THE RAMONES - END OF THE CENTURY (1980)
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OF LAITIO-RAMONE'S HOMEPAGE
All songs written by The Ramones except Baby, I Love You (Phil Spector/
Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich)
1.DO YOU REMEMBER ROCK'N'ROLL RADIO?
2.I'M AFFECTED
3.DANNY SAYS
4.CHINESE ROCK
5.THE RETURN OF JACKIE AND
JUDY
6.LET'S GO
7.BABY, I LOVE YOU (Phil Spector/Jeff
Barry/Ellie Greenwich)
8.I CAN'T MAKE IT ON TIME
9.THIS AIN'T HAVANA
10.ROCK'N'ROLL HIGH SCHOOL
11.ALL THE WAY
12.HIGH RISK INSURANCE
DO YOU REMEMBER
ROCK'N'ROLL RADIO 3.50
[ C G C G G ] x2
[ G F ] x2
G F
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
Rock'n, rock'n'roll radio Let's go
[ G C D G ] x2 [ with bass riff ]
G C D
Do you remember Hullabaloo,
Upbeat, Shinding and Ed Sullivan too?
Do you remember rock'n'roll radio?
Do you remember rock'n'roll radio?
[ G C D G ] x2 [ with bass riff ]
Do you remember Murray the K
Alan Freed, and high energy?
It's the end, the end of the 70's
It's the end, the end of the century
G
A D
Do you remember lying in bed
G E
With your covers pulled up over your head?
C D G
Radio playin' so no one can see
C D
We need change, we need it fast
G E
Before rock's just part of the past
C D
'cause lately it all sounds the same to me
[ C G C G G ] x2
[ G F ] x2
Rock'n, rock'n'roll...
[ G C D G ] x2 [ with bass riff ]
Will you remember Jerry Lee
John Lennon, T. Rex and Ol' Moulty?
It's the end, the end of the 70's
It's the end, the end of the century
G
Do you remember...
[ C G C G G ] x2
[ G F ] x2
Rock'n, rock'n'roll...
G------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------2-2-----2-2-5-5-7-7-----4-4-7-7--9-9-5-5------------- [ bass ]
A-----2-2-5-5-----3-3-------------5-5------------------7-7-5-5----- [ riff ]
E-3-3----------------------------------------------------------7-7-
I'M AFFECTED 2.51
[ bass riff ]
[ F# E ] x3
[ E G D ] x4
E
A F G
When I look into your big brown eyes
And I feel like I'm in paradise
I want you by my side
A F G
'cause I'm affected, 'fected
Yeah, I'm affected, 'fected
A F G A
Well I'm affected and all I want is you
G
Didn't know it a few years ago
A
But now I finally know
F
I want you by my side
G E
I want you baby, baby, baby, baby
Yeah, I love you and I want you to know
Yeah, yeah, and that's for sure
I want you by my side
'cause I'm affected...
Didn't know...
[ F E D ] x4 [ with bass riff ]
[ E G D ] x4
E
Yeah, I love you...
'cause I'm affected...
'cause I'm affected...
G-------------|--------------------|--------------
D-------------|--------------------|-------------- [ bass ]
A--0--5--0--9-|--0--9--0--9--5--9--|--5--7--0--5-- [ riff ]
E-------------|--------------------|--------------
DANNY SAYS 3.06
[ riff ] x4
E A B
Danny says we gotta go
Gotta go to Idaho
E A B [ E+riff ]
But we can't go surfin' 'cause it's 20 below
Sound check's at 5:02
Record stores and interviews
Oh, but I can't wait to be with you tomorrow
A B E
Baby oho-ho-ho
We got nowhere to go
A B C# A B
And it may sound funny, but it's true
Hangin' out in 100 B
Watching Get Smart on TV
Thinkin' about you and me and you and me
D
Hangin' out in L.A. and there's nowhere to go
A
It ain't Christmas if there ain't no snow
D
Listening to Sheena on the radio oh-ho oh-ho
B E
Oh-ho oh-ho uho-ho
[ F# B C# ] x3
F#
G--------------
D--4--------6-- [ bass ]
A-----6--7-----
E--------------
F# B C#
Sound check's at 5:02
Record stores and interviews
F# B C# F#
Oh, but I can't wait to be with you tomorrow
B C# F#
Baby oho-ho-ho
We got nowhere to go
B C# Eb B C#
And it may sound funny, but it's true
Hangin' out in...
