I do the rock (1979)    (video)

 

    G - C   - G

 

     C                                               G

1. Edith Sitwell’s giving readings, 14 Moscow Road,

      C                                                      G

    Osbert's giving champagne parties, Sachie's got a cold,

       F                                          C

    Gertrude's hanging pictures, Alice making tea,

     G                                         C

    me, I do the only thing that still makes sense to me.

                   G     - C                G

    I do the rock,        I do the rock, rock.

 

      C                                            G

2. John and Yoko farming beef, raising protein quota,

     C                                                    G

    sometimes they make love and art inside the Dakota.

       F                                             C

    Rodney's feeling sexy, Mick is really frightfully bold,

     G                                          C

    me, I do the only thing that stops me growing old.

                  G     - C                G              - C

    I do the rock,        I do the rock, rock,

                  G                       - C                                   - G - C   - G

    I do the rock, rock, rock,        well, it's stimulating.

 

      C                                          G

3. Solzhenitzin feels exposed, build a barbed-wired prison,

      C                                                G

    Nietsche's six feet under but his babies still got rhythm,

     F                                           C

    Einstein's celebrating ten decades, but I'm afraid,

                   G                                         C

    philosophy is just too much responsibility for me.

                  G      - C                 G

    I do the rock,         I do the rock.

 

       C                                          G

4. Baby Ruth and Dizzy Dean, best and Colin Cowdrey,

     C                                      G

    Little Mo, Virginia Wade, Pistol Pete and O.J.

            F                                           C

    I've always liked Di Maggio and Rockney's pretty cute you know,

   G                                                 C

    I could never whack a ball with such velocity.

                  G      - C                G     - C

    I do the rock,        I do the rock,

                  G      - C    - G                          - C

    I do the rock,                 it's stimulating,         I'm a keen student.

 

+  G - C   - G - C    - G

 

     C                                                G

5. Liz and Dick and Britt and Liza, Jaclyn, Kate and Farah,

       C                                                G

    Meg and Roddy, John Travolta, Governor Brown and Linda,

     F                                          C

    interview and People Magazine, Miss Rona and the Queen,

          G                                       C

    it must be really frightful to attract publicity.

                   G                 - C                 G

    I do the rock, myself          I do the rock.

 

      C                                        G

6. Carter, Begin and Sadat, Breznhev, Teng and Castro,

     C                                    G

    every day negotiate us closer to desastro.

    F                                          C

    Idi Amin and the Shah and Al Fatah is quite bizarre,

   G                                            C

    I could never get the hang of ideology.

                   G     - C               G     - C

    I do the rock,        I do the rock,

                  G                                        G7

    I do the rock, I do the rock, I do the rock, I do the rock,

                  G                                     G7

    I do the rock, I do the rock, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do

 

+  C - G - C - G (2x) ...

 

    (Tim Curry)