Let It Rock
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by The Georgia Satellites
(From the 1993 Album LET IT ROCK: THE BEST OF THE GEORGIA SATELLITES)
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G
In the heat of day, down in Mobile, Alabama
G
I'm workin' on the railroad with a steel-drivin' hammer
C
I gotta get some money, buy some brand new shoes
G
Gotta find somebody take away my blues
D
Well, she don't love me when I'm singin' in the sun
G N.C. G
Payday's comin' when the work is all done
[Verse 2]
G
Well now, late here in the evening, when the sun is sinkin' low
G
All day, I've been waitin' for that whistle to blow
C
Sitting in a teepee, built right on here on the tracks
G
Rolling them bones until the foreman comes back
D
Pick up your belongings, boys, and scatter about
G N.C.
We've got an off-shedule train comin', two miles out
[Guitar Solo]
G C G D7 C G
C G D C G
[Verse 3]
G
Everybody's scrambling and a-runnin' around
G
Picking up their money, tearing the teepee down
C
Foreman wants to panic, 'bout to go insane
G
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train
D
Engineer blows the whistle, loud and long
N.C.
Can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on
[Guitar Solo]
G C G D C G
C G D C G
[Verse 4]
G
Everybody's scrambling and a-runnin' around
G
Picking up their money, tearing the teepee down
C
Foreman wants to panic, 'bout to go insane
G
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train
D
Engineer blows the whistle, loud and long
N.C.
Can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on
[Outro-Guitar Solo]
G C G D C G
C G D C G N.C. G
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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