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Rock and Roll All Nite Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, 1975 Chords in this song: G D C F Eb Intro: 4 beats per chord, repeat until count in G D Page 1 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013 Verse 1 G D You show us every - thing you've got G D You keep on dancin' and the room gets hot C D You drive us wild, we'll drive you F F C F F C crazy Page 2 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013 Verse 1 G D You say you wanna go for a spin G D The party's just begun we'll let you in C D You drive us wild, we'll drive you F F C F F C crazy Page 3 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013 Chorus –Part 1 E b F You keep on shoutin‘, You keep on shoutin' [stop, mute strings and keep strumming, 8 beats] G I wanna rock and roll all C D nite, and party every day. Page 4 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013 Chorus –Part 2 G I wanna rock and roll all C D D nite, and party every day. F F C F F C Page 5 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013 Verse 2 G D You keep on sayin' you'll be mine for a while G D You're lookin' fancy and I like your style C D You drive us wild, we'll drive you F F C F F C crazy Page 6 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013 Verse 2 G D You show us every - thing you've got G D And baby, baby that's quite a lot C D You drive us wild, we'll drive you F F C F F C crazy Page 7 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013 Chorus –Part 1 E b F You keep on shoutin‘, You keep on shoutin' [stop, mute strings and keep strumming, 8 beats] G I wanna rock and roll all C D nite, and party every day. Page 8 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013 Chorus –Vocals Only (1) G I wanna rock and roll all [mute strings, keep strumming] nite, and party every day. I wanna rock and roll all nite, and party every day. Page 9 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013 Chorus –Vocals Only (2) [mute strings, keep strumming] I wanna rock and roll all nite, and party every day. I wanna rock and roll all nite, and party every day. Page 10 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013 Chorus –Part 2 G I wanna rock and roll all C D D nite, and party every day. F F C F F C Page 11 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013 Verse 1 G D You show us every - thing you've got G D You keep on dancin' and the room gets hot C D You drive us wild, we'll drive you F F C F F C crazy Page 12 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013 Verse 1 G D You say you wanna go for a spin G D The party's just begun we'll let you in C D You drive us wild, we'll drive you F F C F F C crazy Page 13 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013 Chorus –Part 1 E b F You keep on shoutin‘, You keep on shoutin' [stop, mute strings and keep strumming, 8 beats] G I wanna rock and roll all C D nite, and party every day. Page 14 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013 Chorus –Repeat G I wanna rock and roll all C D nite, and party every day. G I wanna rock and roll all C D nite, and party every day. Page 15 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013 Chorus –Part 2 G I wanna rock and roll all C D nite, and party every day. F F C F F C Page 16 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013 Ending F F C F F C F F C F F C G G [hold] [End] Page 17 Austin Ukulele Society Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013.

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