[ F# B C# ]
[ till fade out ]
[ riff: E C# D F# ]
CHINESE ROCK 2.28
[ F G ] x2
[ Bb C ] x2
[ F G ] x2
[ Bb C ] x2
F G
Somebody call me on the door
Say hey-hey-hey it's Arty home
You wanna take a walk, you wanna go cop
You wanna go get some Chinese Rock
D A G A
I'm living on a Chinese rock
All my best things are in hock
I'm living on a Chinese rock
Everything is in the pawn shop
[ F G ] x2
[ Bb C ] x2
[ F G ] x2
[ Bb C ] x2
The plaster fallin' off the wall
My girlfriend's cryin' in the shower stall
It's hot as a bitch, I should've been rich
But I'm just diggin' a Chinese Ditch
I'm living...
[ E G A ] x2
[ D A G ]
[ F G ] x2
[ Bb C ] x2
[ F G ] x2
[ Bb C ] x2
The plaster...
I'm living...
I'm living on a chinese rock
I'm living on a chinese rock
I'm living on a chinese rock
I'm living on a chinese rock
[ F G ] x3
F
THE RETURN OF A JACKIE AND
JUDY 3.12
B
B
Jackie is a punk, Judy is a runt
They went down to the Mudd Club
And they both got drunk
E F#
Oh-yeah
Jackie is a bookie, Judy's taking loans
They both came up to New York
Just to see the Ramones
Oh-yeah
B
E F# B
And oh, I don't know why she wrote that letter
Oh no, oh no
E F#
Oh I don't know why
D# F#
We won't forget her, oh no
B
Jackie's playing hooky Judy's playing pool
They both got caught for cutting
Got to go to summer school
Oh-yeah
Jackie's scalping tickets Judy's getting harassed
They both got kicked outside
Didn't have a backstage pass
Oh-yeah
And oh, I don't...
D#
Dont't know what's on her mind
B
I don't know, no, I don't know
D#
But I can't stand to see her cryin'
B
She's still cryin', she ain't tryin'
D#
She's going to get left behind
E F# G# F#
Nobody wants you, nobody wants you
Jackie is a punk...
Jackie's playing...
And oh, I don't...
Oh I don't know why
Oh I don't know why
Oh I don't know why
Oh I don't know why
Oh I don't know why
[ fade out ]
LET'S GO 2.31
[ E B C G D ] x4
[ B F# G ] x2
A C D
Don't wanna study on the G.I. bill
Want more action, haven't had my fill
Mercenary, fight for anyone
Fight for money fight for fun
E B C G D
Let's go
Let's go
Let's go
Let's go
[ B F# G ] x2
Got a country you wanna protect
But your army is more likely to defect
Hire my SMG with a full clip
On automatic it's guaranteed hit
Let's go...
[ B F# G ] x2
[ E G C D ] x2
E G
Gee it's kinda scary out here
C D
Mosquitoes are happy tonight
E G
Mommy, Daddy, can I please come home
C D
Even if just for one night
Let's go...
[ B F# G ] x2
Schocked how deadly we fight back
Troublemakers who attack
Mercenary, fight for anyone
Fight for money fight for fun
Let's go...
Let's go...
E
Let's go
BABY, I LOVE YOU
[ G# C# D# ] x2
G# C# D#
Have I ever told you
How good it feels to hold you
It isn't easy to explain
[ G# C# D# ]
G#
And though I'm really tryin'
D#
I think I may start cryin'
G# Bb
My heart can't wait an other day
D#
When you kiss me I just gotta
Kiss me I just gotta
Kiss me I just gotta say
G# C# D#
Baby, I love you come on baby
Baby, I love you
Baby, I love, I love only you
[ G# C# D# ]
I can't live without you
I love everything about you
I can't help it if I feel this way
[ G# C# D# ]
Oh I'm so glad I found you
I want my arms around you
I love to hear you call my name
Oh tell me that you feel
Tell me that you feel
Tell me that you feel the same
Baby, I love...
[ G# C# D# ] x5
Oh I'm so glad...
Baby, I love...
[ G# C# D# ]
Baby, I love you
Baby, I love you
Baby, I love you
Baby, I love you
[ fade out ]
I CAN'T MAKE IT ON TIME 2.32
[ D G ] x2
D G
I can't make it on time
I can't make it on time
I keep tryin' and tryin'
I can't make it on time
F#\G F#\G A
I can't hurry and you can't wait
It doesn't matter 'cause we're already late
I can't get off the telephone
It always rings when I'm alone
D B
You gotta wait wait 'cause you don't need no one
Wait wait 'cause you know that I'm the one
G A
You gotta wait hey, hey, hey
You gotta wait wait 'cause you don't need no one
Wait wait 'cause you know that I'm the one
You gotta wait, you gotta wait
I can't make...
