G                                             C                           G                         C 
He rocked his way through yesterday, lord he thought he had a chance 
G                                   C                           Am          D 
He played guitar and wrote some tunes, of love and romance 
     Am                        D                   G                     C 
He did his share of travelin', like a dog without a home 
                                  D                  G                       Em 
A fugitive who would rather give, a star that never shone 
 

             Am  D                    Am   D 
Isn't it a pity,      isn't it a shame 
                      Am 
No one ever warned the boy 
              D             C        G    D  C  G  D  C 
Rock n' roll is a vicious game,                     oh yeah 
 

      G                            C                     G                        C 
He said he wouldn't get led around, or caught up in the games 
      G                  C             Am                  D 
Or end up in a gallery, of faces with no names 
         Am                   D                        G                  C 
And rock 'n' roll was in his soul, and music was a friend 
       Am                                           D                                 G                  Em 
He recorded a song that made us sing along, and he was on the road again 
 

               Am  D              Am   D 
Isn't it a pity, isn't it a shame 
                        Am 
No one ever warned the boy 
                D           C        G    D  C  G  D   
Rock n' roll is a vicious game, oh oh, oh yeah, oh oh 
 
BRIDGE: 
C D Em 

                                    D                       C 
Stage fright, ooh, and long black limousines 
           F                         C                       D 
He's pushing himself a way too hard, or so it seems 
 

G                            C                     G                        C 
He opened up his heart to us, he gave us what he could 
  G                                 C                       Am                    D 
We symphathized and harmonized, he made us all feel good 
               Am                     D                                  G                        C 
But it's funny how those things can change, and time can pass us by 
Am                                D                 G                    Em 
Songs that moved us so easily, no longer make us cry 
                       Am  D                    Am  D 
Now isn't it a pity,         isn't it a shame 
                       Am 
No one ever warned the boy 
               D            C        G       G  D   C 
Rock n' roll is a vicious game, oh oh, oh 
         G    G    D C               G          G       D    C 
Oh yeah, oh, oh oh oh, oh, yeah, yeah yeah yeah 
              G                              D         C          G 
My my my, rock 'n roll is a vicious game, yeah 
                   D         C                           G            
Rock 'n' roll, rock 'n' roll, yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh  FADE
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