------------------------|--------------------10-11-|-------------------------
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End Verse

Guitar 1: Chorus
 
 I           know      it's only rock n   roll but I   like  it      
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|-/10--------10------10----|-----10-10-----10---------|--10B-------10B--------10
|-/9---------9-------9-----|-----9--9------9----------|-------------------------
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                 I said     I       know          it's only rock n rol but I    
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|(10)B----10B--10Br(10)----|--10\9---10--(10)\--------|--10-10---------10\------
|----------------------9\--|--9-\8---9---(9)-\--------|--9--9----------9-\------
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