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Blues and Rhythm
Status Quo
Heavy Traffic 2002
There's slight changes everywhere so keep a look (or a listen) out!
|C5| |C5| |C5| |G#5|
| F5   Eb5  C5| | F5   Eb5  C5| 
| F5   Eb5  C5| | G#5  A#5|
|C5| |C5|
C5I saw this picture in a magazine
with it's gold plated grovers
such a clean machine
so I, I did my home work
and I worked like hell
as the brown eyed handsome man said
you never can tell
I got that blues and rhythm
good enough to eat
sound and vision
G#5hit me with the backbeat
F5blues Eb5and rC5hythm
F5good eEb5nough to C5eat
F5sound Eb5and vC5ision
G#5hit me with the backbeat
F5blues Eb5and rC5hythm
F5something Eb5for my sC5oul
F5my Eb5dec-C5ision
G#5give me rock and give me A#5roll
C5I started gigging in my early teens
sewed the red leather patches
on my filthy jeans
got my first Fender Tele
got my Marshall stack
C9sus4big head knock 'em dead
I know where it's at
I got that bF5lues Bb5and rC5hythm
gF5ood eBb5nough to C5eat
sF5ound Bb5and vC5ision
G#5hit me with the backbeat
bF5lues Bb5and rC5hythm
soF5mething Bb5for my sC5oul
F5my Bb5dec-C5ision
G#5give me rock and give me roll
Harp solo:
| Bb5   Eb5  F5| | Bb5   Eb5  F5|
| Bb5   Eb5  F5| |C#5|
Gtr. solo:
|C5| |C5| |C5| |F|
|C5| |C5| |C5| |F|
|C5| |C5| |C5| |F|
|C5| |C5| |C5| |F|
Link:
| Bb5   Eb5  F5| | Bb5   Eb5  F5|
| Bb5   Eb5  F5| |C#5| 
|C5| |C5| |C5| |C5|
don't anybody listen anymore
I can still hear them banging
on my bedroom door
is it too late to tell them?
will they understand?
calm down, come on round
and listen to the band
We got that F5blues Bb5and rC5hythm
gF5ood eBb5nough to C5eat
sF5ound Bb5and vC5ision
G#5hit me with the backbeat
bF5lues Bb5and rC5hythm
soF5mething Bb5for my sC5oul
F5my Bb5dec-C5ision
G#5give me rock and give me roll
F5JailBb5house rC5ocker
F5make you Bb5tap your fC5eet
F5clasBb5sic sC5hocker
G#5listen to the backbA#5eat
I got that blues and rhythm
I got that blues and rhythm
I got that blues and rhythm
we got that blues and rhythm
etc, etc

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Blues And Rhythm

by Status Quo

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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G#5

Eb5

A#5

Bb5

C#5

Blues and Rhythm

Status Quo

Heavy Traffic 2002

There's slight changes everywhere so keep a look (or a listen) out!

C5 C5 C5 G#5

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F5 Eb5 C5 F5 Eb5 C5

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F5 Eb5 C5 G#5 A#5

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C5 C5

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I saw this picture in a magazine

with it's gold plated grovers

such a clean machine

so I, I did my home work

and I worked like hell

as the brown eyed handsome man said

you never can tell

I got that blues and rhythm

good enough to eat

sound and vision

G#5

hit me with the backbeat

F5 Eb5 C5

blues and rhythm

F5 Eb5 C5

good enough to eat

F5 Eb5 C5

sound and vision

G#5

hit me with the backbeat

F5 Eb5 C5

blues and rhythm

F5 Eb5 C5

something for my soul

F5 Eb5 C5

my dec-ision

G#5 A#5

give me rock and give me roll

I started gigging in my early teens

sewed the red leather patches

on my filthy jeans

got my first Fender Tele

got my Marshall stack

C9sus4

big head knock 'em dead

I know where it's at

F5 Bb5 C5

I got that blues and rhythm

F5 Bb5 C5

good enough to eat

F5 Bb5 C5

sound and vision

G#5

hit me with the backbeat

F5 Bb5 C5

blues and rhythm

F5 Bb5 C5

something for my soul

F5 Bb5 C5

my dec-ision

G#5

give me rock and give me roll

Harp solo:

Bb5 Eb5 F5 Bb5 Eb5 F5

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Bb5 Eb5 F5 C#5

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Gtr. solo:

C5 C5 C5 F

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C5 C5 C5 F

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C5 C5 C5 F

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C5 C5 C5 F

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Link:

Bb5 Eb5 F5 Bb5 Eb5 F5

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Bb5 Eb5 F5 C#5

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C5 C5 C5 C5

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don't anybody listen anymore

I can still hear them banging

on my bedroom door

is it too late to tell them?

will they understand?

calm down, come on round

and listen to the band

F5 Bb5 C5

We got that blues and rhythm

F5 Bb5 C5

good enough to eat

F5 Bb5 C5

sound and vision

G#5

hit me with the backbeat

F5 Bb5 C5

blues and rhythm

F5 Bb5 C5

something for my soul

F5 Bb5 C5

my dec-ision

G#5

give me rock and give me roll

F5 Bb5 C5

Jailhouse rocker

F5 Bb5 C5

make you tap your feet

F5 Bb5 C5

classic shocker

G#5 A#5

listen to the backbeat

I got that blues and rhythm

we got that blues and rhythm

etc, etc

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