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Artist: Huey Lewis and the News
Song: Heart of Rock and Roll
Tuning: Standard (hi to lo ebgdaE)
Notation:
p pull-off
h hammer-on
b bend
/ slide up
\ slide down
~ vibrato
Verse 1
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New York, New York is everything they say
And no place I’d rather be
Where else can you do a half a million things
And all at a quarter to three
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When they play their music, ooh that modern music
They like it with a lot of style
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But it’s still that same old back beat rhythm
That really drives them wild
|Chorus
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|Chords used:
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| C5 G5 D5
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|-5---------7-
|-5----5----7-
|-3----5----5-
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| C5 G5
|They say the heart of rock and roll is still beatin’
| C5 G5
|And from what I’ve seen I believe ‘em
| D5
|Now the old boy may be barely breathin’
| G5
|But the heart of rock and roll
|D5 C5
|Heart of rock and roll is still beatin’
Verse 2
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L.A., Hollywood and the Sunset Strip
Is something everyone should see
Neon lights and the pretty, pretty girls
All dressed so scantily
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When they play their music, that hard rock music
They like it with a lot of flash
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But it’s still that same old back beat rhythm
That really kicks ‘em in the
Chorus
Johnny!
Trumpet solo transcribed for guitar
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|--------6-8-10-8p6---6---6---8b-6---6-8-11p8-11~--
|----4-7------------7---7---7------7---------------
|-/5-----------------------------------------------
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|-9p8----------8-9-8------------------------8------
|-----10--7-10-------10-7--------------7-10---10-7-
|-------------------------10-8----8-10-------------
|------------------------------10------------------
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|-----------------8---------6---6-/6---------------
|-----8-------8-----9b----8---8------\6------6---6-
|-10-----7-10----------10----------------6h7---7---
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|-----6---6-----6---6h8p6-----6h8p6-----6h8p6-6-8--
|-6h7---7---6h7---7-------6h7-------6h7------------
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|-6-8-9b-9-6----/6--6-------------/13s-------------
|------------8--------9-8-6-8---6------------------
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|-----------------------6-/6-----------------------
|-/10-8----8--------6-8------8-8b-8p7p6---6-8-6----
|-------10---7---/7---------------------7-------7--
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Verse 3
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D.C., San Antone and the Liberty Town
Boston and Baton Rouge
Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City
Seattle, San Francisco, too
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Everywhere there’s music, real live music
Bands with a million styles
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But it’s still that same old rock and roll music
That really, really drives ‘em wild
Chorus
In Cleveland, Detroit
Heart of rock and roll
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play this to fade, you’ll also hears some guitar fills,
a harmonica, and some other stuff, then the heartbeat