SONG: THE ROAD TO ROCK 'N' ROLL ARTIST: JOE STRUMMER AND THE MESCALEROS TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: [email protected] THE ROAD TO ROCK 'N' ROLL JOE STRUMMER AND THE MESCALEROS INTRO: G C D G Am D G C D G D C D E ---------------------------|----------------------------------| B ---------------------------|----------------------------------| G ---------------------------|----------------------------------| D ---------------------------|----------------------------------| A ---0-2-3-3/7---2-3-2-0-2-0-|-----0-2-3-3/7--5-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--| E -3-------------------------|--3-------------------------------| VERSE: G C G D On the road to rock and roll D G C G D There's a lot of wreckage in the ravine G C G D Some you recognize D G C Em D Used to hang out on the sce-ne C G D On the road to rock and roll VERSE: G C G D We'll be in the delta by and by-y C Bm D And if you don't believe in good and evil G C Em D You can tell the devil why-y G C G On the road to rock and roll VERSE: G C G D Come on, everybody drift away-ay G C G On the road to rock and roll G C G D Oh where I learned to play-ay BREAK: Em C Rock and roll Em C Rock and roll Em C Rock and roll C D What I learned to play VERSE: G C G D On the road to rock and roll G C G D Everybody carries a good luck char-arm G C G D Said to spook the highway wind G C Em D Blowing off old Parchman far-arm C G D On the road to rock and roll VERSE: G C G D They'll try to hook you by the eye eye C Bm D There's a mirror in your soul G C Em D You should turn it to the sky-y INSTRUMENTAL: G C D G Am D G C D G D C D E ---------------------------|----------------------------------| B ---------------------------|----------------------------------| G ---------------------------|----------------------------------| D ---------------------------|----------------------------------| A ---0-2-3-3/7---2-3-2-0-2-0-|-----0-2-3-3/7--5-3-2-0--2-3-2-0--| E -3-------------------------|--3-------------------------------| VERSE: G C G D On the road to rock and roll G C G D The lonely sing a soulful so-ong G C G D Leave a little light in the wilderness G C Em D For somebody to come upon-on C Bm D On the road to rock and roll VERSE: G C G D With everybody deep in their drea-eams C Bm D And the snow is falling on the city G C Em D Ask the music what it mea-eans G C G On the road to rock and roll VERSE: G C G D Come on everybody, drift away-ay G C G On the road to rock and roll G C G D Where I learned to play-ay BREAK/OUTRO: Em C Rock and roll Em C Rock and roll Em C Rock and roll C D Where I learned to play G On the road