Chords for Valdy; Play Me a Rock and Roll Song
Tempo:
108.5 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
A
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
I did.
That's another true story.
as a folk singer.
I shouldn't have gone, but I did.
rejected by 5,000 people that early on in your career, it really toughens you up.
What happens when you get thrown from your horse, eh?
So I [D] wrote this song about that event.
in 1967.
That's another true story.
as a folk singer.
I shouldn't have gone, but I did.
rejected by 5,000 people that early on in your career, it really toughens you up.
What happens when you get thrown from your horse, eh?
So I [D] wrote this song about that event.
in 1967.
100% ➙ 109BPM
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D
C
A
F#m
G
D
C
I did.
I was, whoa. _
That's another true story.
I was featured at a rock and roll festival as a folk singer.
_ _ _ _ Wrongfolding.
_ _ I _ _ shouldn't have gone, but I did.
But I got a good song out of it.
And also when you get rejected by 5,000 people that early on in your career, it really toughens you up. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ What happens when you get thrown from your horse, eh?
_ _ So I [D] wrote this song about that event.
_ It was the Aldergrove Rock Festival, by the way, in 1967.
_ Aldergrove, BC.
Just east of Vancouver.
East-southeast of Vancouver.
_ They knew not what they were doing.
They sanctioned it on a municipal level. _ _ _
Suddenly, this _ _ quiet little bird that had a military base in the edge of it, probably _ 7 or 8,000 people,
suddenly there were 35,000 people showing up in town. _ _
_ It came, and oh, by the way, if you want to sing any of these songs with me, please do.
Because, I mean, that's all folk music.
And if you feel like jumping on, you're welcome to.
_ Every song's a folk song, because I never heard a horse sing.
_ _ It's a big Bill Broomsy line.
_ Came into town [C] as a man of renown,
[G] Wrote her songs of [D] love, freedom, and joy.
The halls were beveraged, [C] and I was presented
[G] As the kind of singer [D] most folks could enjoy.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] As I climbed up the stairs, [C] to the stage that was [G] there,
It was obvious [D] something was missing.
_ I could tell by the fight, [C] there wouldn't [G] be pride.
They were in the room [A] to_
They all [D] loved Lady _ [G] Rockin' Rose Song.
Don't play [F#m] me songs [G] of love, freedom, and [A] joy.
[D] _
Lady _ [Cm] [G] Rockin' Rose Song.
Don't play me [A] no song [D] at all.
[F] _ [G] _ _
_ [Gm] [D] No, no.
[C] _ [G] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ Played some songs about [C] peace, contempt.
[G] Some of the things I had come [D] to believe in.
_ But I was through [G] with this chorus of boo.
So trust our young, thank [D] God he's a [A] leader.
Now [D] _ _ sing_
Lady _ [C] Rockin' Rose [G] Song.
I didn't [F#m] hear it with your [G] flowers [A] and bees.
Get [D] up there.
_ _ _ [C] Lady Rockin' Rose [G] Song.
[D] Don't play me no song at all.
But if I play _ [C] you Rockin' Rose Song.
[G] How could it [F#m] be fair, if [Em] my [D] head isn't [A] there?
[D] So leave me [C] with your [G] Rockin' Rose Song.
Make my [D] way back towards that country.
[A] Still I can [D] hear_
_ _ [C] Lady Rockin' Rose [G] Song.
Don't give [F#m] me music [Em] I don't [G] wanna hear.
[D] _ Lady _ [C] Rockin' Rose Song.
[G] I should have [F#m] stayed at home [G] with a small case of beer.
[D] _ _ Lady [C] Rockin' Rose Song.
[G] I should have [F#m] stayed at home with a case [G] of Cremar Springs vodka beer.
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] Lady Rockin' Rose [G] Song.
You see I have to be [F#m] cognizant of local [G] bridge to sing that song here.
[D] _ Lady _ [C] Rockin' Rose [G] Song.
Okay, okay, I'll go [F#] to [G] Bernstown Sucker Bank.
[A] _
_ [D] _ _ Lady [C] Rockin' [G] Rose Song.
I [Em] said [G] don't play me no [D] song at all. _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
I was, whoa. _
That's another true story.
I was featured at a rock and roll festival as a folk singer.
_ _ _ _ Wrongfolding.
_ _ I _ _ shouldn't have gone, but I did.
But I got a good song out of it.
And also when you get rejected by 5,000 people that early on in your career, it really toughens you up. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ What happens when you get thrown from your horse, eh?
_ _ So I [D] wrote this song about that event.
_ It was the Aldergrove Rock Festival, by the way, in 1967.
_ Aldergrove, BC.
Just east of Vancouver.
East-southeast of Vancouver.
_ They knew not what they were doing.
They sanctioned it on a municipal level. _ _ _
Suddenly, this _ _ quiet little bird that had a military base in the edge of it, probably _ 7 or 8,000 people,
suddenly there were 35,000 people showing up in town. _ _
_ It came, and oh, by the way, if you want to sing any of these songs with me, please do.
Because, I mean, that's all folk music.
And if you feel like jumping on, you're welcome to.
_ Every song's a folk song, because I never heard a horse sing.
_ _ It's a big Bill Broomsy line.
_ Came into town [C] as a man of renown,
[G] Wrote her songs of [D] love, freedom, and joy.
The halls were beveraged, [C] and I was presented
[G] As the kind of singer [D] most folks could enjoy.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] As I climbed up the stairs, [C] to the stage that was [G] there,
It was obvious [D] something was missing.
_ I could tell by the fight, [C] there wouldn't [G] be pride.
They were in the room [A] to_
They all [D] loved Lady _ [G] Rockin' Rose Song.
Don't play [F#m] me songs [G] of love, freedom, and [A] joy.
[D] _
Lady _ [Cm] [G] Rockin' Rose Song.
Don't play me [A] no song [D] at all.
[F] _ [G] _ _
_ [Gm] [D] No, no.
[C] _ [G] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ Played some songs about [C] peace, contempt.
[G] Some of the things I had come [D] to believe in.
_ But I was through [G] with this chorus of boo.
So trust our young, thank [D] God he's a [A] leader.
Now [D] _ _ sing_
Lady _ [C] Rockin' Rose [G] Song.
I didn't [F#m] hear it with your [G] flowers [A] and bees.
Get [D] up there.
_ _ _ [C] Lady Rockin' Rose [G] Song.
[D] Don't play me no song at all.
But if I play _ [C] you Rockin' Rose Song.
[G] How could it [F#m] be fair, if [Em] my [D] head isn't [A] there?
[D] So leave me [C] with your [G] Rockin' Rose Song.
Make my [D] way back towards that country.
[A] Still I can [D] hear_
_ _ [C] Lady Rockin' Rose [G] Song.
Don't give [F#m] me music [Em] I don't [G] wanna hear.
[D] _ Lady _ [C] Rockin' Rose Song.
[G] I should have [F#m] stayed at home [G] with a small case of beer.
[D] _ _ Lady [C] Rockin' Rose Song.
[G] I should have [F#m] stayed at home with a case [G] of Cremar Springs vodka beer.
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] Lady Rockin' Rose [G] Song.
You see I have to be [F#m] cognizant of local [G] bridge to sing that song here.
[D] _ Lady _ [C] Rockin' Rose [G] Song.
Okay, okay, I'll go [F#] to [G] Bernstown Sucker Bank.
[A] _
_ [D] _ _ Lady [C] Rockin' [G] Rose Song.
I [Em] said [G] don't play me no [D] song at all. _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
