Tabs
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Tabs
You Give Me Loving
Convention Prevention
Turned Off TV Blues
Standing at the Station
You Can't Win Them All
Religion
Choo Choo Mama or get Solo tab at Toni's Page
Tomorrow I'll Be Out Of Town
Rock & Roll Music To The World
You Give Me Loving
Main Riff
|----------------|----(0)--(0)----|
|----------------|----------------|
|9-----9-12--12--|--9-------------|hold
|--9-12----------|12--------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
You give me...
With lyrics (Above riff)
Repeat
|----(0)--(0)---- |----------------|
|---------------- |----------------|
|--9------------- hold |9-----9-12--12--|
|12-------------- |--9-12----------|
|---------------- |----------------|
|---------------- |----------------|
You give me lovin' that I can't return
You give money that you know I'll burn
I'll give you something that you can't give back
Then I'm moving right on down the track
You've given everything you've got to me
But still you cannot really set me free
My life is changing and I'm on the run
I'll see you later when I've had some fun
---- = 1/8 note
|pull off from 12
|----10--12--12------10--12--------------------------|as an option
|12----------------------------------10--10----------|
|----------------------------9---12----------12--9---|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|Repeat X 3
then
|1st two times
|----------------10--------------------------------
|--------10--1212----1210----10--------------------
|9---12------------------12------12--9-------9-----back to
|----------------------------------------12--------main riff
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
last time keep going down the scale
--------------------------------|-----------------|
------repeat this bit twice-----|-----------------|
--------------------------------|-----------------|
9-9-12--9-----------------------|----------------|
----------1210--12--10----------|-----------------|
------------------------12--10--|12---------------|
This pattern can be continued down to the open E
Another position to play this tune in
|--------3---3---|-(0)-----(0)----|
|5---3-5---------|3-5-------------| hold, bend slightly & return
|--4-------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
---- = 1/8 note (slide between some of tthe notes to get a smooth feel)
|7---10--12--12------10--12--0---3---5---5---3---0---|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|Repeat X 3
|0---3---5---7-7-10--7-5-3---5---3---0-------------
|----------------------------------------3---5-----
|--------------------------------------------------back to
|--------------------------------------------------main riff
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Convention Prevention
Intro
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|10-10-8-8/10----|10-13-15\13-10--|15-13-10-8/10---|----------------|
|9--9--7-7/10----|-9-12-14\12-9---|14-12-9--7/9----|6---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|7---------------|
|-------------X2-|--------------X2|----------------|7---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|5---------------|
I'd like to
D Strum D A Strum A
|2---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3---------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------|
|2---------------|----------------|2---------------|------2h4p2---2-|
|0---------------|----------------|2---------------|--2-4-------4---|
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
reach out to you.... so we can still relate I'd..
open my mind... how we communicate There's a
chemical reaction... from you to me I am
not one for convention... for you to me
Bridge A G D F (x2)
(These are the voicings of the chords I use)
A C G A C G
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|2---------------|5---------------|2---------------|5---------------|
|2---------------|5-------4-------|2---------------|5------4--------|
|2---------------|5-------5-------|2---------------|5------5--------|
|0---------------|3-------5-------|0---------------|3------5--------|
|----------------|--------3-------|----------------|-------3--------|
Rain is fallin & a thunder.. head & there's people & pain all a
D A C G A(gradually build)
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7---------------|6---------------|9-------4-------|6---------------|
|7---------------|7---------------|10------5-------|7---------------|
|5---------------|7---------------|10------5-------|7---------------|
|----------------|5---------------|8-------3-------|5---------------|
round me Someone... e-lectric..every. I tread
A G D C G A
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|5---------------|3---------------|7------5----3---|5---------------|
|6---------------|4---------------|7------5----4---|6---------------|
|7---------------|5---------------|7------5----5---|7---------------|
|7---------------|5---------------|5------3----5---|7---------------|
|5---------------|3---------------|------------3---|5---------------|
My life.. sequence.. people & pain all a round me
Repeat the next pattern to the end
A G D A
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|5---------------|3---------------|7---------------|5---------------|
|6---------------|4---------------|7---------------|6---------------|
|7---------------|5---------------|7---------------|7---------------|
|7---------------|5---------------|5---------------|7---------------|
|5---------------|3---------------|----------------|5---------------|
I'm goin' black big eye
Freedom...
All of my life..
