Let It Rock Cifras

LET IT ROCK
As recorded by Dave Edmunds
(From the 1975 Album SUBTLE AS A FLYING MALLET)
 
Tune 1/2 step down
 
For the A5, D5 and E5 chords create the 5–6–5–6 chord riff
(A5–A6–A5–A6, etc.):
 
    A5                D5                E5
Eb|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
Bb|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
Gb|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
Db|-----------------|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-|
Ab|-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-|
Eb|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-------------------|
 
 
[Intro]
A5
 
[Verse 1]
A5
In the heat of the day, down in Mobile, Alabama
A5
Working on the railroad with the steel-driving hammer
D5
Gotta make some money to buy some brand new shoes
A5
Tryin' to find somebody to take away these blues
E5
"She don't love me," hear them singing in the sun
A5
Payday's coming, and my work is all done
 
[Piano Solo]
A5     D5     A5   E5  A5
 
[Verse 2]
A5
Later in the evening, when the sun is sinking low
A5
All day, I been waiting for the whistle to blow
D5
Sitting in a teepee, built right on the tracks
A5
Rolling them bones until the foreman comes back
E5
Pick up you belongings, boys, and scatter about
             A5
We've got an off-schedule train comin' two miles, about
 
[Guitar Solo]
A5    D5    A5    E5  A5  E5
 
[Verse 3]
      A5
Well, everybody's scrambling, jumping around
A5
Picking up their money, tearing the teepee down
D5
Foreman wants to panic, 'bout to go insane
A5
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train
E5
Engineer blows the whistle, loud and long
A5
Can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on
 
[Outro-Guitar Solo]
A5    D5   A5   E5  A5
A5    D5   A5   E5  A5 D5 A5
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