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Roadie by Tenacious D
Roadie
Tunning. High to Low:(e, B, G, D, A, e)
Chords: E;(0 2 2 1 0 0) C/G;(3 3 2 0 0 0) Asus2;(x 0 4 2 x x) A5;(x 0 2 2 0 0)
The song starts on a E chord, Just listen to the song, and find the rythem.
The Lyrics may not be a 100 persent right but thy are pretty close.
Werse 1
E
Well it's 3pm time to rock the gear, got to it on the stage,
Asus2 E
my musceles flex, my ***ing sweat will save the day.
E
Course I ckeck the mic, I fucka check the mic, I fucka checka checka 1 2 3,
Asus2 E
I plug it in, I make it sound as good as it can be.
E
Becourse the rock is rock, and the road is road,
got'a take the mic, he got take control,
Asus2 E
got'a get that shit up on that ***ing stage.
E
Yes the Roadie knows, what the Roadie knows,
and the Roadie knows that he wears black clothes,
Asus2 E
and he hides off in the shadows of the stage.
Chorus
C/G A5 E
Becourse the Roadie, looks a thoushand miles with his eyes,
C/G A5 E
and when the crowd raws, rains of tears drop to the Roadies eyes,
tears of pride.
C/G A5
Becourse his watching the show, but you will never know,
C/G A5
his changing the strings, while hangin' in the wind,
C/G A5 E
no matter how hard, the show mustgo on.
Werse 2
E
When a beautiful girl come to me she say, hey can i sucka your dick,
Asus2 E
and I'll say yes, i'm in love.
E
And then she quikly say I sucked your dick,
Asus2
now give me that backstage pas, I do not want you Roadie,
E
I want KG's chode.
Chorus 2
C/G A5
I'm standing at the fresh hole of your dreams,
C/G A5
without me there would be no sound from those amps,
C/G A5
without me there would be no light on the stage,
E
but you don't applaus for me.
C/G A5 E
I i'm the Roadie, lonesome warrior searching for his soul,
C/G A5 E
I i'm the Roadie, I make the rock go.
C/G A5 C/G A5 C/G A5 E
Roadie, Roadie, Roadie.
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version 2
C/g;(3 3 2 0 0 0) Asus2;(x 0 2 2 0 0) Esus4;(0 2 2 2 0 0) Em*;(0 2 2 4 0 0)
There is a lot of variation between the E – I tried to show the ‘rolls’ KG og JB are
doing in this song
Intro: Em* Esus4 Em x2 D E
Verse 1
Em* Esus4 Em Em* Esus4 Em Esus4 Em
Well it's 3pm time to lug the gear, got to get it on the stage,
D E (Esus4 E)
my muscles flex, my ***ing sweat will save the day.
Em* Esus4 Em Em* Esus4 Em Esus4 Em
When I check the mic, I fucka check the mic, I fucka checka checka 1 2 3,
D E
I plug it in, I make it sound as good as it can be.
Em* Esus4 Em
Becourse the rock is rock, and the road is road,
Em* Em* Esus4 Em
got'a take the mic, he got take control,
D E (Esus4 E)
got'a get that shit up on that ***ing stage.
Em* Esus4 Em
Cuz the roadie knows what the roadie knows
Em* Em* Esus4 Em
And the roadie knows that he wears black clothes
D E (Esus4 E)
And he hides off in the shadows of the stage
Chorus:
C/G Asus2 E
Because the roadie looks a 1000 miles with his eyes
C/G Asus2 E
And when the crowd roars: Brings a teardrop to the roadies eyes
Tears of pride
C/G
Because he brought you the show
Asus2
But you will never know
C/G
He's changing the strings
Asus2
While hiding in the wings
C/g Asus2 (let ring) E (powerchord if you want)
No matter how hard, the show must go on
Vers:
Then a beautiful girl come to me she
says, "hey can i suckka your dick"
i say yes, I am in love
then she quickly said, "I sucked your dick, now gimme that backstage pass"
I do not want you roadie, I want K.G's chode
Prechorus:
C/G Asus2
I'm standing at the threshold of your dreams
C/G Asus2
Without me there'd be no sound from those amps
C/G Asus2
Without me there'd be no lights on the stage
E
But you don't applaud for me
Chorus:
C/G
I am the roadie:
Asus2 (let ring) E
A lonesome warrior searching for a soul (no!)
C/G
I am the roadie:
Asus2 (let ring) E
I make the rock go!
