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IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N' ROLL

By The Rolling Stones
Album: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1974)



Guitar 1:

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|-------------------11/13--|-------------------11/13--|-----9--------9---------9-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------9h|
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Guitar 2:

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|---9-11/13\11--9-------9--|-----------------9\-------|--------------------------|
|11---------------9h11--9--|-(9)----------------------|----------------9---------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------9h11--------7--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------7h9----|

Guitar 3:

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|----------------------12--|----------rest------------|--12h14--12h14--12--------|
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[Guitar 1 stops and reappears at the chorus, 2 comes back during the verse]

This is the main rhythm guitar[4]

If
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|-----------------------2--|--------4-----5-----4-----|-----2--4-----2-----4-----|
|-----------------------0--|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|

Verse
I could stick my pen in my heart spill it all over the stage
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|-----2--------------4-----|--------------2-----4-----|-----2--4-----5-----4-----|
|--0--0--3h4------0--0-----|-----0--3--4--0--0--0-----|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|

would it satisfy ya Would it slide on by ya Would
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|-----2--------2-----4-----|-----2--4-----5-----4-----|-----5--4-----2--4--------|
|-----0--3--4--0-----0--0--|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|-----0--0-----0--0--------|

ya think the boy is strange? Ain't he strange? If
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|--0--0--0-----0-----0-----|--X--0--0-----X--0-----5--|-----3-----0--------------|

I could win ya if I could sing ya a love song so divine
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|--0--0--0-----0-----0-----|-----0--3--4--0-----0-----|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|

would it be enough for your cheatin' heart if
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|-----0--3--4--0-----0-----|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|-----0--3--4--0-----0-----|

I broke down and cried If I cried
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|--------4-----5-----4-----|--2-----4--------2-----7--|-----5-----2--------4-----|
|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|--0--0--0--------0-----5--|-----3-----0-----0--0-----|


I said
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|-----2--4-----------------|
|-----0--0-----0--0--0--0--|
End Verse




Guitar 2:

This comes in at the "Ain't He strange" Part
Verse
!
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|--------------------------|-----------------9--------|--9--------9--------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------9--------|--9--------9--------------|
|-----------------------7--|-----5--------------------|-------------------10-11--|
|-----------------------5--|-----3-----0--------------|--------------------------|

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|-----9--11----9-----11----|-----9--------9-----------|-----9--11----9-----11----|
|-----7--7-----7-----7-----|--------------------------|-----7--7-----7-----7-----|
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|-----9--------9--------9--|-----9--------9-----------|-----9--------9--------9--|
|-----9--------9--------9--|-----9--------9-----------|-----9--------9--------9--|
|--------10-11-------------|--------10-11-------------|--------10-11-------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
I said
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|-----------------------5--|-----3--------------------|--------------------------|
|------------9----------6--|-----4-----------9--------|--9--------9--------------|
|------------9----------7--|-----5-----------9--------|--9--------9--------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------10-11-|--------------------------|
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End Verse

Guitar 1: Chorus

I know it's only rock n roll but I like it
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|-/10--------10------10----|-----10-10-----10---------|--10B-------10B--------10-|
|-/9---------9-------9-----|-----9--9------9----------|--------------------------|
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I said I know it's only rock n rol but I
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|(10)B----10B--10Br(10)----|--10\9---10--(10)\--------|--10-10---------10\-------|
|----------------------9\--|--9-\8---9---(9)-\--------|--9--9----------9-\-------|
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