Key: C
Introduction:
C
Well now there ain't no rules and regulations
G C
When you're playin' rock'n'roll
C
You got your backbeat in the driver's seat
G
You're rollin' and it's outta control
Am
Now they say that it's a young man's game
F
And that is who is burnin' the flame
D G
But they seem to forget who shot the rocket outta the hole
C
You got your young string slingers
G C
Burnin' up and down the fretboard all day
C G
You got your metal on the dark side warnin' of the judgement day
Am
But there's still a lotta of guys on the road
F
And they're knockin' down a backbeat load
C G C
We got thirty long years of bringin' people rock'n'roll
F C
Rockin' music makes us whole, it doesn't matter if you're young or old
G Am
They love to hear it on the radio, it takes their troubles away
F C
I'll tell ya what don't work for me, the crazy ideology
G C
That says playin' that rock'n'roll is just a young man's game
C G C
Now if you're playin' in a coliseum . or in a smoky ol' club
C G
Long as all the people rockin' there's a whole lotta shakin' going on
Am F
When you're singin' in harmony and you're down on your bended knee
C G C
Throw your guitar in the trunk and drive your Cadillac to the show
F C
Rockin' music makes us whole, it doesn't matter if you're young or old
G Am
They love to hear it on the radio, it takes their troubles away
F C
I'll tell ya what don't work for me, the crazy ideology
G
That says playin' that rock'n'roll is just a young man's game
C
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F C
Rockin' music makes us whole, it doesn't matter if you're young or old
G Am
They love to hear it on the radio, it takes their troubles away
F C
I'll tell ya what don't work for me, the crazy ideology
G
That says playin' that rock'n'roll is just a young man's game
C
. I'm hear to tell ya it drives me insane
To hear that rock'n'roll music's just a young man's game