C/G Asus2 C/G Asus2 C/G Asus2 E
Roadie, Roadie, ROAAADDDIEEEeee
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version 3
( standard tuning )
Riff1:
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-x-4--xx-2--x-0--x--4-x-4--xx-2--x-0--xx-2-x-2-xx-2-x-2-x-1-x-1-xx-1-x-1-|
D|-2-x-2--xx-0--x-0--x--2-x-2--xx-0--x-0--xx-0-x-0-xx-0-x-0-x-2-x-2-xx-2-x-2-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff2:
E|-0-0000-0000----------------------------------------------|
B|-1-1111-1111---x-xxxx-xxxx---0-0-0000-00-00-0-0-0000-00---|
G|-0-0000-0000---2-2222-2222---1-1-1111-11-11-1-1-1111-11---|
D|-2-2222-2222---2-2222-2222---2-2-2222-22-22-2-2-2222-22---|
A|-3-3333-3333---0-0000-0000---2-2-2222-22-22-2-2-2222-22---|
E|-3-3333-3333-----------------0-0-0000-00-00-0-0-0000-00---|
Riff3:
E|-0-0000-000--------------0-0000-000--------------0-0000-000-----|
B|-1-1111-111--x-xxxx-xxx--1-1111-111--x-xxxx-xxx--1-1111-111-----|
G|-0-0000-000--2-2222-222--0-0000-000--2-2222-222--0-0000-000--2--|
D|-2-2222-222--2-2222-222--2-2222-222--2-2222-222--2-2222-222--2--|
A|-3-3333-333--0-0000-000--3-3333-333--0-0000-000--3-3333-333--0--|
E|-3-3333-333--------------3-3333-333--------------3-3333-333-----|
Riff4:
E|-0-0000-0000----------------------------------------------|
B|-1-1111-1111-----------------0-0-0000-00-00-0-0-0000-00---|
G|-0-0000-0000---2-------------1-1-1111-11-11-1-1-1111-11---|
D|-2-2222-2222---2-------------2-2-2222-22-22-2-2-2222-22---|
A|-3-3333-3333---0-------------2-2-2222-22-22-2-2-2222-22---|
E|-3-3333-3333-----------------0-0-0000-00-00-0-0-0000-00---|
The particular order of the riffs:
Intro: Riff1
verse1: Riff1 X4
Pre-Chorus: Riff2 X2
Churos: Riff3
verse2: Riff1 X2
Pre-Chorus: Riff3
Chorus: Riff4 X2
Outro: Riff3 (ends with few A strums and an E chord)
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version 4
C/G Asus2 E
|--0--------0-------0--|
|--0--------0-------0--|
|--0--------2-------1--|
|--2--------2-------2--|
|--3--------0-------2--|
|--3-------(0)------0--|
Riff 1:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-x-4-xx2-x-0--4-x-4-xx-2-x-0-xx-2-x-2-x2x2x-2-xx1-x-1-x1x1x-1-xx-|
|-2-x-2-xx2-x-2--2-x-2-xx-2-x-2-xx-4-x-4-x4x4x-4-xx2-x-2-x2x2x-2-xx-|
|-2-x-2-xx2-x-2--2-x-2-xx-2-x-2-xx-0-x-0-x0x0x-0-xx2-x-2-x2x2x-2-xx-|
|-0-x-0-xx0-x-0--0-x-0-xx-0-x-0-xx-0-x-0-x0x0x-0-xx0-x-0-x0x0x-0-xx-|
Riff 2:
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-x-4-xx2-x-0--4-2-0-2-0-x-0-xx-2-x-2-x2x2x-2-xx1-x-1-x1x1x-1-xx-|
|-2-x-2-xx2-x-2--2-2-2-2-2-x-2-xx-4-x-4-x4x4x-4-xx2-x-2-x2x2x-2-xx-|
|-2-x-2-xx2-x-2--2-2-2-2-2-x-2-xx-0-x-0-x0x0x-0-xx2-x-2-x2x2x-2-xx-|
|-0-x-0-xx0-x-0--0-0-0-0-0-x-0-xx-0-x-0-x0x0x-0-xx0-x-0-x0x0x-0-xx-|
Riff 3:
C/G //// Asus2 //// E //// ////
Riff 4:
C/G //// Asus2 //// C/G //// Asus2 //// C/G //// Asus2 //// E //// ////
Order of song:
Riff 1
Riff 2
Riff 2
Riff 1
Riff 1
Riff 3
Riff 3
Riff 4
Riff 2
Riff 2
Riff 4
Riff 3
Riff 3
Riff 4
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