Life Is A Rock But The Radio Rolled Me:Reunion.
#33 on UK Charts and #8 on BB Hot 100
on RCA Records in 1974.

INTRO: G F B G D

#1.
G
B.B. Bumble and the Stingers, Mott the Hoople, Ray Charles Singers,

Lonnie Mack and twangin' Eddy, here's my ring we're goin' steady.
G
Take it easy, take me higher, liar liar, house on fire,

Locomotion, Poco, Passion, Deeper Purple, Satisfaction.
C
Baby, baby gotta-gotta gimme-gimme gettin' hotter,

Sammy's cookin', Lesley Gore and Ritchie Valens, end of story.
G
Mahavishnu, Fujiyama, Kama-sutra, rama-lama,

Richard Perry, Spector, Barry, Archies, Righteous, Nilsson, Harry,
D                           C
Shimmy shimmy ko-ko bop and Fats is back and Finger Poppin'.

CHORUS:
G    Em7  C            D     G      Em7 
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me.
C     D          G     Em7  C     G       Em7 C     D
Gotta turn it up loud..er,  so my DJ told me (whoa, whoa!)
G    Em7  C            D     G      Em7
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me.
C      D         G   Em7  C      D      G     F C D
At the end of my rainbow, lies a Golden Oldie.

#2.
G
FM, AM, hits are clickin' while the clock is tock-a-tickin',

friends and Romans, salutations, Brenda and the Tabulations.
G
Carly Simon, I behold her, Rolling Stones and centerfoldin',

Johnny Cash and Johnny Rivers, can't stop now, I got the shivers.
C
Mungo Jerry, Peter Peter Paul and Paul and Mary Mary,

Dr. John the nightly tripper, Doris Day and Jack the Ripper.
G
Gotta go Sir, gotta swelter, Leon Russell, Gimme Shelter,

Miracles in smokey places, slide guitars and Fender basses,
D                                 C
Mushroom omelet, Bonnie Bramlett, Wilson Pickett, stop and kick it.

CHORUS:
G    Em7  C            D     G      Em7 
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me.
Am   Gbm  D            Em7    G
life is a rock but the radio..wooooooo!!!


INTERLUDE: G D A G D A


#3.
Bb
Arthur Janov's primal screamin', Hawkins, Jay and

Dale and Ronnie, Kukla, Fran and Norma Okla.
Bb
Denver, John and Osmond, Donny,

JJ Cale and ZZ Top and LL Bean and De De Dinah.

David Bowie, Steely Dan and sing me prouder, CC Rider,
Eb
Edgar Winter, Joanie Sommers, Osmond Brothers, Johnny Thunders.

Eric Clapton, pedal wah-wah, Stephen Foster, do-dah do-dah,
Bb
Good Vibrations, Help Me Rhonda, Surfer Girl and Little Honda.

Tighter, tighter, honey, honey, sugar, sugar, yummy, yummy,
F                        Eb
CBS and Warner Brothers, RCA and all the others.

CHORUS:
Dm7  Gm7  Eb           F     Bb     Gm7
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me.
Eb    F          Bb      Eb    F  Bb        Eb                F
Gotta turn it up louder, so my DJ told me..(whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!!)
Dm7  Gm7  Eb           F     Bb     Gm7
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me.
Eb     F         Dm7 Bb  Eb     F      Bb
At the end of my rainbow lies a Golden Oldie.

#4.
Bb
Listen..remember, they're playing our song!
 Bb               Dm7
(oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo..)
Bb
Rock it, sock it, Alan Freed me, Murray Kaufman, try to leave me,

Fish, and Swim, and Boston Monkey, make it bad and play it funky.

(Wanna take you higher!) 

 Bb               Dm7
(oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo..)

Bb
Freddie King and Albert King B.B. King and frolicking.

Get it on and Nat Gerardi, Papalardi, Hale and Hearty..
 Bb
(Baby baby baby baby, light my fire!)

(Celebrate!) Yeah (Dance to the music!)

#5.
Bbm
There's a perfect more than human gentle words of Randy Newman..
                                       Bb
One, two, three..so, oh, so, please, I need a breather!

(Celebrate!) Yeah (Dance to the music!) (Wanna take you higher!)
Eb  Bb
Aretha!
Bb
Tito Puente, Boffalongo, Cuba, War and even Mongo.

Peter Dial, Alex Hood, Boogie Brass, baby baby baby baby, light my fire!)
Bb
Baby, everything is alright! Whoo!!!

OUTRO:
Bb
California, (Everything is alright!) Beatlemania, (Uptight!)

New York City (outta sight!) Transylvania, S&G and V&C and Bobby Vee 
Bb
and SRO, yeah, yeah!



A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.