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It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n Roll) Chords

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[Intro 1]
[G][Em][G][Em][G][C][Gm][Bb][Gm][C][Gm][C]
[Gm][C][Gm][C][Gm][C][Gm][C][Gm]

[Verse 1]
[Gm]Here
[C]Run[G]nin'
Down
the high[C]way[Gm]
[G]Goin' to show
[C]Stop [G]at all the byway[C]s,
[Gm]play[G]in' [Gm]rock[G] and roll[C][D][Gm][G]
Gettin' robbed, [D]gettin' [G]stoned,
get[Gm]tin' [G]beat up, broken bones
[Gm]Gettin' [G]mad,[C] get[G]tin' took,
I tell you folks, it's harder [C]than it looks
It's a long way to [Bb]the top i[Am]f
you want [D]to rock and [G]roll
[C]It's a long way to the [Am]top if
[A]you want [D]to rock and roll
[Gm]On a[C] rock and roll[G]
[Bdim]Think it[Bb]'s easy d[A]oing[C]
[Bb]one night [C]stands
[C#dim]Try playi[C]ng in a
rock and [C#dim]roll band
[C]It's a long way to the top if [Am]you want to ro[C]ck and r[G]oll
[Gm][Fm][C][A][D][G][F][C][G][F][G][C]
[G]Hotel, motel,
[C]mak[G]e y[Gm]ou want to cry[Bb]
[Gm]Lady[G], do the hard sell,
[Gm]know the reason why
[G]Gettin' [Bb]old,[G] gettin' grey
Gettin' [Gm]ripped [Bb]off, un[Gm]der [G]paid
Get[C#]tin' [G]soaked,
[Gm]second hand[C]
[Gm]That's how it goes[C], play[D]in' in a band[C]
It's a long way to the top
[A]If you want [F]to rock [C]and [G]roll
Yeah, [C]it's a long way to the top
[Am]If you want to r[C]ock and [Gm]roll
Want to [C]rock and roll
[Gm]If you want [G]to be a star
Stage and [C]screen[G]
[C]Look out, it's rough, it's mean
An[G]d it's a [Bm]long [G]way [C]to [Bb]the t[C]op if [D]you
want to rock and [G]roll[C][Adim]
[D]Yeah![G]

[Interlude 1]
[C][Adim][D][G][Am][G][C][Gm][G][Am][G]
[C][C#dim][D][G][C][G][Bb][A][C][D][G]
[C][D][C][Daug]
[G][A][C][D][C][G][Em][G][C][Gm]
[C][G][D][C][G][C][D][C#][C]
[F][C#][D][C][G][C][Bb][F][C][G]

[Verse 2]
[G]Hotel, [D]motel, [G]make you want to cry
Lady, do the hard set,
and you know the reason why
[D]Get[G]tin' old, gettin' grey
Gettin' [Gm]ripped off under [G]pay
Get[C#]tin' [G]so sec[Gm]ond han[G]d
That's how it [C]goes
[D]Play[C]in' in a band
It's a long way to the top
[Am]If you w[C]anna rock and roll[G]
[Gm]Oh yeah, i[C]t's a long way to the top
[Am]If you wanna r[F#dim]ock and roll
[D]Wanna rock and roll
[D]I sai[Dm]d, it'[C]s a long way to the[C] top
If you wan[D]na rock [F#dim]and roll
Wanna rock and roll
It's a [C]long way, but hey,

[Outro 1]
let's go rock and roll!
[G]
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