Chords for Steve Gibbons Band – Gave His Life - BBC ‘Sight and Sound’, Nov 1977
Tempo:
91.35 bpm
Chords used:
C#
B
D#
G#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[D#]
[C#]
This is a brand new song it's called.
[A#]
[C#] Gave his life to rock and [C#] roll.
He was born to a rock and roll family.
Had the rhythm in his blood.
Family fest was a trouble fed.
Now he worried on all [A#] his duds.
[D#] Rubbed in a house full of souvenirs.
But went right back to the roots.
[C#] Beautiful treasures of money and feathers.
Gold records, lovely suits.
[B] He was raised on the [C#] rock and roll roots.
His daddy was a rock and roller.
He married a go-go girl.
Food, hat, style, made their pile.
Popped it all around the world.
[D#] But the day came for him to settle down.
Do something with what he made.
[C#] He said, look son, the time has come for you to [A#] get out on stage.
[B] Light your page.
[C#] You can be a rage.
Go get it.
[G#] [C#m] [D#]
[D#m] [C#]
[B]
[C#m] [A#m] [C#]
Kid sat out, dinked and paned.
[G#] But he couldn't get up the ground.
[C#] Kept one eye on the open sky.
He fell off the top of the next song.
[D#] He never fled.
He was well equipped for the pressure and the strain.
[C#] And the more he got to know the world,
the bigger he became.
And [B] Eureka, he [C#] got fame.
[G#] He was good for a gig.
He never did.
[C#m] There's a starship right [G#m] now.
Disappeared [A#m] somewhere in space.
But there's still [C#m] the crowd.
[D#] Now they're counting these words.
Long the moon didn't rain on solid gold.
See [C#] through the hemisphere.
The plague of rest his soul.
He [B] gave his life to rock [C#] and roll.
He [B] gave his life to rock [C#] and roll.
[B] Gave his life [C#] to rock and roll.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
He gave his [Em] life.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
[G#m] Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his [B] soul.
He [C#] gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
To rock and roll.
[G#] Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
[C#] He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his [C#] soul.
He gave his life.
He gave his [G#] life.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, [C#] gone, gone,
[F#] gone, gone.
[D]
God rest [C#] his soul.
[G#] [C#] [E]
[D#]
[C#]
This is a brand new song it's called.
[A#]
[C#] Gave his life to rock and [C#] roll.
He was born to a rock and roll family.
Had the rhythm in his blood.
Family fest was a trouble fed.
Now he worried on all [A#] his duds.
[D#] Rubbed in a house full of souvenirs.
But went right back to the roots.
[C#] Beautiful treasures of money and feathers.
Gold records, lovely suits.
[B] He was raised on the [C#] rock and roll roots.
His daddy was a rock and roller.
He married a go-go girl.
Food, hat, style, made their pile.
Popped it all around the world.
[D#] But the day came for him to settle down.
Do something with what he made.
[C#] He said, look son, the time has come for you to [A#] get out on stage.
[B] Light your page.
[C#] You can be a rage.
Go get it.
[G#] [C#m] [D#]
[D#m] [C#]
[B]
[C#m] [A#m] [C#]
Kid sat out, dinked and paned.
[G#] But he couldn't get up the ground.
[C#] Kept one eye on the open sky.
He fell off the top of the next song.
[D#] He never fled.
He was well equipped for the pressure and the strain.
[C#] And the more he got to know the world,
the bigger he became.
And [B] Eureka, he [C#] got fame.
[G#] He was good for a gig.
He never did.
[C#m] There's a starship right [G#m] now.
Disappeared [A#m] somewhere in space.
But there's still [C#m] the crowd.
[D#] Now they're counting these words.
Long the moon didn't rain on solid gold.
See [C#] through the hemisphere.
The plague of rest his soul.
He [B] gave his life to rock [C#] and roll.
He [B] gave his life to rock [C#] and roll.
[B] Gave his life [C#] to rock and roll.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
He gave his [Em] life.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
[G#m] Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his [B] soul.
He [C#] gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
To rock and roll.
[G#] Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
[C#] He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his [C#] soul.
He gave his life.
He gave his [G#] life.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, [C#] gone, gone,
[F#] gone, gone.
[D]
God rest [C#] his soul.
