Chords for BachmanTurnerOverdrive - Rock is My Life
Tempo:
120.9 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
E
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [A]
[D] [A]
It's a hurried up [F#m] life, [A]
but it's the life I choose
No use in asking me to [C#] slow [D] down
[A] Cuz I got nothing to [D] lose
[A] For time and time is all I've got
You know I was both standing up with a guitar in my hand
I'm not trying to come on like Hollywood
But Hollywood is what I am
[G] When we [C] come [D] into a new town, [E] [D] [G]
[A] everybody's there
[E] [D] When we [A] play our [E] music, [D] [A] bands are in the air
[G]
When the music's [A] [E] over, you [A] wonder where we [E] are
[D] [B]
I'm [G] standing in [A] the [Em] silence [D]
with my own [A] [E] guitar
[D]
Rock is [A] my life, [F#m] [D] and this is [A] my song
[D] [A]
It's a crying shame that some of us have not survived
No use in asking how [D] it happened, [A] but very few are left alive
I just wanna keep on making music
We gotta keep on keeping on
You're only as good as your last record
I know that someday we'll be gone
[Em] When we [D] come into a new [Em] town, [D] [G] everybody's [A] there
[E] [D] [G] When we play our [A] music, [E] [D] bands [A] are in the [Em] air
When the music's over, you wonder where we are
[D] [G] I'm standing [A] in the [E] silence [D] [Em] with my own guitar
[Dm]
[D] [Am] Rock is my life, [Bm]
[D] and this is [A] my song
[D] [A]
[D] When [A]
[Dm] [D] [A]
[Am] [D] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
we [D] [A]
[D]
[A]
[Dm]
[G] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [E]
[D] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[G] come into a [Am] new town, [A] everybody's there
[Em] When [C] we play [A] our music, [E] [D] [Cm] bands are [G] in the air
When the [A] music's over,
[Dm] you wonder where [A] we [E] are
[D] [Am]
[Em] [D] I'm standing in the silence with my own guitar
[E] [G] [A] [E]
[D#] [Am]
[D] [Am] [A]
[D] [Am]
[Em] [Am]
[Em] [D] [A]
[Am] [D] [G] [A]
[E] [D] [G]
[Am]
[N]
[D] [A]
It's a hurried up [F#m] life, [A]
but it's the life I choose
No use in asking me to [C#] slow [D] down
[A] Cuz I got nothing to [D] lose
[A] For time and time is all I've got
You know I was both standing up with a guitar in my hand
I'm not trying to come on like Hollywood
But Hollywood is what I am
[G] When we [C] come [D] into a new town, [E] [D] [G]
[A] everybody's there
[E] [D] When we [A] play our [E] music, [D] [A] bands are in the air
[G]
When the music's [A] [E] over, you [A] wonder where we [E] are
[D] [B]
I'm [G] standing in [A] the [Em] silence [D]
with my own [A] [E] guitar
[D]
Rock is [A] my life, [F#m] [D] and this is [A] my song
[D] [A]
It's a crying shame that some of us have not survived
No use in asking how [D] it happened, [A] but very few are left alive
I just wanna keep on making music
We gotta keep on keeping on
You're only as good as your last record
I know that someday we'll be gone
[Em] When we [D] come into a new [Em] town, [D] [G] everybody's [A] there
[E] [D] [G] When we play our [A] music, [E] [D] bands [A] are in the [Em] air
When the music's over, you wonder where we are
[D] [G] I'm standing [A] in the [E] silence [D] [Em] with my own guitar
[Dm]
[D] [Am] Rock is my life, [Bm]
[D] and this is [A] my song
[D] [A]
[D] When [A]
[Dm] [D] [A]
[Am] [D] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
we [D] [A]
[D]
[A]
[Dm]
[G] [D] [A]
[D] [A] [E]
[D] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[G] come into a [Am] new town, [A] everybody's there
[Em] When [C] we play [A] our music, [E] [D] [Cm] bands are [G] in the air
When the [A] music's over,
[Dm] you wonder where [A] we [E] are
[D] [Am]
[Em] [D] I'm standing in the silence with my own guitar
[E] [G] [A] [E]
[D#] [Am]
[D] [Am] [A]
[D] [Am]
[Em] [Am]
[Em] [D] [A]
[Am] [D] [G] [A]
[E] [D] [G]
[Am]
[N]
Key:
D
A
G
E
Am
D
A
G
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's a hurried up [F#m] life, _ [A] _
but it's the life I choose
No _ _ use in asking me to [C#] slow [D] down _
[A] Cuz I got nothing to [D] lose
_ [A] For time and time is all I've got
You _ know I was both standing up with a guitar in my hand
