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-|
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Guitar 2:

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|11---------------9h11--9--|-(9)----------------------|----------------9---------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------9h11--------7--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------7h9----|

Guitar 3:

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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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Verse
      I could stick  my pen      in my heart           spill it all over the stage
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                     would       it satisfy   ya Would it slide on by ya   Would
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 ya think the boy     is strange?         Ain't he strange?                   If
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  I could win ya        if      I could sing ya    a    love song   so divine
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                     would  it be enough for your          cheatin' heart   if
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      I broke down and cried         If  I        cried
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|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|--0--0--0--------0-----5--|-----3-----0-----0--0-----|


                    I said
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End Verse




 Guitar 2:

 This comes in at the "Ain't He strange" Part
 Verse
 !
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                                                                          I said
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|------------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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                 I said     I       know          it's only rock n rol but I
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|----------------------9\--|--9-\8---9---(9)-\--------|--9--9----------9-\-------|
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 like   it