Rock This Joint:Bill Haley And His Comets.
Top of the charts in 1952 and re-released
in 1957. #20 in UK in 1957.
(Capo 1st fret)
#1.
A
Tear down the mailbox, rip up the floor,
Smash out the windows and knock down the door.
CHORUS:
D
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
A
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
E
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
A
We're gonna rock this joint tonight.
#2.
A
Well, six times six is thirty-six,
I ain't gonna hit for six more licks.
CHORUS:
D
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
A
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
E
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
A
We're gonna rock this joint tonight.
(SAX BREAK.)
#3.
A
Do the Beetle-Bop right, side by side,
Flying low and flying wide.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bill_haley_his_comets/rock_this_joint_crd_ver_2.html ]
CHORUS:
D
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
A
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
E
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
A
We're gonna rock this joint tonight.
#4.
A
Well, seven times five is thirty-five,
Man-oh-man-oh-man alive!
CHORUS:
D
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
A
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
E
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
A
We're gonna rock this joint tonight.
A
Go-go-go, go-go-go....
#5.
A
Well, little Boy Blue come blow your horn,
The cats in the meadow gonna rock till morn'.
CHORUS:
Eb
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
A#
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
F
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
A#
We're gonna rock this joint tonight.
CHORUS:
F
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
Bb
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
F
We're gonna rock,(hey rock) rock this joint,
Bb
We're gonna rock this joint tonight.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
