Rock And Roll - The Velvet Underground

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[Intro]
               

[Verse 1]
             
 Ginny said wh

          
en she was jus

t five years o

ld there was
            
  nothin' happ

         
ening at all
             
 Every time sh

            
e puts on the 


radio there wa

s
            
nothin' goin' 

         
down at all, n

ot at all

             
 Then one fine

              
 mornin', she 

         
puts on a New 

York station, 

you know she c

ouldn't
            
believe what s

             
he heard at al

l
             
 She started s

              
hakin' to that

 
 fine-fine mus

ic, you know h

er
            
life was saved

     
 by rock 'n' r

oll

[Chorus]
            
Despite all th

       
e invitations 

you know you c

ould just
             
go out and dan

          
ce to the rock

 'n' roll stat

ion
             
And it was all

              
 right (it was

   
 alright)
             
And it was all

              
 right (it was

   
 alright)

[Instrumental]
                

[Verse 2]
             
Ginny said whe

              
n she was just

      
 about five ye

ars old you kn

ow my
            
parents are go

         
nna be the dea

th of us all
             
 Two TV sets a

      
nd two  Cadill

ac cars well y

ou know
            
ain't gonna he

         
lp me at all n

ot just a tiny

 bit

             
Then one fine 

              
morning, she t

         
urns on a New 

York station s

he doesn't
            
believe what s

         
he hears at al

l
             
Ooohhh, she st

              
arted dancin' 

        
to that fine f

ine music you 

know her
            
life was saved

         
 by rock 'n' r

oll, yeah, roc

k 'n' roll

[Chorus]
            
Despite all th

        
e computations
              
you could just

             
 dance to that

              
 rock 'n' roll

 
 station
             
And it was all

              
 right (it was

   
 alright)
             
And it was all

              
 right (it was

   
 alright), hey

, here she com

es now

[Verse 3]
             
 Like Jenny sa

              
id when she wa

             
s just about f


ive-five years

 old hey, you 

know there's
            
 nothin' happe

         
ning at all, n

ot at all
             
 Every time I 


put on the rad

io you know th

ere's
            
 nothin' goin'

         
 down at all, 

not at all
             
 But one fine 

             
morning, she h


ears a New Yor

k station she 

doesn't
             
believe what s

         
he heard at al

l, hey, not at

 all
             
 She started d

              
ancing to that

 
 fine fine mus

ic you know he

r
            
life was saved

         
 by rock 'n' r

oll  yes, rock

 'n' roll

[Chorus]
            
Ooohhh, despit

              
e all the comp

  
utations
              
You know you c

             
ould just danc

              
e to the rock 

         
'n' roll stati

on

[Outro]
             
All right, all

          
 right
             
And it was all

          
 right
             
oh, you listen

          
 to me nowIt w

as all right
             
come on now, b

          
elieve me
             
It was all rig

          
ht, it was all

 right
             
Hey, it's all 

          
right, hey, it

's all right
             
hey, it's all 

          
right now, hey

, it's all rig

ht now
             
Hey, it's all 

          
right, hey, it

's all right, 

now
             
hey, it's all 

          
right now, hey

, it's all rig

ht now
             
Oh baby, oh ba

          
by
             
oh baby, yeah-

          
yeah-yeah-yeah
             
Now it's all r

          
ight now, oooh

hh, it's all r

ight now
             
oh, all right,

          
 all right now

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