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Well, you Bblew your coEver Btoo many Etimes
BOne for the moEment, Bwhy don't you Egive me a Asign
F#Come on, give me some Btime,    E     B   Eyeah
BYou feel Edeparted, B'cause no one's Etrying
BAnd no one's Ebuying, BelectriEfying their Aown
F#And you feel like a BchangeE  B  E  
            G#m         E                  G#m^^ ^^ ^^
On the raceway, it's a touché
E      G#m      E                             E: |2 4 5 0 2 4 5 7
Violet stingray, you got to get out, oh
CHORUS:
                 E                                D{Bars   B   E   DD}
       You got to rockaway, rockaway, 
Byeah, Eyeah    You got to Drockaway, rockaway
  B      E                A                           D{Bars   B   E   AD}
        Leave a little room, 'cause
BOoh,   Eyou got to Drockaway, rockaway
Verse resume:
BFairies Efumble Bin the Enight, ha
BRockets Estumble, it Bfeels like a Ebumble shot Aflight
F#Ooh, it's so Btight, EyeahB, yeEah
B'Cause your time in Etaken, Bthe metal's Eflaking
BHeads are Eshaking, Boh, Eyou're in a Abash
F#Oh, you're gonna Bcrash   E   Bgonna crash, E'cause
            G#m                   E                  G#m^^ ^^ ^^
In a nutshell, there's a real hell
In a bombshell, Ein an inkwell
G#m               E                          E: |2 4 5 0 2 4 5 7
Gets hard to tell, yeah
                 E                                D{Bars   B   E   DD}
       You got to rockaway, rockaway, 
Byeah, Eyeah    You got to Drockaway, rockaway
  B      E                A                           D{Bars   B   E   AD}
        Leave a little room, 'cause
BOoh,   Eyou got to Drockaway, rockaway
Dlittle bit, little Bbit of time
You got to rockaway, rockaway, uh!
Ooh, rockaway    {solo}       Rpt In a nutshell, there's a real hell all the way to finish

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Rockaway

by Ric Ocasek

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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G#m

B E B E

Well, you blew your cover too many times

B E B E A

One for the moment, why don't you give me a sign

F# B E B E

Come on, give me some time, yeah

B E B E

You feel departed, 'cause no one's trying

B E B E A

And no one's buying, electrifying their own

F# B E B E

And you feel like a change

G#m E G#m

^^ ^^ ^^

On the raceway, it's a touché

E G#m E E: |2 4 5 0 2 4 5 7

Violet stingray, you got to get out, oh

CHORUS:

E D B E D

{Bars D}

You got to rockaway, rockaway,

B E D

yeah, yeah You got to rockaway, rockaway

B E A D B E A

{Bars D}

Leave a little room, 'cause

B E D

Ooh, you got to rockaway, rockaway

Verse resume:

B E B E

Fairies fumble in the night, ha

B E B E A

Rockets stumble, it feels like a bumble shot flight

F# B E B E

Ooh, it's so tight, yeah, yeah

B E B E

'Cause your time in taken, the metal's flaking

B E B E A

Heads are shaking, oh, you're in a bash

F# B E B E

Oh, you're gonna crash gonna crash, 'cause

G#m E G#m

^^ ^^ ^^

In a nutshell, there's a real hell

In a bombshell, in an inkwell

G#m E E: |2 4 5 0 2 4 5 7

Gets hard to tell, yeah

E D B E D

{Bars D}

You got to rockaway, rockaway,

B E D

yeah, yeah You got to rockaway, rockaway

B E A D B E A

{Bars D}

Leave a little room, 'cause

B E D

Ooh, you got to rockaway, rockaway

D B

little bit, little bit of time

You got to rockaway, rockaway, uh!

Ooh, rockaway {solo} Rpt In a nutshell, there's a real hell all the way to finish

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