[Intro]
       


[Verse 1]
             
  Day after da

              
y I'm more con

 
fused 
             
  Yet I look f

             
or the light t

              
hrough the pou

      
rin' rain 
             
  You know tha

              
t's a game tha

            
t I hate to lo

se 

  And I'm feel

in' the strain
 
  Aw, ain't it

 a shame


[Chorus]
             
Oh, give me th

              
e beat, boys, 

  
and free my so

ul 
   
I want to get 

lost in your r

ock and roll 
    
And drift away

 
             
Oh, give me th

              
e beat, boys, 

  
and free my so

ul 
   
I want to get 

lost in your r

ock and roll 
             
And drift away

 
 

[Post-Chorus]
       
Won't you take


 me away-eh-ay

-hey
       

[Verse 2]
             
  Beginnin' to

              
 think that I'

          
m wasting time

 
             
  I don't unde

             
rstand the thi

     
ngs I do 
             
  The world ou

              
tside looks so

    
 unkind
 
  And I'm coun

ting on you 

  You can carr

y me through 


[Chorus 2]
    
Oh, give me th

e beat, boys, 

and free my so

ul 
  
I wanna get lo

st in your roc

k and roll 
     
And drift away

 

Gimmie me the 

beat, boys, an

d free my soul

 
  
I wanna get lo

st in your roc

k and roll 
     
And drift away

[Post-Chorus]
       
Won't you take


 me away-eh-ay

-hey
       


[Bridge]

   And when my

 mind is free
             
    You know a

             
 melody can mo

ve me 

    When I'm f

eeling blue 
             
    The guitar

              
's coming thro

         
ugh to soothe 

me 


[Verse 3]
             
  Thanks for t

              
he joy that yo

           
u're given me 

(Ooh, the joy 

that you've gi

ven me)
             
  I want you t

              
o know that I 

              
believe in you

  
r song  (oh ye

ah)
             
  Rythm and rh

              
yme and harmon

   
y
 
    You helped

 me along 
         
    Awww, you'

re makin' me s

trong 


[Chorus 3] (acappella)
       N.C.
Woah, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul 
  N.C.
I want to get lost in your rock and roll 
     N.C.
And drift away  (drift away)

Gimmie me the 

beat, boys, an

d free my soul

 
  
I wanna get lo

st in your roc

k and roll 
     
And drift away

  (drift away)

[Chorus 4]
       
Woah, give me 

the beat, boys

, and free my 

soul 
  
I want to get 

lost in your r

ock and roll 
     
And drift away

  (drift away)
      
Just gimmie me

 the beat, boy

s, and free my

 soul 
  
I want to get 

lost in your r

ock and roll 
     
And drift away

  (yeah yeah)

[Outro] 
              
Oh won't  you 


take me
              
Oh won't  you 

 
take me
        
I wanna drift 

away
              
Won't you take

     
 me away
              
Oh won't  you 


take me
              
Oh won't  you 

 
take me
        
Take me home
              
Won't you take

     
 me away

[Outro]