Status Quo – Roadhouse Medley (Guitar)

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[Intro] E [Verse]
          E
Keep your eyes on the road your hands upon the wheel

          E
Keep your eyes on the road your hands upon the wheel

            E
Yeah, we're going to the roadhouse gonna have a real good-time

            E
Yeah, we're going to the roadhouse gonna have a real good-time
[Verse 2]
          E
Yeah, the back of the roadhouse they've got someone to love

          E
Yeah, the back of the roadhouse they've got someone to love

    E
That's for the people who like to go down slow
[Chorus]
       A
Let it roll, baby, roll

       A
Let it roll, baby, roll

       A
Let it roll, baby, roll

       B    C B
Let it roll,

               E
all night long
[Solo] E [Interlude Gary) TRANSITION THE WANDERER [Verse]
E
Well I'm the type of guy who will never settle down

E
Where pretty girls are well you know that I'm around

A
I kiss 'em and I love 'em ''cause to me their all the same

E
I hug 'em and I squeeze them, they don't even know my name

               B          A
They call me the Wanderer, yeah the Wanderer

       E                                      B7
I roam around and round and round and round and round
[Verse]
E
Well there's Flo on my left and there's Mary on my right
But Janie is the girl, well, that I'll be with tonight
A
And when she asks me which one I love the best

E
I'll tear open my shirt and show them Rosie on my chest

               B          A
'Cause I'm a Wanderer, yeah a Wanderer

       E
I roam around and round and round and round and round
[Chorus]
        B              A      E
Well I roam from town to town

        B              A      E
I go through life without a care

B
And I'm as happy as a clown

      C#                  F#           B7
With my two fists of iron, I'm goin' nowhere
[Chorus]
E
Well I'm the type of guy that likes to roam around
I'm never in one place I roam from town to town
A
And when I find myself falling for some girl

E
Well I hop right into that car of mine and drive around the world

               B          A
'Cause I'm a Wanderer, yeah the Wanderer

       E                                      B7
I roam around and round and round and round and round and round and round
TRANSITION BREAK THE RULES [Intro] E F# G [Verse 1]
        G5
Spent a long long evening in a low down honky-tonk bar

        G5
Pulled a low down lady with a long black honky-tonk car

  C5
I asked no questions, I got no lies

  C5                     Bb5             G5
I walked off with her, I didn't want any ties

    Bb5              G5
And I knew it wasn't right

    D5               F5  D5    C5    Bb5 G5
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules
[Verse 2]
        G5
Took me down on the highway doin' too many miles an hour

        G5
By that way she motor-talked we might have made the Eiffel Tower

    C5
She stopped her motor by her own front door

  C5                 Bb5                G5
I knew she'd done it so many times before

    Bb5
But I was offered the floor

    D5               F5  D5    C5    Bb5 G5
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules
[Verse 3]
       G5
I woke up next morning feeling kind of up and down

       G5
'Cos I did not know if I was in or out of town

       C5
Then I saw the face from the night before

                    Bb5                  G5
Purse was empty and lying there on the floor

    Bb5                  G5
But like I told you before

     D5               F5  D5    C5    Bb5 G5
That everybody has to sometimes break the rules
[Verse 4]
        G5
Spent a low down evening sitting high on a honky-tonk stool

      G5
And I spent my money like a low down honky-tonk fool

    D5               F5  D5    C5    Bb5 G5
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules

    D5               F5  D5    C5    Bb5 G5
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules

     D5               F5  D5    C5    Bb5 G5
Yes, everybody has to sometimes break the rules. (Repeat x3)
TRANSITION SOMETHING BOUT YOU BABY [Intro] C5 G C5 G D D C5 G D5 A D D [Verse 1]
  A                                   D
I see you every day, walking down the avenue

    A                                                D
I'd like to get to now you, but all I do is smile at you
[Chorus]
        C5               G          C5             G
Oh baby when it comes to talking my tongue gets so tight

     D                     C#  C   B
This side walk love affair has got me high as a kite

C5   G             A                         D         G
Yeah yeah, there's somethin' bout you baby I like
[Verse 2]
     A                                               D
Well I'm a slow walker, but girl I'd race a mile for you

        A                                        D
Just to get back in time for my peek-a-boo rendezvous
[Chorus 2]
          C5             G                 C5            G
Well baby maybe it's the way you wear your blue jeans so tight,

D                             C#  C  B
I can't put my finger on what you're doing right

C5   G     A                                 C5
Yeah yeah, there's somethin' bout you baby I like
[Chorus]
G                  A                         D
Yeah yeah, there's somethin' bout you baby I like
[Verse 3]
         A                                      D
Well I'm standing on a corner, smiling by a telephone

    A                                                         D
I'd love to check you over, get to know you with a fine tooth comb
[Chorus]
        C5         G       C5           G
Oh baby when I get home, I turn out the light

D                          C#  C     B
Then you come a strollin' through my dreams every night
[Outro]
C5   G             A                         D      C# C B
Yeah yeah, there's somethin' bout you baby I like

C5   G             A                         D      C# C B
Yeah yeah, there's somethin' bout you baby I like

C5   G             A                         D      C# C B
Yeah yeah, there's somethin' bout you baby I like

C5   G             A                         D      C# C B
Yeah yeah, there's somethin' bout you baby I like
TRANSITION THE PRICE OF LOVE (Intro - also main riff)
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A|---------5-4-2-------5-4-2-------5-4-2-------5-4-2-----etc.----------|
E|--3b4-0--------3-4-0-------3-4-0-------3-4-0-------------------------|

E
Wine is sweet and gin is bitter
you drink all you can but you won't forget her
           A
That's the price of love  the price of love

  E
a debt you pay with tears and pain

    A
The price of love the price of love

   B                    D        B           D    B
it costs you more when you're to blame
TRANSITION BACK TO ROADHOUSE [Verse 3]
          E
Keep your eyes on the road your hands upon the wheel

          E
Keep your eyes on the road your hands upon the wheel

            E
Yeah, we're going to the roadhouse gonna have a real good-time

            E
Yeah, we're going to the roadhouse gonna have a real good-time
[Verse 4]
          E
Yeah, the back of the roadhouse they've got someone to love

          E
Yeah, the back of the roadhouse they've got someone to love

    E
That's for the people who like to go down slow
[Verse 5]
        E
Well, I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer

        E
Well, I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer

    E
The future's uncertain and the end is always near
[Chorus 3]
       A
Let it roll, baby, roll

       A
Let it roll, baby, roll

       A
Let it roll, baby, roll

       B    C B
Let it roll,

               E F E
all night long