Old Time Rock And Roll chords by Bob Seger

Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E


Old Time Rock N Roll - Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band (1977)
Written By: George Jackson and Thomas Earl Jones, III.
Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
 
4/4 TIME @ 124 BPM (3 Min. 20 Sec.) in 'F'.
 
Chords Used:
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             GUITAR             KEYBOARD
        E  A  C  F  B  e     Bass|  Chord
       ------------------    ---------------
F5   -  x  8 10 10  x  x      F    F-C-F
Eb5  -  x  6  8  8  x  x      Eb   Eb-Bb-Eb
D5   -  x  5  7  7  x  x      D    D-A-D
C5   -  x  3  5  5  x  x      C    C-G-C
NC   -  NO CHORD
F    -  1  3  3  2  1  1      F    F-A-C
Bb   -  x  1  3  3  3  1      Bb   F-Bb-D
C    -  x  3  2  0  1  0      C    G-C-E
 
[INTRO:] [4 M]
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 1 2 3+   4  + …
|F5   Eb5 D5 C5|NC      |F5   Eb5 D5 C5|NC                            |
                                         Just take those old… re-cords
 
[VERSE #1:] [8 M]
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|F                 |…                           |Bb             |
 off… the shelf…     I'll sit and lis-ten to 'em by… my-self…
|Bb                      |C                    |…                      |
  To-day's… mu-sic ain't… got the same… soul…    I like that old… time…
|F                 |…                         |
 rock and… roll…     Don't try to take me to a
 
 
[VERSE #2:] [8 M]
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|F            |…                          |Bb                  |
 dis-… co…      You'll nev-er e-ven get me out on the floor…
|Bb                       |C                    |…                         |
  In ten… min-utes I'll be late for the door…     Start play-in' old… time…
|F                 |C                          |
 rock and… roll…     Still like that old… time…
 
 
[CHORUS #1:] [8 M]
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|F                 |…                        |Bb                   |
 rock and… roll…     The kind of mu-sic just… soothes… the soul…
|Bb                       |C               |…                     |
  I rem-i-nisce a-bout the days… of old…     with that old…  time…
|F                 |…       |
 rock and… roll…
 
 
[GUITAR SOLO:] [8 M] Play 'VERSE #2' Chord Pattern -
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|F       |…       |Bb      |…       |C       |…       |
 
|F       |C                           |
           Won't go to hear 'em play a
 
 
[VERSE #3:] [8 M]
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|F             |…                              |Bb                 |
 tan-… go,…      I'd rath-er hear some blues or funk-y old… soul…
|Bb                            |C                |…                         |
  There's on-ly one sure way to get me to go,…     start play-in' old… time…
|F                 |…                         |
 rock and… roll…     Call me a re-lic, call me
 
 
[VERSE #4:] [8 M]
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|F                 |…                               |Bb                |
 what… you will…     Say I'm old-fash-ioned, say I'm o-ver the hill…
|Bb                      |C                    |…                      |
  To-day's… mu-sic ain't… got the same… soul…    I like that old… time…
|F                 |C                          |
 rock and… roll…     Still like that old… time…
 
 
[CHORUS #2:] [8 M]
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|F                 |…                        |Bb                   |
 rock and… roll…     The kind of mu-sic just… soothes… the soul…
|Bb                       |C               |…                     |
  I rem-i-nisce a-bout the days… of old…     with that old…  time…
|F                 |…       |
 rock and… roll…
 
 
[SAX SOLO:] [8 M] Play 'VERSE #2' Chord Pattern -
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|F       |…       |Bb      |…       |C       |…       |
|F       |C                          |
           Still like that old… time…
 
 
[CHORUS #3:] [8 M]
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|F                 |…                        |Bb                   |
 rock and… roll…     The kind of mu-sic just… soothes… the soul…
|Bb                       |C               |…                     |
  I rem-i-nisce a-bout the days… of old…     with that old…  time…
|F                 |C                          |
 rock and… roll…     Still like that old… time…
 
 
[CHORUS #4:] [8 M]
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|NC                |…                        |…                    |
 rock and… roll…     The kind of mu-sic just… soothes… the soul…
|NC                       |…               |…                     |
  I rem-i-nisce a-bout the days… of old…     with that old…  time…
|NC                |C                          |
 rock and… roll…     Still like that old… time…
 
 
[CHORUS #5:] [8 M]
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|F                 |…                        |Bb                   |
 rock and… roll…     The kind of mu-sic just… soothes… the soul…
|Bb                       |C               |…                     |
  I rem-i-nisce a-bout the days… of old…     with that old…  time…
|F                 |C                          |
 rock and… roll…     Still like that old… time…
 
 
[CHORUS #6:] [11 M] Original fades out on 8th measure, so I included an ending -
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|F                 |…       |Bb      |…       |C       |…       |
 rock and… roll…
|F       |C                          |F                Bb |F       |…       |
           Still like that old… time… rock and… roll…