Rush – Roll The Bones (Guitar)

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[Intro] Dsus4 D Dsus2 Dsus2 (3x) [Verse 1]
Dsus4         Am
Well, you can stake that claim

Am   C                       G
Good work is the key to good fortune

G       D
Winners take that praise

D             Am
Losers seldom take that blame
Dsus4 D Dsus2 Dsus2 (2x) [Verse 2]
Dsus4         Am
If they don't take that game

    C                          G
And sometimes the winner takes nothing

                D
We draw our own designs

                   Am
But fortune has to make that frame
Dsus4 D Dsus2 Dsus2 (2x) [Bridge] Dsus4 D Dsus2 D F
Dsus4     D      Dsus2     D        F
We go out in the world and take our chances

Dsus4   D        Dsus2     D      F
Fate is just the weight of circumstances

Dsus4      D        Dsus2  D    F
That's the way that Lady   Luck dances

Dsus4 D Dsus2 D  F   Dsus4 D Dsus2 D  F
Roll the bones       Roll the bones
[Chorus]
Em                G
Why are we here?  Because we're here

         C
Roll the bones  Roll the bones

Em                   G
Why does it happen?  Because it happens

         C
Roll the bones  Roll the bones
Dsus4 D Dsus2 Dsus2 (3x) [Verse 3]
Dsus4    Am
Faith is cold as ice

        C                        G
Why are little ones born only to suffer

        D
For the want of immunity

     Am
Or a bowl of rice?
Dsus4 D Dsus2 Dsus2 (2x) [Verse 4]
Dsus4           Am
Well, who would hold a price

       C                     G
On the heads of the innocent children

           D
If there's some immortal power

      Am
To control the dice?
Dsus4 D Dsus2 Dsus2 (2x) [Bridge] Dsus4 D Dsus2 D F
Dsus4     D      Dsus2     D        F
We come into the world and take our chances

Dsus4   D        Dsus2     D      F
Fate is just the weight of circumstances

Dsus4      D        Dsus2  D  F
That's the way that lady luck dances

Dsus4 D Dsus2 D  F   Dsus4 D Dsus2 D  F
Roll the bones       Roll the bones
[Chorus]
Em                G
Why are we here?  Because we're here

         C
Roll the bones  Roll the bones

Em                   G
Why does it happen?  Because it happens

         C
Roll the bones  Roll the bones
NC Why does it happen? Em G C
Em              G                      C
Jack, relax Get busy with the facts No zodiacs or almanacs

C                                       Em                             G
No maniacs in polyester slacks Just the facts  Gonna kick some gluteus max

                     C
It's a parallax, you dig?

C                                          Em
You move around the small gets big, it's a rig

Em           G                     C
It's action, reaction  Random interaction

C
So who's afraid Of a little abstraction?

C                                  Em
Can't get no satisfaction from the facts?

Em                  G
You better run, homeboy

G                    C
A fact's a fact from Nome to Rome, boy
Em G C
C          Em                          G
What's the deal? Spin the wheel If the dice are hot, take a shot

          C
Play your cards, show us what you got What you're holding

C                Em                                 G
If the cards are cold Don't go folding Lady Luck is golden

G                           C
She favors the bold, that's cold Stop throwing stones

C                                      Em
The night has a thousand saxophones So get out there and rock

Em
And roll the bones
Dsus4 D Dsus2 D F (2x) [Chorus]
Em                G
Why are we here?  Because we're here

         C
Roll the bones  Roll the bones

Em                   G
Why does it happen?  Because it happens

         C
Roll the bones  Roll the bones

Em                G
Why are we here?  Because we're here

         C
Roll the bones  Roll the bones

Em                   G
Why does it happen?  Because it happens

         C
Roll the bones  Roll the bones

Em                G
Why are we here?  Because we're here

         C
Roll the bones  Roll the bones

Em                   G
Why does it happen?  Because it happens

         C
Roll the bones  Roll the bones

Em                G
Why are we here?  Because we're here

         C
Roll the bones  Roll the bones

Em                   G
Why does it happen?  Because it happens

         C
Roll the bones  Roll the bones