Chords for Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock Bandstand 1960

Tempo:
90.6 bpm
Chords used:

A

E

B

Am

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock Bandstand 1960 chords
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This man has sold millions upon millions upon millions of records all over the world.
He's put together an album of the 12 great rock and roll songs that he could think of.
One of them had to be his because this was probably one of the biggest records of all time.
It's six years old now and just as new as today.
This one's called Rock Around the Clock.
Bill Haley!
One, two, [B] three o'clock, four [A] o'clock, rock.
[E] Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o [A]'clock, rock.
Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o [E]'clock, rock.
We're going to rock around the clock [A] tonight.
What's that like, son?
Be happy, have some fun.
Play the first [Am] slide.
We're going to rock around the clock [A] tonight.
We're going to rock, rock, rock around [Bm]
the [A] clock tonight.
Tonight's new and foreign, and we're going to [Am]
rock around the clock tonight.
[F#m] We're gonna rock, rock, [A] rock, rock all day [G#] long
We're gonna rock, gonna [Bm] rock around the [A] clock tonight
[E]
[C#] When [Bm]
[B] [C#] [A] [E]
[F#m] [E] [A] the chimes ring five, six and seven
Tuesday, Friday, Saturday
[Am] And we're gonna rock, rock, rock, rock all [A] day [G#] long
We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the [A] clock tonight
11, 10, 9, 10, 11, 2, I'm going strong and so are [D] you
We're gonna rock around, [A] rock the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock all day long
[G#] We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the [A] clock tonight
[Am]
[A] When [Bm]
[A] the clock strikes twelve
We'll pull up and start rockin' around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock around, rock the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rocket night, all [G#] day long
We're gonna rock, we're gonna rock around and rock [A] tonight.
[G] [B] [F] [E] [A] [B] [G]
Key:  
A
1231
E
2311
B
12341112
Am
2311
Bm
13421112
A
1231
E
2311
B
12341112
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To learn Bill Haley & His Comets - (Single Version, Were Gonna) Rock Around The Clock chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - Bm, A, Bm, A, Am, D, A, G#, A, Am and A. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 45 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 91. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: A Major.

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This man has sold millions upon millions upon millions of records all over the world.
He's put together an album of the 12 great rock and roll songs that he could think of.
One of them had to be his because this was probably one of the biggest records of all time.
It's six years old now and just as new as today.
This one's called Rock Around the Clock.
Bill Haley!
One, two, [B] three o'clock, four [A] o'clock, rock.
[E] Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o [A]'clock, rock.
Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o [E]'clock, rock.
We're going to rock around the clock [A] tonight.
What's that like, son?
Be happy, have some fun.
Play the first [Am] slide.
We're going to rock around the clock [A] tonight.
We're going to rock, rock, rock around [Bm] _
_ the [A] clock tonight. _ _ _ _
Tonight's new and foreign, and we're going to _ [Am]
rock around the clock tonight.
[F#m] We're gonna rock, rock, [A] rock, rock all day [G#] long
We're gonna rock, gonna [Bm] rock around the [A] clock tonight
_ _ _ [E] _
_ [C#] When _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ [A] _ the chimes ring five, six and seven
Tuesday, Friday, Saturday
[Am] And we're gonna rock, rock, rock, rock all [A] _ _ day [G#] long
We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the [A] clock tonight
11, 10, 9, 10, 11, 2, I'm going strong and so are [D] you
We're gonna rock around, [A] rock the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rock, rock all day long
[G#] We're gonna rock, gonna rock around the [A] clock tonight _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ When [Bm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ the clock strikes twelve
We'll pull up and start rockin' around the clock tonight
We're gonna rock around, rock the clock tonight
We're gonna rock, rocket night, all [G#] day long
We're gonna rock, we're gonna rock around and rock [A] tonight.
[G] _ [B] _ [F] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _

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