Rock It (prime jive) Chords

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Rock It (prime jive) by Queen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, E, F# and C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
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  			B			E
When I hear, that rock and roll
		F#
It gets down to my soul,
		  B			F#
When it's real rock and roll, oh rock and roll
(Repeat)
	(Power chord section)
B
B
Oh	Oh...		Oh 	Oh...
F#
You really think they like to rock in space?
Well I don't know.
		   B
What do you know? What do you hear?
	   F#
On the radio. Coming through the air.
	  B				  F#
I said Mama,	 I ain't crazy, I'm all right... all right...
  C#
Hey c'mon baby said it's all right, to rock and roll on a Saturday night,
	F#
I said shoot and get your suit and come along with me,
	E					  B
Said come baby down, come and rock with me, I said yeah...
 B
What do you do, to get to feel alive,
	     F#
You go downtown, and get some of that prime jive,
	  B				  F#
I said Mama,	 I ain't crazy, I'm all right... all right...
  C#
Hey c'mon baby said it's all right, to rock and roll on a Saturday night,
	F#
I said shoot and get your suit and come along with me,
	E					B
Said come baby down, come and rock with me, I said yeah...

We're gonna rock it...
(solo)
 C#
Hey c'mon baby said it's all right, to rock and roll on a Saturday night,
	F#
I said shoot and get your suit and come along with me,
	E				           B
Said come baby down, come and rock with me, I said yeah...
We're gonna rock it... Tonight
F#
(We want some prime jive) Oh oh oh
					B
(We want some prime jive) Oh oh oh oh oh rock it tonight...
and it is F#->B ad-infinitum (or at least, until the end)  
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante