Rock-A-Billy Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays444

Rock-A-Billy by Guy Mitchell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			  E                                                          
 Rockabilly, rockabilly, rockabilly, rock 
  E                                  B7                     
 Rockabilly, rockabilly, rock, rock, rock 
  E                                                          
 Rockabilly, rockabilly, rockabilly, rock 
   E                                B7      E     
Rockabilly, rockabilly, rock, rock  
Verse 1 
E                                                                 
Some people think it came from Tennessee 
   E                                      B7              
Then spread on out to the lone prairie 
  E                               A                
 It's the hillbilly rock, feeddlee dee 
E       NC                  
 Turns me inside out 
                      
NC                 
Gimme some  
   Rockabilly, rockabilly, rockabilly, rock 
   Rockabilly, rockabilly, rock, rock, rock 
   Rockabilly, rockabilly, rockabilly, rock 
   Rockabilly, rockabilly, rock, rock  
Verse 2 
Hey, grab yourself  a partner, lose the blues 
   Wear your store-bought clothes and your stompin' shoes 
   Better head for the hills, gonna blow my fuse 
   Hooo, I'm gonna shout 
   Gimme some  
   Rockabilly, rockabilly, rockabilly, rock 
   Rockabilly, rockabilly, rock, rock, rock 
   Rockabilly, rockabilly, rockabilly, rock 
   Rockabilly, rockabilly, rock, rock}  
Verse 3 
Since rockabilly swing the do-si-do 
   And the guitar man chase the old banjo 
   Leave the hoe for the crow, holler "Go, man, go!" 
   Wiggle like a trout 
   Gimme some  
  Rockabilly, rockabilly, rockabilly, rock 
   Rockabilly, rockabilly, rock, rock, rock 
   Rockabilly, rockabilly, rockabilly, rock 
   Rockabilly, rockabilly, rock, rock  
Verse 4 
From the moment that you feel this crazy beat 
   Ya gotta lose control or you're two left feet 
   Give me mountain juice, turn me loose 
   Leave me wave my arms about 
   Gimme some  
   Rockabilly, rockabilly, rockabilly, rock 
   Rockabilly, rockabilly, rock, rock, rock 
   Rockabilly, rockabilly, rockabilly, rock 
   Rockabilly, rockabilly, rock, rock  
Verse 5 
Ya know what rockabilly's all about 
   Ya know it's gonna make ya sing and shout 
   Ya know you're gonna act like a crazy fool 
   Who cares? It's cool !  
Rockabilly, rockabilly, rock!, rock! 
 
 
 
ambChile 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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