These are the chords for the Phil Spector Record "End of the Century" recorded in
1980. The named is now based on the great documentary "End of the Century: The story
of the Ramones.
1. Do you remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
[ C G ] x2
G
[ C G ] x2
G
[ G F# F ] x2
G F# F
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
[ G C D G ] x2
G C D
Do you remember Hullabaloo,
Upbeat, Shinding and Ed Sullivan too?
Do you remember rock'n'roll radio?
Do you remember rock'n'roll radio?
[ G C D G ] x2
G C D
Do you remember Murray the K,
Alan Freed, and high energy?
It's the end, the end of the 70's
It's the end, the end of the century
G
A D
Do you remember lying in bed
G E
With your covers pulled up over your head?
C D G
Radio playin' so no one can see
C D
We need change, we need it fast
G E
Before rock's just part of the past
C D
'Cause lately it all sounds the same to me
[ C G ] x2
G
[ C G ] x2
G
[ G F ] x2
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio...
[ G C D G ] x2
G C D
Will you remember Jerry Lee,
G C D
John Lennon, T. Rex and Ol Moulty?
G C D
It's the end, the end of the 70's
It's the end, the end of the century
G
(chorus)
[ C G ] x2
G
[ C G ] x2
G
[ G F# F ] x2
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio...
2. I'm affected
I'M AFFECTED
[ bass] then...
[ F# E ] x3
[ E G D ] x4
E
A F G
When I look into your big brown eyes
And I feel like I'm in paradise
I want you by my side
A F G
'cause I'm affected, 'fected
Yeah, I'm affected, 'fected
A F G A
Well I'm affected and all I want is you
G
Didn't know it a few years ago
A
But now I finally know
F
I want you by my side
G E
I want you baby, baby, baby, baby
A F G
Yeah, I love you and I want you to know
Yeah, yeah, and that's for sure
I want you by my side
'cause I'm affected...
Didn't know...
[ F E D ] x4
[ E G D ] x4
E
Yeah, I love you...
'cause I'm affected...
'cause I'm affected...
3. Danny Says
[ riff ] x4
E A B
Danny says we gotta go
Gotta go to Idaho
E A B [ E+riff ]
But we can't go surfin' 'cause it's 20 below
Sound check's at 5:02
Record stores and interviews
Oh, but I can't wait to be with you tomorrow
A B E
Baby oho-ho-ho
We got nowhere to go
A B C# A B
And it may sound funny, but it's true
Hangin' out in 100 B
Watching Get Smart on TV
Thinkin' about you and me and you and me
D
Hangin' out in L.A. and there's nowhere to go
A
It ain't Christmas if there ain't no snow
D
Listening to Sheena on the radio oh-ho oh-ho
B E
Oh-ho oh-ho uho-ho
[ F# B C# ] x3
F#
F# B C#
Sound check's at 5:02
Record stores and interviews
F# B C# F#
Oh, but I can't wait to be with you tomorrow
B C# F#
Baby oho-ho-ho
We got nowhere to go
B C# Eb B C#
And it may sound funny, but it's true
Hangin' out in...
