Rock And Roll

Words & Music by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones & John Bonham

Intro q = 170
         
 
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f Fig. 1
w/crunch dist. Gtr. 2 stays on A5 chord
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Gtr. 2 sim.
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2 2 5 2 4 2 4 2 5 2 4
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Copyright 1972 Succubus Music Limited/Sons Of Einion Limited/Cap Three Limited/Estate of J. Bonham.
Print Rights Administered by Music Sales Limited.
All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured.
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1. Its

   
       
  
           
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$ [A5]
              
Verse
   
 

 
been a long time since I rock and rolled. Its
(2.) been a long time since the book of love. (I)

 
(3.) seems so long since we walked in the moonlight.

         
 
               

sim.
Fig. 2
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been a long time since I did the stroll. Ooh,

 
cant count the tears of a life with no love.
Mak - ing vows that just couldnt work right. Ah, yeah

 





   
  
 
 
     
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let me get it back, let me get (it) back, let me get back, ba - by, where I come from.
Car - ry me back, car - ry me back, car - ry me back, ba - by, where I come from.

 
op - en your arms, op - en your arms, op - en your arms, ba - by, let my love come







   

  
  
  
     


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running in.
Oh, oh.

Its

 





   
  
  
  
     


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been a long time, been a long time, been a long, lone - ly, lone - ly, lone -

       

                   




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- ly, lone - ly, lone - ly time. Yes, it has.

      
 
          
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2. Its time.

                   
                
1/4 1/4 Fig. 2 ends 1/4


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Oh.

     
          
           
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Gtr. 4
Gtr. 3 tacet


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full 1/4 full 1/2


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0 2 0 7 7 5 7
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tracked 
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3. Oh, it
 
     
    
 
 



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Coda
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time.

                               
      
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[A5]        

Outro







Yeah, hey. Yeah, hey.

                                
                   
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Yeah, hey. Yeah, hey.

                                
          
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Ooh yeah, ooh yeah. Ooh yeah, ooh yeah. Its

                                
                   
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been a long time, been a long time, been a long, lone - ly, lone - ly, lone -

  
                    
       

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Freely
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- ly, lone - ly, lone - ly time.

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Drum fill




 
Gtr. 2 let ring...


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