C F G7 I can still remember when I brought my first guitar C F G7 Remember just how good the feeling was put it proudly in my car C A7 Dm And my family listened fifty times to my two song repertoire F G7 C And I told my mom her only son was gonna be a star F G Brought all the Beatles records sounded just like Paul C F G7 Brought all the old Chuck Berry's seventy eights and all C A7 Dm And I sat by my record player playing every note they played F G7 C And I watched them all on TV making every move they made
Chorus C F Rock and Roll I gave you all the best years of my life G7 F C All the dreamy sunny sundays all the moonlit summer nights C F I was so busy in the backroom writing love songs to you G7 F C While you were changing your direction and you never even knew G7 That I was always just one step behind you
Verse 2
C F G7 '66 seemed like the year I was really going somewhere C F G7 We were living in San Francisco with flowers in our hair C A7 Dm Singing songs of kindness so the world would understand F G7 That the guy's and me were something more than just another band C F G And then '69 in LA came around so soon C F G We were really making head way writing lots of tunes C A7 Dm And we must have played the wildest stuff we had ever played F G7 C And the crowds cried out for us well we thought we had it made
Chorus 2
C F Rock and Roll I gave you all the best years of my life G7 F C All the crazey lazy young days all the magic moonlit nights C F I was so busy on the road singing love songs to you G7 F C While you were changing your direction and you never even knew G7 That I was always just one step behind you
Do Do Do etc ( C F G7 C x2)
Verse 3
C F G7 '71 in Soho when I saw Suzanne C F G7 I was trying to go it solo with someone else's band C A7 Dm And she came up to me later and took her by the hand F G7 And I told her all my troubles and she seemed to understand C F G And she followed me through London through a hundred hotel rooms C F G Through a hundred record companies who didn't like my tunes C A7 Dm And she followed me when finally I sold my old guitar F G7 C And she tried to help me understand I'd never be a star
Chorus 3
C F Rock and Roll I gave you all the best years of my life G7 F C All the dreamy sunny sundays all the moonlit summer nights C F And though I never knew the magic of making it with you G7 F C I thank the lord for giving me the little bit I knew G7 C And I will always be one step behind you
C F Rock and Roll I gave you all the best years of my life G7 F C Singing out my love songs on a bright lit magic night C F And though I never knew the magic of making it with you G7 F C I thank the lord for giving me the little bit I knew
C F Rock and Roll I gave you all the best years of my life G7 F C All the dreamy sunny sundays all the moonlit summer nights C F I was so busy in the backroom writing love songs for you G7 F C While you were changing your direction and you never even knew