A G D A
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|5---------------|3---------------|7---------------|5---------------|
|6---------------|4---------------|7---------------|6---------------|
|7---------------|5---------------|7---------------|7---------------|
|7---------------|5---------------|5---------------|7---------------|
|5---------------|3---------------|----------------|5---------------|
I'm goin' brain is on.. soul is a ... tried to be free
G D F A(last time only)
|----------------|----------------|1---------------|----------------|
|3---------------|7---------------|1---------------|2---------------|
|4---------------|7---------------|2---------------|2---------------|
|5---------------|7---------------|3---------------|2---------------|
|5---------------|5---------------|3---------------|0---------------|
|3---------------|----------------|1---------------|----------------|
tried to be free tried to be free ooh....
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Turned Off TV Blues
This is yet another great blues from Alvin.
The fills are only for the first verse and are not 100% accurate.
(This is as far as I can go)
They get progressively harder and faster as the song goes.
The solos are both gems with Alvin displaying a great feel for the blues.
Listen to the way he builds towards the chord changes, with the help of the rest
of the band. (Anyone out there who can tab them?)
Timing 12/8 Blues feel. The timing isn't accurate (listen to the song).
Intro
B A
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/3-5-3
E
|-----0--0-0--0-0--0-0---|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-----5--5-4--4-3--3-2---|-------------2p0--------|
|------------------------|--2b--2~---------0h2p0--|
|0-----------------------|3----------3-----------3|
It's a
Verse
E A
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|2---2-4---4-5---5----5-7|7---7-9---9-10--109---9-|
|0---0-0---0-0---0-5-7---|5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|
cold and winters night and the rain is falling
sitting and I'm thinking though I like to watch T
got a worried feeling all the pain and misery.
Nothing I can do now but search from day to
E
|------------------------|-----------5bp3---------|
|----5-5-5-5-3-----------|5-5-5-5p3-------5p3-----|
|--------------4-2-------|----------4---------4---|
|------------------5-2-2-|------------------------|
|2---2-------------------|------------------------|
|0---0-------------------|------------------------|
down It's so
V... It just
.... Well it's
day keep on searching But the
A
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|2---2-4---4-5-------5-7~|2---2-4---4-5---5-4---4-|
|0---0-0---0-0--0-5-7----|0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|
|------------------------|------------------------|
cold, so cold outside... snow is laying all a..
fills my mind with garbage that my eyes aint supposed to
happening in the world now, even though I cannot
truth's so hard to tell you and you know it any..
E
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------0-2-0------0h2p0h2p0|0h2b-2b-2b-2b-2b-2b-2bp0---0|
|2-----0-2-------2-0-2-trill---|-------------------------2--|
|0---3-------------------------|----------------------------|
around There is
see Got the
see Though my
way It's a
B A
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------0-2|------------------------|
|4---4-6---6-4---4-0-2---|2---2-4---4-2---2-4---2-|
|2---2-2---2-2---2-------|0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|
|------------------------|------------------------|
blackness in my window and the silence is the only
turned off TV blues now but I'm learning as you
body is not with you still my mind is running
cold and winters evening I wish my blues would go a-
E7
|-----0--0-0--0-0--0-0---|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|3-----------------------|---------2h4-4bp2p0-----|
|2----5--5-4--4-3--3-2---|-------------------2-0h2p0 trill
|2-----------------------|--2b--2t----------------|
|0-----------------------|3-----------------------|
sound (Verse 2) Well I'm
see Closing my eyes (Solo)(Verse 3) Well I've
free (Solo)(Verse 4) There's just
way
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Standing At the Station
1) Well I'm
Em Em G
|----------------|----------------|3---------------|
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|
|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
|2---------------|2---------------|0---------------|
|2---------------|2---------------|----------------|
|0---------------|0---------------|3---------------|
standing at the station and the rain don't make a
2)mind is all confusion I be-lieve I'm in a play
3)leave my blues behind me gonna find another town
4)step out of the carriage the station looks the same
G A A
|3---------------|5---------------|5---------------|
|0---------------|5---------------|5---------------|
|0---------------|6---------------|6---------------|
|0---------------|7---------------|7---------------|
|----0-2-5\7-5---|7---------------|7---------------|
|3-3-----------7-|5---------------|5---------------|
sound got a Bible in my pocket cause my
2)-- throw my Bible out the window as the
3)-- gonna try and find some people who this
4)-- as the one I left behind me though it
Em Em
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|0---------------|0---------------|
