Misc Unsigned Bands - Reunion - life is a rock but the radio rolled me
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Life Is A Rock But The Radio Rolled Me:Reunion.
#33 on UK Charts and #8 on BB Hot 100
on RCA Records in 1974.
INTRO: G F B G D
#1.
GB.B. Bumble and the Stingers, Mott the Hoople, Ray Charles Singers,
Lonnie Mack and twangin' Eddy, here's my ring we're goin' steady.
GTake it easy, take me higher, liar liar, house on fire,
Locomotion, Poco, Passion, Deeper Purple, Satisfaction.
CBaby, baby gotta-gotta gimme-gimme gettin' hotter,
Sammy's cookin', Lesley Gore and Ritchie Valens, end of story.
GMahavishnu, Fujiyama, Kama-sutra, rama-lama,
Richard Perry, Spector, Barry, Archies, Righteous, Nilsson, Harry,
DShimmy shimmy ko-ko bop and CFats is back and Finger Poppin'.
CHORUS:
GLife Em7is a Crock but the Dradio Grolled Em7me.
CGotta Dturn it up Gloud..Em7er, Cso my GDJ told Em7me (Cwhoa, Dwhoa!)
GLife Em7is a Crock but the Dradio Grolled Em7me.
CAt the Dend of my GrainEm7bow, Clies a DGolden GOldie.F C D
#2.
GFM, AM, hits are clickin' while the clock is tock-a-tickin',
friends and Romans, salutations, Brenda and the Tabulations.
GCarly Simon, I behold her, Rolling Stones and centerfoldin',
Johnny Cash and Johnny Rivers, can't stop now, I got the shivers.
CMungo Jerry, Peter Peter Paul and Paul and Mary Mary,
Dr. John the nightly tripper, Doris Day and Jack the Ripper.
GGotta go Sir, gotta swelter, Leon Russell, Gimme Shelter,
Miracles in smokey places, slide guitars and Fender basses,
DMushroom omelet, Bonnie Bramlett, CWilson Pickett, stop and kick it.
CHORUS:
GLife Em7is a Crock but the Dradio Grolled Em7me.
Amlife Gbmis a Drock but the Em7radio..Gwooooooo!!!
INTERLUDE: G D A G D A
#3.
BbArthur Janov's primal screamin', Hawkins, Jay and
Dale and Ronnie, Kukla, Fran and Norma Okla.
BbDenver, John and Osmond, Donny,
JJ Cale and ZZ Top and LL Bean and De De Dinah.
David Bowie, Steely Dan and sing me prouder, CC Rider,
EbEdgar Winter, Joanie Sommers, Osmond Brothers, Johnny Thunders.
Eric Clapton, pedal wah-wah, Stephen Foster, do-dah do-dah,
BbGood Vibrations, Help Me Rhonda, Surfer Girl and Little Honda.
Tighter, tighter, honey, honey, sugar, sugar, yummy, yummy,
FCBS and Warner Brothers, EbRCA and all the others.
CHORUS:
Dm7Life Gm7is a Ebrock but the Fradio Bbrolled Gm7me.
EbGotta Fturn it up Bblouder, Ebso my FDJ Bbtold me..(Ebwhoa, whoa, whoa, Fwhoa!!)
Dm7Life Gm7is a Ebrock but the Fradio Bbrolled Gm7me.
EbAt the Fend of my Dm7rainBbbow Eblies a FGolden BbOldie.
#4.
BbListen..remember, they're playing our song!
(Bboooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-Dm7oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo..)
BbRock it, sock it, Alan Freed me, Murray Kaufman, try to leave me,
Fish, and Swim, and Boston Monkey, make it bad and play it funky.
(Wanna take you higher!)
(Bboooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-Dm7oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo..)
BbFreddie King and Albert King B.B. King and frolicking.
Get it on and Nat Gerardi, Papalardi, Hale and Hearty..
(BbBaby baby baby baby, light my fire!)
(Celebrate!) Yeah (Dance to the music!)
#5.
BbmThere's a perfect more than human gentle words of Randy Newman..
One, two, three..so, oh, so, please, I Bbneed a breather!
(Celebrate!) Yeah (Dance to the music!) (Wanna take you higher!)
EbAretBbha!
BbTito Puente, Boffalongo, Cuba, War and even Mongo.
Peter Dial, Alex Hood, Boogie Brass, baby baby baby baby, light my fire!)
BbBaby, everything is alright! Whoo!!!
OUTRO:
BbCalifornia, (Everything is alright!) Beatlemania, (Uptight!)
New York City (outta sight!) Transylvania, S&G and V&C and Bobby Vee
Bband SRO, yeah, yeah!
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.