David Lee Roth – Yankee Rose (Guitar)

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As recorded by David Lee Roth (From the 1986 Album EAT 'EM AND SMILE) [Intro]
G5
  David?

G5
What?

G5
Where are we at?

G5
Well, let me roll up onto the sidewalk and take a look, yes

G5
Whoa!

G5
Whoa

G5
She's beautiful!

G5
[Wolf whistle]

G5
I'm talking about a Yankee Rose

G5
(Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha)

G5
And she looks wild, wild, wild, wild!
[Verse 1]
G5
Are you ready for the new sensation?

G5
Well, here's the shot heard 'round the world

        Bb5                                  G5
All you backroom boys salute when her flag unfurls

G5
Well, guess who's back in circulation

G5
Now, I don't know what you may have heard

           Bb5                                      G5
But what I need right now is the original good-time girl
[Pre-Chorus]
D5
She's a vision from coast to coast (coast to coast)

Bb5
Sea to shining sea (sea to shining sea)

D5                                            Bb5  C5 E5
Hey, sister, you're the perfect host (perfect host)
[Chorus]
Bb5          G5
Show me your bright lights

G5
And your city lights, all right

G5
I'm talkin' 'bout the Yankee Rose

G5
Bright lights

G5
And your city lights, all right

                     C5 G5
I'm talkin' 'bout it
[Verse 2]
         G5
When she walks, watch, the sparks will fly

G5
Firecrackin' on the fourth of July

Bb5                                       G5
No sad songs tonight, somethin's in the air

G5
Yeah, the feeling gets ya, wow

G5
A real state of independence

G5
So pretty when her rockets glare

Bb5                                            G5
Still prove it any night that her flag's still there
[Pre-Chorus]
D5
She's a vision from coast to coast (coast to coast)

Bb5
Sea to shining sea (sea to shining sea)

D5                                           Bb5
Hey, sister, you're the perfect host (make a toast)
[Chorus]
Bb5          G5
Show me your bright lights

G5
And your city lights, all right

G5
I'm talkin' 'bout the Yankee Rose

G5
Bright lights

G5
And your city lights, all right

G5
I'm in love with the Yankee Rose
N.C. Ah [Bridge]
Bb                         Gm
  Ah, she's beautiful, all right

                  Bb
Mmm, nothin' like her in the whole world

Gm
 Yeah
[Bridge]
               Bb5
She's right on time

           C5
I'm on the case

            D5
Pick up the phone

           Bb5
No time to waste

            F5
She got the beat

                                    D5
And here's a little bit comin' your way, wow

G5
Aah, raise 'em up there, let's see who salutes, baby

G5
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

G5
Little bit, little bit, little bit higher

G5
Here's the national anthem, here, yeah, yeah

G5
I wanna get a little bit o' apple pie
[Guitar Solo] G5 [Outro]
G5
Bright lights, city lights

G5
Bright lights, city lights

G5
Bright lights, city lights