Verse:
C# G# F#
There's a downtown corner,
F#
People downtown know.
C# G# F#
And a backbeat rhythm,
F# C#
On my radio.
C# G# F#
The girl who listens,
F# C#
to that one man's song.
C# G# F#
On the Block I live on,
F# C#
In the place im from.
Repeat for this verse with same tempo and rhythm
Verse: Well the young man sitting,
On the dock of the bay.
He took a long term trip,
On a first class plane.
Now the whole world listens,
To that one man's song.
On the Block I live on,
In the place im from
F# C# G# A#m
Tell me does it, Move you, Does it, Soothe you
F# C# G# A#m
Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock and roll.
(Repeat Chorus x2)
Verse: (Use chords from first verse)
Well the man in black sits,
On a screened in porch.
Making birthday wishes,
71 almost.
You can hear him singing,
Chariot swing low.
On the block I live on,
In the place I know.
Chorus x2
(Key Changes to E)
E B A
A E
Chorus x2:
A E B C#m
tell me does it, move you, does it, Soothe you.
A E B C#m
Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock and roll.
A E B C#m
NaNa Na Na Na Na and ive been there before.
A E B C#m
NaNa Na Na Na Na and ive been there before.
A E B C#m
NaNa Na Na Na Na and ive been there before.
A E B C#m
NaNa Na Na Na Na and ive been there before.
A E B C#m
When you can't get through it, listen to it.
A E B C#m
With a Nananana, and a been there before.
A E B C#m
When you can't get through it, listen to it.
A E B C#m
With a Nananana, and a been there before.