Roll Me Away - Bob Seger And the Silver Bullet Band (Bob Seger, 1982)
Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
4/4 TIME @ 128 and 132 BPM (4 Min. 42 Sec.) in 'G'.
Chords Used:
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GUITAR KEYBOARD
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
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C - x 3 2 0 1 0 C G-C-E
Dm7/C - x 3 0 2 1 1 C A-C-D-F
F/C - x 3 3 2 1 1 C A-C-F
G - 3 2 0 0 0 3 G G-B-D -OR-
- 3 2 0 0 3 3
C/E - 0 3 2 0 1 0 E G-C-E -OR-
- x x 2 0 1 0
F/G - 3 3 3 2 1 1 G A-C-F -OR-
- x x 5 5 6 5
Dm - x x 0 2 3 1 D A-D-F
Am - x 0 2 2 1 0 A A-C-E
Em - 0 2 2 0 0 0 E G-B-E
F - 1 3 3 2 1 1 F A-C-F
INTRO: [8 M] ** TEMPO = 128 BPM -
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|C |Dm7/C |C |F/C |C |Dm7/C |C |F/C |
VERSE #1: [14 M]
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|C |Dm7/C |C |
Took a look down a west-bound… road… Right a-way… I made my choice…
|F/C |C |Dm7/C |
Head-ed out to my big two… wheel-… er. I was
|C |F/C |G |
tired… of my own voice… Took a bead on the
|C |F |C/E |G |… |
north-ern plains… and I just rolled… that pow-er on…
VERSE #2: [16 M] ** TEMPO = 132 BPM -
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|C |Dm7/C |
Twelve hours out of Mack-i-naw… Ci-ty, I stopped in-to a bar…
|C |F/C |C |
… to have a brew… Met a girl and we
|Dm7/C |C |F/C |
had a few… drinks… and I told… her what I'd de-cid-… ed to do…
|G F/G |C |
She looked out the win-dow a long,… long… mo-ment, and then she looked in-
|F |C/E |G |… |… |
-to my… eyes… She did-n't have to say a thing… I
|G |
knew what she was think-in'…
CHORUS #1: [16 M]
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|C |F/C |C |F/C |
Roll,… roll… me a-way… Won't you roll… me a-way… to-night…
|C |F/C |
I too am lost… I feel dou-ble-crossed,… and I'm…
|C |F/C |G F |
sick of what's… wrong,… and what's… right… She nev-er e-ven
|C |F |C/E |
said a word… She just walked… out… and got on that bike…
|G |… |… |… |
and we rolled,… and we rolled… clean out of
INTERLUDE #1: [8 M]
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|C |F/C |C |F/C |C |F/C |C |F/C |
sight…
BRIDGE: [17 M]
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|Dm |G |Dm |G |
Rolled… a-cross the high… plains… deep… in-to the moun-… tains…
|Am |Em |F |G |
Felt… so good to me,… fin-… 'lly feel-in' free…
|Dm |G |Dm |G |
Some-where… a-long a high… road… the air… be-gan to turn… cold…
|Am |Em |F |G |
She said she missed her home,… and I head-ed off a-lone,…
|G |
oh…
INTERLUDE #2: [16 M]
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|C |F/C |C |F/C |C |F/C |C |F/C |
|C |F/C |C |F/C |C |F/C |C |F/C |
VERSE #3: [16 M]
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|C |Dm7/C |C |
Stood a-lone on a moun-tain… top… star-in' down… at the Great Di-vide…
|F/C |C |Dm7/C |
… I could go east,… I could go west… It was… all…
|C |F/C |G F/G |
… up to… me to de-cide… Just then I saw a young…
|C |F |C/E |G |
… hawk… fly-… in', and my soul be-gan to… rise… And pret-ty
|G |… |… |
soon… my heart was sing-in'…
CHORUS #2: [17 M]
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|C |F/C |C |F/C |
Roll,… roll… me a-way. I want you to roll… me a-way… to-night…
|C |F/C |
Got-ta keep roll-… in', got-ta keep rid-in',… keep…
|C |F/C |G F |
search-in' till… I… find what's… right… And as the sun-… set
|C |F |C/E |
fad-ed, I… spoke to the… faint-… est first star light…
|G |G |… |… |… |
and I said next time,… next… time… we'll… get it…
CODA: [26 M] 'Refrain' (Lyrics in brackets '[ ]' are whispered.)
---- Orig. fades out, so just hold last 'C' chord to end.
|C |F/C |C |F/C |C |F/C |C |F/C |
right,… [right,…] [right…] Roll… me…
|C |F/C |C |F/C |C |F/C |C |F/C |
… a-way… Roll… me… a-way… to-night…
|C |F/C |C |F/C |C |F/C |C |F/C |C |… |
… Roll… me… a-way…