[ F# B C# ]
[ till fade out ]
[ riff: E C# D F# ]
e|-----------------
B|--5--------7--5--
G|-----6--7--------
D|-----------------
A|-----------------
E|-----------------
4. Chinese Rock
[ F5 G5 ] x2
[ Bb5 C5] x2
Guitar 1
[ F5 G5 ] x2
Guitar 2
e|------3-------
B|--6--------6--
G|--------------
D|--------------
A|-------------- x2 (the 6 frets you bend to one)
E|--------------
Guitar 1
[ Bb5 C5 ] x2
Guitar 2
e|------8-------
B|--11--------11
G|--------------
D|-------------- x2 (11 bend to one)
A|--------------
F5 G5
Somebody call me on the door
Say hey hey hey it's Arty home
You wanna take a walk, you wanna go cop
You wanna go get some Chinese Rock
D5 A5 G5 A5
I'm living on a chinese rock
All my best things are in hock
I'm living on a chinese rock
Everything is in the pawn shop
[ F5 G5 ] x2
[ Bb5 C5 ] x2
[ F5 G5 ] x2
Guitar 2
e|------3-------
B|--6--------6--
G|--------------
D|--------------
A|-------------- x2 (the 6 frets you bend to one)
E|--------------
[ Bb5 C5 ] x2
Guitar 2
e|------8-------
B|--11--------11
G|--------------
D|-------------- x2 (11 bend to one)
A|--------------
F5 G5
The plaster fallin' off the wall
My girlfriend's cryin' in the shower stall
It's hot as a bitch, I should've been rich
But I'm just diggin' a Chinese Ditch
D5 A5 G5 A5
I'm living on a chinese rock
All my best things are in hock
I'm living on a chinese rock
Everything is in the pawn shop
[ E G A ] x2
D A G
[ E G A ] x2
D A G
Fr G5
The plaster fallin' off the wall
My girlfriend's cryin' in the shower stall
It's hot as a bitch, I should've been rich
But I'm just diggin' a Chinese Ditch
D5 A5 G5 A5
I'm living on a chinese rock
All my best things are in hock
I'm living on a chinese rock
Everything is in the pawn shop
I'm living on a chinese rock
I'm living on a chinese rock
I'm living on a chinese rock
I'm living on a chinese rock
[G5 A5] x3
[A5 D5] end
5. The Return of Jackie and Judy
B
B
Jackie is a punk, Judy is a runt
They went down to the Mudd Club
And they both got drunk
E F#
Oh-yeah
B
Jackie is a bookie, Judy's taking loans
They both came up to New York
Just to see the Ramones
Oh-yeah
B
E F# B
And oh, I don't know why she wrote that letter
Oh no, oh no
E F#
Oh I don't know why
D# F#
We won't forget her, oh no
B
Jackie's playing hooky Judy's playing pool
They both got caught for cutting
Got to go to summer school
Oh-yeah
B
Jackie's scalping tickets Judy's getting harassed
They both got kicked outside
Didn't have a backstage pass
Oh-yeah
And oh, I don't...
D#
Dont't know what's on her mind
B
I don't know, no, I don't know
D#
But I can't stand to see her cryin'
B
She's still cryin', she ain't tryin'
D#
She's going to get left behind
E F# G# F#
Nobody wants you, nobody wants you
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/ramones/end_of_the_century_crd.html ]
Jackie is a punk...
Jackie's playing...
And oh, I don't...
Oh I don't know why
Oh I don't know why
Oh I don't know why
Oh I don't know why
Oh I don't know why
6. Let's go
[ E B C G D ] x4
[ B F# G ] x2
A C D
Don't wanna study on the G.I. bill
Want more action, haven't had my fill
Mercenary, fight for anyone
Fight for money fight for fun
E B C G D
Let's go
Let's go
Let's go
Let's go
[ B F# G ] x2
Got a country you wanna protect
But your army is more likely to defect
Hire my SMG with a full clip
On automatic it's guaranteed hit
Let's go...
[ B F# G ] x2
[ E G C D ] x2
E G
Gee it's kinda scary out here
C D
Mosquitoes are happy tonight
E G
Mommy, Daddy, can I please come home
C D
Even if just for one night
Let's go...
[ B F# G ] x2
Schocked how deadly we fight back
Troublemakers who attack
Mercenary, fight for anyone
Fight for money fight for fun
Let's go...
Let's go...
E
Let's go
7. Baby I love you
[ G# C# D# ] x2
G# C# D#
Have I ever told you
How good it feels to hold you
It isn't easy to explain
[ G# C# D# ]
G#
And though I'm really tryin'
D#
I think I may start cryin'
G# Bb
My heart can't wait an other day
D#
When you kiss me I just gotta
Kiss me I just gotta
Kiss me I just gotta say
G# C# D#
Baby, I love you come on baby
Baby, I love you
Baby, I love, I love only you
[ G# C# D# ]
I can't live without you
I love everything about you
I can't help it if I feel this way
[ G# C# D# ]
Oh I'm so glad I found you
I want my arms around you
I love to hear you call my name
Oh tell me that you feel
Tell me that you feel
Tell me that you feel the same
Baby, I love...
[ G# C# D# ] x5
Oh I'm so glad...
Baby, I love...
