Rock N' Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I c[F]an [C]still remember
when [F]I bought my first guitar
[G]Remember jus[C]t how good the feeling was,
put [F]it proudly in [G]my car
And my [C]family listened fifty times
to my [A]two song reper[Dm]toire
And I told my mum her only son
[F]was gonna [G]be [C]a star
Bought all the Beatle records,
[F]sounded just like [G]Paul
Bought [C]all the old Chuck Berry's,
[F]'s and[G] all
And I [C]sat by my record player,
playin' [A]every note [Dm]they played
And I watched them all on TV,
makin [F]every [G]move [C]they made

[Verse 2]
[C]Rock and roll,
I gave you all the be[F]st years of my life
All the [G]dreamy sunny Sundays,
all the [F]moon- lit summer night[C]s
I was so busy in the back room
[F]writin' love songs to you
While you were chan[G]gin' your direction
and you [F]never even [C]knew
That I was al[G]ways,
just one step [C]behind you

[Verse 3]
' seemed [C]like the year I was
[F]really goin' somewhere
[G]We were liv[C]ing in San Francisco,
with [F]flowers in [G]our hair
[C]Singing songs of kindness so
[A]the world would understand
[Dm]But the guys and me were something
more than just another band
And then ' in LA, came
around so soon
We were really making headway
and writing lot[F]s of tunes
And we must have [G]played the wildest stuff we
had [C]ever played
The way the crowds cried out for us, we
thought we had it made

[Verse 4]
Rock and roll, I gave you all [F]the be
st years of my life
All the [G]crazy lazy young days,
all the [F]magic moon- lit night[C]s
I was so busy on the road singin'
[F]love songs to you
While you were chan[G]gin' your direction,
and you [F]never even [C]knew
That I was al[G]ways,
just one step be[C]hind [Db]you

[Verse 5]
' in Soho, when [Gb]I saw Suzanne[Ab]
I was [Db]trying to go it solo,
with [Gb]someone else's [Ab]band
And she [Db]came up to me later and
I tooke [Bb]her by t[Ebm]he hand
And I told her all my troubles and she
[Gb]seemed to un[Ab]derstand
[Db]And she followed me through London,
through a [Gb]hundred hotel [Ab]rooms
Throught a [Db]hundred record companies
who [Gb]didn't like my tun[Ab]es
And she [Db]followed me when,
[Bb]finally, [Ebm]I sold my old guitar
And she tried to help me understand,
[Gb]I'd neve[Ab]r be a[Db] star

[Verse 6]
[Db]Rock and roll,
I gave you all the be[Gb]st years of my life
All the [Ab]dreamy sunny Sundays,
all the [Gb]moon- lit summer night[Db]s
And though I never knew the magic
of [Gb]makin' it with you
Thank the Lord for giving me
the little bit I knew
[Ab]And I will always be one
step behind you

[Verse 7]
Rock and [Gb]roll, I gave you all
the best years [Db]of my life
Singing out [Ab]my love songs in
the brightly flashing lights
And though I never knew the magic
of [Db]makin' it with you
Thank the Lord for giving
me the little bit I knew

[Verse 8]
Rock and roll, [Db]I gave you all the be[Gb]st
years of my life
All the dreamy sunny Sundays, all
the [Ab]moon- lit summer nights
I was so busy in the back room
makin' love songs to you
While you were changin' your direction,
and you never even knew
That I was always, just one step behind you