|2---------------|2-2-0-2p0-------|
|2---------------|2--------2-0----|
|0---------------|0------------3--|repeat back to start
plane was just shot down (2) My
2)train goes on it's way (3) Gonna
3)time won't bring me down (4) As I
4)has a different name
Gradually build and try variations on the fills and chord voicings
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You Can't Win Them All
Intro 12 Bar in C Staccato style
|---------------------------------11~~~~----------------------------|
|---------------------------------11~~~~----------------------------|
|10-8---------------10-8--------------------------------------------|
|----10-10-10-10-10-----10-10-10-10-10--10-10-12---10-10-12---------|
|----10-10-10-10-10-----10-10-10-10-10--10-10-12---10-10-12--etc----|
|---------------------------------------8--8--8----8--8--8----------|
You
C F C
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------10|-10-10-12-10----|----------------|
|----------------|--------------10|-10-10-12-10----|----------------|
10-10-12-10-10-12|10-10-12-10-10-8|-8--8--8--8---10|-10-12-10-10-12-|
8--8--8--8--8--8-|8--8--8--8--8---|--------------8-|-8--8--8--8--8--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
can't win them all 'cause... flat on your...floor You
(repeat this pattern until)
D G C(back to the above)
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|12-12-----------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|12-12-14--------|----------------|----------------|
|12-12-14--------|10-10-10--------|----------------|----------------|
|10-10-10--------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
can't lose... one day you'll win
Fills Solos seem to be in the C Blues scale around the C Chord
Fill 1 Fill 2 Fill 3
|----------------|----------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------|11h13~~~~-------|11h13bp11-11---------------------|
|10-10-8----8~~--|----------------|------------12-10----------------|
|--------10------|----------------|------------------13~~~----------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------------------------|
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Religion
Bar the A chord at the 5th fret and keep it for the D
Use 4th finger to play the C note (8)
A D D A
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|7----------7----|---7------------|----------------|
|7---------------|7----------7----|---7-----7------|7---------------|
|7-------5\7-----|5----------5----|---5-----5-6p5--|7------5\5------|
|5-------3\5---8-|--------8-------|8------8------8-|5------3\7------|
A D
I never really understood religion
D A
Except it seems a good excuse to kill
A D
I never really could make a decision
D A
I don't suppose I ever really will
I can't relate to any power structure
Where ego is the driving energy
I let mine go a long, long time ago, now
When I decided that I would be free
The only thing I understand is living
The biggest sacrifice is death
And once you're dead there's nothing left for giving
So life means fighting for your every breath
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Choo Choo Mama
E repeat x4 then A x2
|:-----------------------:|:----------------------:|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------2---------|
|--------------2----------|2-2---2-4-2-4-2---2-4---|
|2-2---2-4-2-4-2----2-4---|0-0---0-0-0-----0-----0-|
|0-0---0-0-0------0-----0-|------------------------|
E x2 G A7
|:-----------------------:|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------2----------|------------------------|------------------------|
|2-2---2-4-2-4-2----2-4---|5---5---5---5---5---5---|7---7---7---7---7---7---|
|0-0---0-0-0------0-----0-|3---3---3---3---3---3---|5---5---5---5---5---5---|
E x2
|:-----------------------:|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--------------2----------|
|2-2---2-4-2-4-2---2-4----|
|0-0---0-0-0-----0------0-|
|:E | |
Choo choo mama won't you..... ride the train
Chho choo mama won't you..... ride a rail
|E | |
My life without you is just...mis'ry and pain come back to
I need you lovin' can't you.. hear me wail come back to
|A7 | |
me I'll treat you best I can..
me you know I love you so..
|E | |
....
|G |A |
Choo choo mama you.... should have a choo choo man..
Choo choo mama won't... you get a choo choo home...
|E | :|
......
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Tomorrow I'll Be Out Of Town
|A |:E7 | D7 |
You know tomorrow I'll be out of town.... babe...
| A | |E7 |
.. before the sun goes down there's an agent and he's made a bet
| D7 | A | |
that I'll be sittin on a jumbo... jet... Babe
|A | |E7 |
I'd like to stay here babe I'd like to play here but I made a deal and tho it
| A | | |
don't seem real just.. another day I'll be 3000 miles away I got to
|E7 | D7| |
pay my dues.. you know I sing the blues..... got... to do my thing all..
| A | | |
.I do is sing rock and roll...
| | :|
You know tomorrow (back to top)
Bridge
|A | G F# G |
Man must do... what a man... must do.....
|A | |
no time to sit and wait.....
|A | G F# G |
one day.. he's gonna realise....
|A | |
that it is too late..... You know tomorrow (back to top)
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Rock and Roll Music to the World
These notes(*) go with the vocals but are not played in the song.