[ G# C# D# ]
Baby, I love you
Baby, I love you
Baby, I love you
Baby, I love you
[then fade]
8. I can't make it on time
[D G] x2
[verse]
D G
I can't make it on time
I can't make it on time
I keep trying and trying
I can't make it on time
[pre-chorus]
F#\G F#\G A
I Can't hurry, and you can't wait
It doesn't matter becuase your already late
I can't get off the telephone
It only rings when I'm alone
[chorus]
D B
You gotta wait wait 'cause you don't need no one
Wait wait 'cause you know that I'm the one
G A
You gotta wait hey, hey, hey.....
[solo]
F#\G A x4
[chorus]
[verse]
[pre-chorus]
then....
A F#\G
I can't make it on time
I can't make it on time
I can't make it on time
I can't make it on time
(end)D
9. This ain't havana
[ A C E D ] x4
A E
I had no advantage over you
There was troubles and I had'em too
Just 'cause you're so strung out
Don't mean it can't work out
[ A D A ]
E A D A
Ba-ba-banana
This ain't Havana
Do you like bananas
E
Ba-ba-bananas
Say you're a victim of society
You ask them for your mercy
Just like the cats in the garbage cans
When's their time coming, man
[ A D A E ] x4
D A E A
You better offer some resistence
You better give up on my insistence
Things happen overnight
You don't give up without a fight
[ A D A ]
Ba-ba-banana...
D E
You say you're poor and uneducated
You ain't gotta chance 'cause you're hated
You're on your way to life's promotion
You hinder it with emotion
[ A C E D ] x4
You better offer...
[ A D A E ] x4
I had no advantage...
[ A D A ]
Ba-ba-banana...
[ A D A ]
Ba-ba-banana...
A
10. Rock 'n' Roll High School
[G]
C
Well I don't care about history
Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
F
'Cause that's not where I wanna be
C
Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
A F
I just wanna have some kicks
A F
I just wanna get some chicks
C A F G
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
[G]
C
Well the girls out there knock me out, you know
Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
F
Cruisin' around in my GTO
C
Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
A F
hide from the teachers and the principal
A F
becuase you don't want to be no fool
C A F G
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
C A F G
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
[C]
G
Fun fun rock'n'roll high school
C
Fun fun rock'n'roll high school
G
Fun fun rock'n'roll high school
C
Fun fun rock'n'roll high school
F
Fun fun, oh baby
C A F G
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
C A F G
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
[drums]
C
Well I don't care about history
Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
F
'Cause that's not where I wanna be
C
Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
A F
I just wanna have some kicks
A F
I just wanna get some chicks
C A F G
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
[C]
G
Fun fun rock'n'roll high school
C
Fun fun rock'n'roll high school
G
Fun fun rock'n'roll high school
C
Fun fun rock'n'roll high school
F
Fun fun, oh baby
C A F G
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
C A F G
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
C [end]
11. All the way
[ A E A G F# E ] x4
1-2-3-4
[ F# B F# C# ] x4
F# B F/F#
Feedback blasting out my ears makes me so high
I love all the monitor men but why are they alive
B F#
The van is making me crazy
It's just like being in the navy
[ B G# C# ]
Doomsday, doomsday's coming - 1981
But until things blow I'm gonna have some fun
The bubble's going to explode
Probably never live to get old
[ B G# C# ]
B
But I just wanna have some fun
D#
Probably won't see no money
B
I just wanna have some fun
C#
Before they throw me in the sanitarium
[ F# B F# C# ] x4
[ repeat all except intro ]
[ F# B F# C# ]
F#
12. High Risk Insurance
[ A C A G ] x4
A G
High risk insurance
The time is right
High risk insurance
The time is right
A C D E
Got endurance, I was trained
I got my sights adjusted and my telescope aimed
High risk...
Everybody wants an explanation
Got no love for the enemy nation
[ E D C D G A D ]
[ A (C A) D E ] x3
A (C A) D E
High risk insurance
High risk insurance
High risk insurance
High risk insurance
[ A C A G ] x4
High risk...
Everybody wants...
[ A G A D ] x2
You gotta fight to stay independent
I got my pride and I'm gonna defend it
Got endurance...
[ E D C D G A D ]
[ A (C A) D E ]
A (C A) D E
High risk insurance
High risk insurance
High risk insurance
High risk insurance
High risk insurance
A
High risk insurance
Well thats it.
