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Rock is My Life and This is My Song

Bachman-turner Overdrive
Tab
★4.6(7)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Tuning:EADGBe

Sustain= <

Up stroke= ^

Down Stroke= ~

Damp = !

Riff A

e|----2--------3-----2-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----2--------2-----2-----0-----------------------------------------------------|
G|----2--------2-----2-----0------2----------------------------------------------|
D|----2---------------------------2----------------------------------------------|
A|----0---------------------------0----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

~ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ~

Riff B

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----7----------7-----7-------7-----------------------------------------------|
A|----7----------7-----7-------7-----------------------------------------------|
E|----5-<--!-----5--!--5--!-----5-<--!-----------------------------------------|

Riff C

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------5--7--5--------------------------------------------------------|
A|------5h7--------------5--7--3--5--------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff D

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----5/7--7-!-----7/9--9-----9/--7--7------------------------------------------|
A|----5/7--7-!-----7/9--9-----9/--7--7------------------------------------------|
E|----3/5--5-!-----5/7--7-----7/--5--5------------------------------------------|

I wrote where the riffs begin and the repeat until another one starts

VERSE 1

A

Its a hurried up life

But thats the life i chose

No use asking me to slowdown

Cos i aint got nothing to lose

But time and time is all i 've got

B

You know i was born standing up with a guitar in my hand

Im not trying to come on like hollywood

But Hollywood is what i am

CHORUS

C D

When we come into a new town

Everybodys there

When we play our music

C

Hand are in the air

D

When the musics over

you wonder where we are

Im standing in the silence

With my old guitar.

A

Rock is my life this is my song

VERSE 2

Its a crying shame

But some of us have not survived

No use in asking how it happened

Very few are left alive

B

I just wanna keep on keeping on

Your only as good as your last record

I know that someday youll be gone

CHORUS

Lead break over Riff A (8) Riff C Riff D (4)

CHORUS

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