These are the chords for the Phil Spector Record "End of the Century" recorded in 1980. The named is now based on the great documentary "End of the Century: The story of the Ramones. 1. Do you remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? [ C G ] x2 G [ C G ] x2 G [ G F# F ] x2 G F# F Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go [ G C D G ] x2 G C D Do you remember Hullabaloo, Upbeat, Shinding and Ed Sullivan too? Do you remember rock'n'roll radio? Do you remember rock'n'roll radio? [ G C D G ] x2 G C D Do you remember Murray the K, Alan Freed, and high energy? It's the end, the end of the 70's It's the end, the end of the century G A D Do you remember lying in bed G E With your covers pulled up over your head? C D G Radio playin' so no one can see C D We need change, we need it fast G E Before rock's just part of the past C D 'Cause lately it all sounds the same to me [ C G ] x2 G [ C G ] x2 G [ G F ] x2 Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio... [ G C D G ] x2 G C D Will you remember Jerry Lee, G C D John Lennon, T. Rex and Ol Moulty? G C D It's the end, the end of the 70's It's the end, the end of the century G (chorus) [ C G ] x2 G [ C G ] x2 G [ G F# F ] x2 Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio... 2. I'm affected I'M AFFECTED [ bass] then... [ F# E ] x3 [ E G D ] x4 E A F G When I look into your big brown eyes And I feel like I'm in paradise I want you by my side A F G 'cause I'm affected, 'fected Yeah, I'm affected, 'fected A F G A Well I'm affected and all I want is you G Didn't know it a few years ago A But now I finally know F I want you by my side G E I want you baby, baby, baby, baby A F G Yeah, I love you and I want you to know Yeah, yeah, and that's for sure I want you by my side 'cause I'm affected... Didn't know... [ F E D ] x4 [ E G D ] x4 E Yeah, I love you... 'cause I'm affected... 'cause I'm affected... 3. Danny Says [ riff ] x4 E A B Danny says we gotta go Gotta go to Idaho E A B [ E+riff ] But we can't go surfin' 'cause it's 20 below Sound check's at 5:02 Record stores and interviews Oh, but I can't wait to be with you tomorrow A B E Baby oho-ho-ho We got nowhere to go A B C# A B And it may sound funny, but it's true Hangin' out in 100 B Watching Get Smart on TV Thinkin' about you and me and you and me D Hangin' out in L.A. and there's nowhere to go A It ain't Christmas if there ain't no snow D Listening to Sheena on the radio oh-ho oh-ho B E Oh-ho oh-ho uho-ho [ F# B C# ] x3 F# F# B C# Sound check's at 5:02 Record stores and interviews F# B C# F# Oh, but I can't wait to be with you tomorrow B C# F# Baby oho-ho-ho We got nowhere to go B C# Eb B C# And it may sound funny, but it's true Hangin' out in... [ F# B C# ] [ till fade out ] [ riff: E C# D F# ] e|----------------- B|--5--------7--5-- G|-----6--7-------- D|----------------- A|----------------- E|----------------- 4. Chinese Rock [ F5 G5 ] x2 [ Bb5 C5] x2 Guitar 1 [ F5 G5 ] x2 Guitar 2 e|------3------- B|--6--------6-- G|-------------- D|-------------- A|-------------- x2 (the 6 frets you bend to one) E|-------------- Guitar 1 [ Bb5 C5 ] x2 Guitar 2 e|------8------- B|--11--------11 G|-------------- D|-------------- x2 (11 bend to one) A|-------------- F5 G5 Somebody call me on the door Say hey hey hey it's Arty home You wanna take a walk, you wanna go cop You wanna go get some Chinese Rock D5 A5 G5 A5 I'm living on a chinese rock All my best things are in hock I'm living on a chinese rock Everything is in the pawn shop [ F5 G5 ] x2 [ Bb5 C5 ] x2 [ F5 G5 ] x2 Guitar 2 e|------3------- B|--6--------6-- G|-------------- D|-------------- A|-------------- x2 (the 6 frets you bend to one) E|-------------- [ Bb5 C5 ] x2 Guitar 2 e|------8------- B|--11--------11 G|-------------- D|-------------- x2 (11 bend to one) A|-------------- F5 G5 The plaster fallin' off the wall My girlfriend's