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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
SONG: ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
ARTIST: ROLLING STONES
ALBUM: STEEL WHEELS
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
E-MAIL: [email protected]
                     ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
                        ROLLING STONES
**NOTE:  THIS SONG BASICALLY IS PLAYED USING 2 SETS OF CHORD
         PROGRESSIONS OR RIFFS. THE WHOLE SONG CONSISTS OF THE
         CHORDS: G D F C PLAYED WITH DIFFERENT STRUMMING PATTERNS. 
           (RIFF 1)                   (RIFF 2)
       G/  /////  D/  F//  C/            G/  D/  F//  C/
INTRO:  RIFF 1 -- 4x's
VERSE:                    
       The fields of Eden • (RIFF 2)
       Are full of trash  • (RIFF 2)
       And if we beg and we borrow and steal • (RIFF 2)
       We'll never get it back • (RIFF 2)
       People are hungry • (RIFF 2)
       They crowd around • (RIFF 2)
       And the city • (RIFF 2)
       Gets bigger as the country comes begging to town • (RIFF 2)
CHORUS:
       Stuck between a rock • (RIFF 1)
                •(RIFF 1)
       And a hard place
                     •(RIFF 1)
       Between a rock
                •(RIFF 1)         ••(RIFF 2) -- 2x's
       And a hard place
VERSE:
       This talk of freedom
       And human rights
       Means bullying and private wars
       And chucking all the dust into our eyes
       And peasant people
       Poorer than dirt
       Who are caught in the crossfire 
       With nothing to lose but their shirts
CHORUS 2:
       Stuck between a rock
       And a hard place
       Between a rock
       And a hard place
                       •(RIFF 1)
       You'd better stop
                   •(RIFF 1)
       Put on a kind face
                     •(RIFF 1)
       Between a rock
                 •(RIFF 1)
       And a hard place
BREAK:
       GWe're in the same boat
       DOn the same sea
       FAnd we're sailing south
       COn the same breeze
       GGuiding dream churches
       DWith silver spires
       FAnd our rogue children      
      C                             (RIFF 1) -- 6x's    
       Are playing loaded dice
CHORUS:
                 ..... You'd better stop
       Give me the truth now            }  NOTE:
       Don't want no sham               }       THIS PART MOSTLY 
       I'd be hung                      }       SUNG WITH DRUMS
       Drawn and quartered for a sheep  }       PLAYING.
       As well as a lamb                }
CHORUS:
FADE OUT:
                           E
                           A
                         C C C
                       D   E  EO   EN     

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Rock And A Hard Place

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

SONG: ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

ARTIST: ROLLING STONES

ALBUM: STEEL WHEELS

TAB BY: DON CZARSKI

E-MAIL: [email protected]

ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

ROLLING STONES

**NOTE: THIS SONG BASICALLY IS PLAYED USING 2 SETS OF CHORD

PROGRESSIONS OR RIFFS. THE WHOLE SONG CONSISTS OF THE

CHORDS: G D F C PLAYED WITH DIFFERENT STRUMMING PATTERNS.

(RIFF 1) (RIFF 2)

G D F C G D F C

/ ///// / // / / / // /

INTRO: RIFF 1 -- 4x's

VERSE:

The fields of Eden • (RIFF 2)

Are full of trash • (RIFF 2)

And if we beg and we borrow and steal • (RIFF 2)

We'll never get it back • (RIFF 2)

People are hungry • (RIFF 2)

They crowd around • (RIFF 2)

And the city • (RIFF 2)

Gets bigger as the country comes begging to town • (RIFF 2)

CHORUS:

Stuck between a rock • (RIFF 1)

•(RIFF 1)

And a hard place

•(RIFF 1)

Between a rock

•(RIFF 1) ••(RIFF 2) -- 2x's

And a hard place

VERSE:

This talk of freedom

And human rights

Means bullying and private wars

And chucking all the dust into our eyes

And peasant people

Poorer than dirt

Who are caught in the crossfire

With nothing to lose but their shirts

CHORUS 2:

Stuck between a rock

And a hard place

Between a rock

And a hard place

•(RIFF 1)

You'd better stop

•(RIFF 1)

Put on a kind face

•(RIFF 1)

Between a rock

•(RIFF 1)

And a hard place

BREAK:

We're in the same boat

On the same sea

And we're sailing south

On the same breeze

Guiding dream churches

With silver spires

And our rogue children

C (RIFF 1) -- 6x's

Are playing loaded dice

CHORUS:

..... You'd better stop

Give me the truth now } NOTE:

Don't want no sham } THIS PART MOSTLY

I'd be hung } SUNG WITH DRUMS

Drawn and quartered for a sheep } PLAYING.

As well as a lamb }

CHORUS:

FADE OUT:

C C C

E E E

D O N

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