{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":196074,"song":"Chuck Berry","artist":"The Toasters","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11218508-chuck-berry-chords-by-the-toasters/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/196074?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"----------------------------\r\n----------------------------\r\n----------------------------\r\n----------------------------\r\nStandard Tuning\r\nSka strumming except for the the last time \"You can keep dancing...\" \r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nForty years ago there was a Jumpin' Jazz Jamaica scene [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey could hear these tunes drifting down from New Orleans [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t\t  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey put the two together in a thing they called Ska [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t\t\t   [ch]A[/ch]\t\t\t          [ch]D[/ch]\t\r\nAnd sent it off to England in the back of Laurel Aiken's car [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was 1964 and the rhythm just wouldn't stop, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\t\t\t\t [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPeople banging on the door to hear \"My boy Lollipop\" [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen the 70's came and with it the 2 Tone scene...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t\t\t         \t     [ch]A[/ch]\t               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPeople shakin' their heads at the rudies on the record machine [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow the 90's are here with the new bands bringin' it to you [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t   [ch]A[/ch]     \r\nSkins and rudies-and even some punk rock, too![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the boys are still playing and the music is coming out live! [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDown at your jukebox, dancing on a Saturday night! [/tab]\r\n\r\n*piano solo same as verse*\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn their eyes where does Chuck Berry fit? [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell he influences the Ska, that's the long and the short of it [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe played his guitar and they heard it on the radio [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the rest is history, just as everybody knows... [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nForty years ago there was a Jumpin' Jazz Jamaica scene [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou can check them rudies dancing at the record machine [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe style is timeless, with Fred Perry and Doc Marten boots... [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou can keep dancing, just as long as you remember your roots[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch] \r\nYou can keep rocking, just as long as you remember your roots[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch] \r\nYou can keep dancing, just as long as you remember your roots[/tab]","plain_text":"----------------------------\n----------------------------\n----------------------------\n----------------------------\nStandard Tuning\nSka strumming except for the the last time \"You can keep dancing...\" \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*piano solo same as verse*","chords":["D","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}