cryin' in the shower stall It's hot as a bitch, I should've been rich But I'm just diggin' a Chinese Ditch D5 A5 G5 A5 I'm living on a chinese rock All my best things are in hock I'm living on a chinese rock Everything is in the pawn shop [ E G A ] x2 D A G [ E G A ] x2 D A G Fr G5 The plaster fallin' off the wall My girlfriend's cryin' in the shower stall It's hot as a bitch, I should've been rich But I'm just diggin' a Chinese Ditch D5 A5 G5 A5 I'm living on a chinese rock All my best things are in hock I'm living on a chinese rock Everything is in the pawn shop I'm living on a chinese rock I'm living on a chinese rock I'm living on a chinese rock I'm living on a chinese rock [G5 A5] x3 [A5 D5] end 5. The Return of Jackie and Judy B B Jackie is a punk, Judy is a runt They went down to the Mudd Club And they both got drunk E F# Oh-yeah B Jackie is a bookie, Judy's taking loans They both came up to New York Just to see the Ramones Oh-yeah B E F# B And oh, I don't know why she wrote that letter Oh no, oh no E F# Oh I don't know why Eb F# We won't forget her, oh no B Jackie's playing hooky Judy's playing pool They both got caught for cutting Got to go to summer school Oh-yeah B Jackie's scalping tickets Judy's getting harassed They both got kicked outside Didn't have a backstage pass Oh-yeah And oh, I don't... Eb Dont't know what's on her mind B I don't know, no, I don't know Eb But I can't stand to see her cryin' B She's still cryin', she ain't tryin' Eb She's going to get left behind E F# Ab F# Nobody wants you, nobody wants you Jackie is a punk... Jackie's playing... And oh, I don't... Oh I don't know why Oh I don't know why Oh I don't know why Oh I don't know why Oh I don't know why 6. Let's go [ E B C G D ] x4 [ B F# G ] x2 A C D Don't wanna study on the G.I. bill Want more action, haven't had my fill Mercenary, fight for anyone Fight for money fight for fun E B C G D Let's go Let's go Let's go Let's go [ B F# G ] x2 Got a country you wanna protect But your army is more likely to defect Hire my SMG with a full clip On automatic it's guaranteed hit Let's go... [ B F# G ] x2 [ E G C D ] x2 E G Gee it's kinda scary out here C D Mosquitoes are happy tonight E G Mommy, Daddy, can I please come home C D Even if just for one night Let's go... [ B F# G ] x2 Schocked how deadly we fight back Troublemakers who attack Mercenary, fight for anyone Fight for money fight for fun Let's go... Let's go... E Let's go 7. Baby I love you [ Ab C# Eb ] x2 Ab C# Eb Have I ever told you How good it feels to hold you It isn't easy to explain [ Ab C# Eb ] Ab And though I'm really tryin' Eb I think I may start cryin' Ab Bb My heart can't wait an other day Eb When you kiss me I just gotta Kiss me I just gotta Kiss me I just gotta say Ab C# Eb Baby, I love you come on baby Baby, I love you Baby, I love, I love only you [ Ab C# Eb ] I can't live without you I love everything about you I can't help it if I feel this way [ Ab C# Eb ] Oh I'm so glad I found you I want my arms around you I love to hear you call my name Oh tell me that you feel Tell me that you feel Tell me that you feel the same Baby, I love... [ Ab C# Eb ] x5 Oh I'm so glad... Baby, I love... [ Ab C# Eb ] Baby, I love you Baby, I love you Baby, I love you Baby, I love you [then fade] 8. I can't make it on time [D G] x2 [verse] D G I can't make it on time I can't make it on time I keep trying and trying I can't make it on time [pre-chorus] F#\G F#\G A I Can't hurry, and you can't wait It doesn't matter becuase your already late I can't get off the telephone It only rings when I'm alone [chorus] D B You gotta wait wait 'cause you don't need no one Wait wait 'cause you know that I'm the one G A You gotta wait hey, hey, hey..... [solo] F#\G A x4 [chorus] [verse] [pre-chorus] then.... A F#\G I can't make it on time I can't make it on time I can't make it on time I can't make it on time (end)D 9. This ain't havana [ A C E D ] x4 A E I had no advantage over you There was troubles and I had'em too Just 'cause you're so strung out Don't mean it can't work out [ A D A ] E A D A Ba-ba-banana This ain't Havana Do you like bananas E Ba-ba-bananas Say you're a victim of society You ask them for your mercy Just like the cats in the garbage cans When's their time coming, man [ A D A E ] x4 D A E A You better offer some resistence You better give up on my insistence Things happen overnight You don't give up without a fight [ A D A ] Ba-ba-banana... D E You say you're poor and uneducated You ain't gotta chance 'cause you're hated You're on your way to life's promotion You hinder it with emotion [ A C E D ] x4 You better offer... [ A D A E ] x4 I had no advantage... [ A D A ] Ba-ba-banana... [ A D A ] Ba-ba-banana... A 10. Rock 'n' Roll High School [G] C Well I don't care about history Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school F 'Cause that's not where I wanna be C Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school A F I just wanna have some kicks A F I just wanna get some chicks C A F G Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school [G] C Well the girls out there knock me out, you know Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school F Cruisin' around in my GTO C Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school A F hide from the teachers and the principal A F becuase you don't want to be no fool C A F G Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school C A F G Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school [C] G Fun fun rock'n'roll high school C Fun fun rock'n'roll high school G Fun fun rock'n'roll high school C Fun fun rock'n'roll high school F Fun fun, oh baby C A F G Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school C A F G Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school [drums] C Well I don't care about history Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school F 'Cause that's not where I wanna be C Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school A F I just wanna have some kicks A F I just wanna get some chicks C A F G Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school [C] G Fun fun rock'n'roll high school C Fun fun rock'n'roll high school G Fun fun rock'n'roll high school C Fun fun rock'n'roll high school F Fun fun, oh baby C A F G Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school C A F G Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school C [end] 11. All the way [ A E A G F# E ] x4 1-2-3-4 [ F# B F# C# ] x4 F# B F/F# Feedback blasting out my ears makes me so high I love all the monitor men but why are they alive B F# The van is making me crazy It's just like being in the navy [ B Ab C# ] Doomsday, doomsday's coming - 1981 But until things blow I'm gonna have some fun The bubble's going to explode Probably never live to get old [ B Ab C# ] B But I just wanna have some fun Eb Probably won't see no money B I just wanna have some fun C# Before they throw me in the sanitarium [ F# B F# C# ] x4 [ repeat all except intro ] [ F# B F# C# ] F# 12. High Risk Insurance [ A C A G ] x4 A G High risk insurance The time is right High risk insurance The time is right A C D E Got endurance, I was trained I got my sights adjusted and my telescope aimed High risk... Everybody wants an explanation Got no love for the enemy nation [ E D C D G A D ] [ A (C A) D E ] x3 A (C A) D E High risk insurance High risk insurance High risk insurance High risk insurance [ A C A G ] x4 High risk... Everybody wants... [ A G A D ] x2 You gotta fight to stay independent I got my pride and I'm gonna defend it Got endurance... [ E D C D G A D ] [ A (C A) D E ] A (C A) D E High risk insurance High risk insurance High risk insurance High risk insurance High risk insurance A High risk insurance Well thats it.