[ F#\G A ] x4
You gotta wait...
You gotta wait...
I can't make...
F#\G
I can't hurry...
A F#\G
I can't make it on time
I can't make it on time
I can't make it on time
I can't make it on time
D
THIS AIN'T HAVANA 2.18
[ A C E D ] x4
A E
I had no advantage over you
There was troubles and I had'em too
Just 'cause you're so strung out
Don't mean it can't work out
[ A D A ]
E A D A
Ba-ba-banana
This ain't Havana
Do you like bananas
E
Ba-ba-bananas
Say you're a victim of society
You ask them for your mercy
Just like the cats in the garbage cans
When's their time coming, man
[ A D A E ] x4
D A E A
You better offer some resistence
You better give up on my insistence
Things happen overnight
You don't give up without a fight
[ A D A ]
Ba-ba-banana...
D E
You say you're poor and uneducated
You ain't gotta chance 'cause you're hated
You're on your way to life's promotion
You hinder it with emotion
[ A C E D ] x4
You better offer...
[ A D A E ] x4
I had no advantage...
[ A D A ]
Ba-ba-banana...
[ A D A ]
Ba-ba-banana...
A
ROCK'N'ROLL HIGH SCHOOL 2.38
G
C
Well I don't care about history
Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
F
'cause that's not where I wanna be
C
Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
A F
I just wanna have some kicks
I just wanna get some chicks
C A F G
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
C
Well the girls out there knock me out, you know
Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
F
Cruisin' around in my GTO
C
Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
A F
I hate the teachers and the principal
Don't wanna be taught to be no fool
C A F G
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
G
Fun fun rock'n'roll high school
C
Fun fun rock'n'roll high school
G
Fun fun rock'n'roll high school
C F
Fun fun, oh baby, fun fun, oh baby
C A
Fun fun fun fun
C A F G
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
D B G A
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
[ drums ]
D
Well I don't care about history
Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
G
'cause that's not where I wanna be
D
Rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
B G
I just wanna have some kicks
I just wanna get some chicks
D B G A
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
A
Fun fun rock'n'roll high school
D
Fun fun rock'n'roll high school
A
Fun fun rock'n'roll high school
D G
Fun fun, oh baby, fun fun, oh baby
D B
Fun fun fun fun
D B G A
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
[ this is how it's played in Loco Live - studio's played half a tone down ]
ALL THE WAY 2.29
[ A E A G F# E ] x4
1-2-3-4
[ F# B F# C# ] x4
F# B F/F#
Feedback blasting out my ears makes me so high
I love all the monitor men but why are they alive
B F#
The van is making me crazy
It's just like being in the navy
[ B G# C# ]
Doomsday, doomsday's coming - 1981
But until things blow I'm gonna have some fun
The bubble's going to explode
Probably never live to get old
[ B G# C# ]
B
But I just wanna have some fun
D#
Probably won't see no money
B
I just wanna have some fun
C#
Before they throw me in the sanitarium
[ F# B F# C# ] x4
[ repeat all except intro ]
[ F# B F# C# ]
F#
HIGH RISK INSURANCE 2.08
[ A C A G ] x4
A G
High risk insurance
The time is right
High risk insurance
The time is right
A C D E
Got endurance, I was trained
I got my sights adjusted and my telescope aimed
High risk...
Everybody wants an explanation
Got no love for the enemy nation
[ E D C D G A D ]
[ A (C A) D E ] x3
A (C A) D E
High risk insurance
High risk insurance
High risk insurance
High risk insurance
[ A C A G ] x4
High risk...
Everybody wants...
[ A G A D ] x2
You gotta fight to stay independent
I got my pride and I'm gonna defend it
Got endurance...
[ E D C D G A D ]
[ A (C A) D E ]
A (C A) D E
High risk insurance
High risk insurance
High risk insurance
High risk insurance
High risk insurance
A
High risk insurance
[ not sure about the chords in brackets: (C A) ]
(THANKS TO MAURO BUROCCO AND FERE, ITALY WHICH
DONE THESE FOR ME E-MAIL: s76222@vcldec1.polito.it)