I'm not trying to come on like Hollywood
_ But Hollywood is what I am
_ _ [G] _ When we [C] come [D] into a new town, [E] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[A] everybody's there
[E] _ _ [D] _ When we [A] play our [E] music, _ [D] _ [A] bands are in the air
[G] _ _ _ _
When the music's [A] [E] over, _ _ you [A] wonder where we [E] are
_ _ [D] _ [B]
I'm [G] standing in [A] the [Em] silence _ [D] _
with my own [A] [E] guitar
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ Rock is [A] my life, _ [F#m] _ _ [D] and this is [A] my song
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's a crying shame that _ some of us have not survived
No _ use in asking how [D] it happened, _ [A] but very few are left alive _
_ I just wanna keep on making music
_ We gotta keep on keeping on
_ _ _ You're only as good as your last record
_ _ _ I know that someday we'll be gone
_ [Em] When we [D] come into a new [Em] town, _ _ [D] _ _ [G] everybody's [A] there
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] When we play our [A] music, [E] _ _ [D] _ bands [A] are in the [Em] air
_ _ _ When the music's over, _ _ _ you wonder where we are
_ _ [D] _ [G] I'm standing [A] in the [E] silence _ [D] _ _ [Em] with my own guitar
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Am] Rock is my life, [Bm] _
_ [D] and this is [A] my song _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] When _ [A] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A]
we _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ come into a [Am] new _ town, _ _ _ [A] everybody's there
[Em] _ _ When [C] we play [A] our music, [E] _ _ [D] _ [Cm] bands are [G] in the air
_ _ _ When the [A] music's over, _
_ _ [Dm] you wonder where [A] we [E] are
_ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ I'm standing in the silence with my own guitar _
[E] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's a hurried up [F#m] life, _ [A] _
but it's the life I choose
No _ _ use in asking me to [C#] slow [D] down _
[A] Cuz I got nothing to [D] lose
_ [A] For time and time is all I've got
You _ know I was both standing up with a guitar in my hand
I'm not trying to come on like Hollywood
_ But Hollywood is what I am
_ _ [G] _ When we [C] come [D] into a new town, [E] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[A] everybody's there
[E] _ _ [D] _ When we [A] play our [E] music, _ [D] _ [A] bands are in the air
[G] _ _ _ _
When the music's [A] [E] over, _ _ you [A] wonder where we [E] are
_ _ [D] _ [B]
I'm [G] standing in [A] the [Em] silence _ [D] _
with my own [A] [E] guitar
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ Rock is [A] my life, _ [F#m] _ _ [D] and this is [A] my song
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's a crying shame that _ some of us have not survived
No _ use in asking how [D] it happened, _ [A] but very few are left alive _
_ I just wanna keep on making music
_ We gotta keep on keeping on
_ _ _ You're only as good as your last record
_ _ _ I know that someday we'll be gone
_ [Em] When we [D] come into a new [Em] town, _ _ [D] _ _ [G] everybody's [A] there
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] When we play our [A] music, [E] _ _ [D] _ bands [A] are in the [Em] air
_ _ _ When the music's over, _ _ _ you wonder where we are
_ _ [D] _ [G] I'm standing [A] in the [E] silence _ [D] _ _ [Em] with my own guitar
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Am] Rock is my life, [Bm] _
_ [D] and this is [A] my song _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] When _ [A] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A]
we _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ come into a [Am] new _ town, _ _ _ [A] everybody's there
[Em] _ _ When [C] we play [A] our music, [E] _ _ [D] _ [Cm] bands are [G] in the air
_ _ _ When the [A] music's over, _
_ _ [Dm] you wonder where [A] we [E] are
_ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ I'm standing in the silence with my own guitar _
[E] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _
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