Intro (12 bar blues style)
|C-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------*---*---*---|--------------------------------|
|--------------------0---2---5---|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10--|
|--------------------------------|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|
We did some.... rock and roll up in Tex..
C fill F
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10--|
|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10--|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|
|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|--------------------------------|
..as and the folks from the coast town said..
F (fill over 12 bar bit) C
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------8---12---8b)--------|-------------------------------|
|10--10-(10--------------12--10--|-------------------------------|
|8---8-------------------8---8---|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10-|
|--------------------------------|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|
... You better watch yourself... up in Tex..
C D
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10-|12--12--14--12--12--12--14--12--|
|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
..as or you you might just end up dead..
G (can be at 10th fret) C
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5---5---7---5---5---5---7---5--|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10--|
|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|
....... boy, But the people I found they were groov..
C F
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10-|
|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10--|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|
|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|-------------------------------|
....in' to the sound of rock and roll mus....ic in the
C (fill 2 needs work) C
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----(10-10-10-8b-12p8--------)|--------------------------------|
|-----(10-10-10---------10-8h10)|--------------------------------|
|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10-|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10--|
|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|
air... We all had a ball.... with no
C F(or 8th fret) G C
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|3--------------5-----------10--|
|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10--|3--------------5-----------8---|
|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|1--------------3-----------8---|
hassles at all....... pretty soon I'm gonna go back... there
Hold the C for a count of 4 then
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------12--10--9----------------|-------------------*---*---*---|
|---10------------10-------------|-------------------0---2---5---|
|--------------------10--9---6---|7------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----8---3---3---3--------------|
I'm singin'
End of intro.
Repeat from here Verse 1 and 2
C (or 3rd fret) C
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10-|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10--|
|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|
rock and roll music to the world
F C
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10--|-------------------------------|
|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10-|
|--------------------------------|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|
Rock and roll music to the world Ain't.......
F (or 8th fret) F
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|3---3---5---3---3---3---5---3---|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
|1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|
..... no re...lat.ion to the United Nations
..... got no callin' except for ballin'
C (or 3rd fret) C
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10--|10--10--12--10--10--10--12--10--|
|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|
keep rock and rollin'to the world.
G G G Gb F * * *
|----------------*---------------|----1---1---3---*---------------|
|----*---*---*---4---------------|----------------5---*---*---*---|
|4---7---7---5-------4---4---3---|2-------------------0---2---5---|
|5-------------------5---5---4---|3-------------------------------|
|5-------------------5---5---4---|3-------------------------------|
|3-------------------3---3---2---|1-------------------------------|
Give peace a chance Get up and dance when I sing..
Don't need no boost Just turn me loose and I sing..
C C G
|--------------------------------|----3---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------3-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|5-----------4-----------3---4---|
|5---5---7---5---5---7---5---5---|5-----------5-------5-----------|
|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|3-----------5-------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------3-------------------|
... rock and roll music to the world
|----------------*---------------|--------------------------------|
|----*---*---*---5---------------|----*---*---*-------------------|
|5---3---5---5-----------3---4---|5---3---5---5---*-------3---4---|
|--------------------5-----------|----------------5---5-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
I'm gon-na scream I'm gon-na shout
I tell the truth I ain't no star
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----*---*---*---*---*-------*---|*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---|
|5---8b--8b--8b--8b--8b9r8---5---|8b9-8b9-8b9-8b9-8b9-9---5---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------5---------------|5-5-------------5-5-------------|
|----------------3---------------|3-3-------------3-3-------------|
get my e...mo..tions and work them all right out I wan..na
I on..ly shout & leave the rest to my guitar
F (or 8th fret) F
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|3---3---5---3---3---3---5---3---|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
|1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--|
live... oo............ just like I
2nd guitar solo (help!)
C C
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5---5---7---5---5---7---5---5---|5---5---7---5---5---5---7---5---|
|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
give
G G G Gb F * * *
|----------------*---------------|----1---1---3---*---------------|
|----*---*---*---4---------------|----------------5---*---*---*---|
|4---7---7---5-------4---4---3---|2-------------------0---2---5---|
|5-------------------5---5---4---|3-------------------------------|
|5-------------------5---5---4---|3-------------------------------|
|3-------------------3---3---2---|1-------------------------------|
no need to fight wait for tonight when I sing..
C C G
|--------------------------------|----3---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------3-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|5-----------4-------------------|
|5---5---7---5---5---7---5---5---|5-----------5-------------------|
|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|3-----------5-------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------3-------------------|
... rock and roll music to the world. Ooh - Solo(help!)
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