[G#] [C#] [E]
Key:
C#
B
D#
G#
C#m
C#
B
D#
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is a brand new song it's called.
[A#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ Gave his life to rock and [C#] roll. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
He was born to a rock and roll family.
Had the rhythm in his blood.
_ Family fest was a trouble fed.
Now he worried on all [A#] his duds.
[D#] Rubbed in a house full of souvenirs.
But went right back to the roots.
_ [C#] Beautiful treasures of money and feathers.
Gold records, lovely suits.
[B] He was raised on the [C#] rock and roll roots.
His _ _ _ daddy _ was a rock and roller.
He married a go-go girl.
Food, hat, style, made their pile.
Popped it all around the world.
[D#] But the day came for him to settle down.
Do something with what he made.
[C#] He said, look son, the time has come for you to [A#] get out on stage.
[B] Light your page.
[C#] You can be a rage.
Go get it. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [C#] _
Kid sat out, dinked and paned.
[G#] But he couldn't get up the ground.
_ [C#] Kept one eye on the open sky.
He fell off the top of the next song.
[D#] He never fled.
He was well equipped for the pressure and the strain.
[C#] And the more he got to know the world,
the bigger he became.
And [B] Eureka, he [C#] got fame. _
_ _ _ _ [G#] He was good for a gig.
He never did.
[C#m] There's a starship right [G#m] now.
Disappeared [A#m] somewhere in space.
But there's still [C#m] the crowd.
[D#] Now they're counting these words.
Long the moon didn't rain on solid gold.
See [C#] through the _ hemisphere.
The plague of rest his soul.
He [B] gave his life to rock [C#] and roll.
_ He [B] gave his life to rock [C#] and roll.
_ [B] Gave his life [C#] to rock and roll. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
He gave his [Em] life.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
[G#m] Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his [B] soul.
He [C#] gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
To rock and roll.
[G#] Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
[C#] He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
To rock and roll. _
_ Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his [C#] soul.
He gave his life.
He gave his [G#] life.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, [C#] gone, gone, _ _ _
_ [F#] gone, gone. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
God rest _ _ [C#] his soul. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is a brand new song it's called.
[A#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ Gave his life to rock and [C#] roll. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
He was born to a rock and roll family.
Had the rhythm in his blood.
_ Family fest was a trouble fed.
Now he worried on all [A#] his duds.
[D#] Rubbed in a house full of souvenirs.
But went right back to the roots.
_ [C#] Beautiful treasures of money and feathers.
Gold records, lovely suits.
[B] He was raised on the [C#] rock and roll roots.
His _ _ _ daddy _ was a rock and roller.
He married a go-go girl.
Food, hat, style, made their pile.
Popped it all around the world.
[D#] But the day came for him to settle down.
Do something with what he made.
[C#] He said, look son, the time has come for you to [A#] get out on stage.
[B] Light your page.
[C#] You can be a rage.
Go get it. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ [C#] _
Kid sat out, dinked and paned.
[G#] But he couldn't get up the ground.
_ [C#] Kept one eye on the open sky.
He fell off the top of the next song.
[D#] He never fled.
He was well equipped for the pressure and the strain.
[C#] And the more he got to know the world,
the bigger he became.
And [B] Eureka, he [C#] got fame. _
_ _ _ _ [G#] He was good for a gig.
He never did.
[C#m] There's a starship right [G#m] now.
Disappeared [A#m] somewhere in space.
But there's still [C#m] the crowd.
[D#] Now they're counting these words.
Long the moon didn't rain on solid gold.
See [C#] through the _ hemisphere.
The plague of rest his soul.
He [B] gave his life to rock [C#] and roll.
_ He [B] gave his life to rock [C#] and roll.
_ [B] Gave his life [C#] to rock and roll. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
He gave his [Em] life.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
[G#m] Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his [B] soul.
He [C#] gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
To rock and roll.
[G#] Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his soul.
[C#] He gave his life.
He gave his life.
To rock and roll.
To rock and roll. _
_ Now he's gone, gone, gone, but rest his [C#] soul.
He gave his life.
He gave his [G#] life.
To rock and roll.
Now he's gone, [C#] gone, gone, _ _ _
_ [F#] gone, gone. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
God rest _ _ [C#] his soul. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _