Rock And Roll

Words & Music:

Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones & John Bonham

This is transcribed in the August 2004 issue of Guitar One.

The song is a simple take-off on '50s blues-based rock & roll. Play on the internal strings to get the right sound. Here is the basic riff in I, IV & V in the key of A:

A riff

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|-2--2-----2--5^2--4-----|-----2--4--2--2--2--4--2--|

|-0--0--4--0--0----0--3'-|-(3)-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|

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D riff

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|-2--2-----2--5^2--4-----|-----2--4--2--2--2--4--2--|

|-0--0--4--0--0----0--3'-|-(3)-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|

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E riff

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|-2--2-----2--5^2--4-----|-----2--4--2--2--2--4--2--|

|-0--0--4--0--0----0--3'-|-(3)-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|

It's been a long time since I rock and rolled.

It's been a long time since I did the stroll.

Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back,

D A

Let me get it back, baby, where I come from.

E(7)

It's been a long time, been a long time,

E[stop chorus] A

Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time. Yes, it has.

It's been a long time since the book of love,

I cant count the tears of a life with no love.

Carry me back, carry me back, carry me back, baby, where I come from.

It's been a long time, been a long time,

Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.

Seems so long since we walked in the moonlight,

Making vows that just cant work right.

Open your arms, opens your arms, open your arms, baby, let my love come running in.

It's been a long time, been a long time,

Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.