Cover of the Rolling Stone Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays545

Cover of the Rolling Stone by Dr. Hook is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, E7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			A  
Well we are big rock singers we've got golden fingers   
                              E   
and we're loved everywhere we go,                   

We sing about beauty and we sing about truth       
E7                         A  
at ten thousand dollars a show;                     

We take all kind of pills to give us all kind of thrills,                     
                              D  
but the thrill we've never known,                   
         E  
is the thrill that'll get you when you get your picture   
                               A  
on the cover of the Rolling Stone  --- (Rolling Stone)                
   
 E       
    wanna see my picture on the cover    
    A  
    wanna buy five copies for my mother   
    E  
    wanna see my smilin' face    
             D                      A  
    on the cover of the Rolling Stone                    
   
A  
I've got a freaky lady name o' Cocaine Katy   
                        E  
who embroiders on my jeans,   

I've got my poor old gray-haired Daddy,   
E7                A  
drivin' my limousine   

Now it's all designed to blow our minds   
                                D  
but our minds won't really be blown,   
           E  
like the blow that'll get you when you get your picture   
                              A  
on the cover of the Rolling Stone   

    
CHORUS  
   
 A  
We got a lot of little blue-eyed, teenage groupies   
                     E  
who do anything we say,   

we got a genuine Indian guru,   
          E7                 A  
who's teachin' us a better way,   

we got all the friends that money can buy,   
                         D  
so we never have to be alone,   
          E  
and we keep gettin' richer but we can't get our picture   
                              A  
on the cover of the Rolling Stone   
   
   
CHORUS 

    	

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100 BPM Andante