The Rolling Stones
It's Only Rock And Roll
All Guitars in standard tuning
There are 7 guitars on this song
I'll try to number them in []
/ slide up
\ slide down
h hammer on
p pull off
() ghost note
B whole step bend
b half step bend
r() release
~ vibrato
X fret hand mute
@ use this symbols line up parts
! use this symbols line up parts
This is the first electric you hear [1] @|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------10/12--|-------------------10/12--|--------10----9-----------||-------------------11/13--|-------------------11/13--|-----9--------9---------9-||--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------9h||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
This is a different gtr[2]|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||---9-10/12----------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||---9-11/13\11--9-------9--|-----------------9\-------|--------------------------||11---------------9h11--9--|-(9)----------------------|----------------9---------||--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------9h11--------7--||--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------7h9----|
@ This is another guitar[3]|----------------------12--|--------------------------|--12-----12-----12--------||----------------------12--|----------rest------------|--12h14--12h14--12--------||-----------------/13------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Guitar 1 stops and reappears at the chorus, 2 comes back during the verse
This is the main rhythm guitar[4]
@ If|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------2--|--------4-----5-----4-----|-----2--4-----2-----4-----||-----------------------0--|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|
Verse I could stick my pen in my heart spill it all over the stage|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||-----2--------------4-----|--------------2-----4-----|-----2--4-----5-----4-----||--0--0--3h4------0--0-----|-----0--3--4--0--0--0-----|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|
would it satisfy ya Would it slide on by ya Would|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||-----2--------2-----4-----|-----2--4-----5-----4-----|-----5--4-----2--4--------||-----0--3--4--0-----0--0--|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|-----0--0-----0--0--------|
ya think the boy is strange? Ain't he strange? If !|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||-----2--4-----5-----4-----|--X--2--4-----X--4-----7--|-----5-----2--------------||--0--0--0-----0-----0-----|--X--0--0-----X--0-----5--|-----3-----0--------------|
I could win ya if I could sing ya a love song so divine|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||-----2--4-----5-----4-----|-----2--------2-----4-----|-----2--4-----5-----4-----||--0--0--0-----0-----0-----|-----0--3--4--0-----0-----|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|
would it be enough for your cheatin' heart if|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||-----2--------2-----4-----|-----2--4-----5-----4-----|-----2--------2-----4-----||-----0--3--4--0-----0-----|-----0--0-----0-----0-----|-----0--3--4--0-----0-----|
I broke down and cried If I cried|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------4-----5-----4-----|--2-----4--------2-----7--|-----5-----2--------4-----||-----0--0-----0-----0-----|--0--0--0--------0-----5--|-----3-----0-----0--0-----|
I said|--------------------------||--------------------------||--------------------------||--------------------------||-----2--4-----------------||-----0--0-----0--0--0--0--|End Verse
Guitar [2] This comes in at the "Ain't He strange" Part Verse !|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|-----------------9--------|--9--------9--------------||--------------------------|-----------------9--------|--9--------9--------------||-----------------------7--|-----5--------------------|-------------------10-11--||-----------------------5--|-----3-----0--------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|-----9--------9-----------|--------------------------||-----9--11----9-----11----|-----9--------9-----------|-----9--11----9-----11----||-----7--7-----7-----7-----|--------------------------|-----7--7-----7-----7-----||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||-----9--------9--------9--|-----9--------9-----------|-----9--------9--------9--||-----9--------9--------9--|-----9--------9-----------|-----9--------9--------9--||--------10-11-------------|--------10-11-------------|--------10-11-------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
I said|-----------------------5--|-----3--------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------5--|-----3--------------------|--------------------------||------------9----------6--|-----4-----------9--------|--9--------9--------------||------------9----------7--|-----5-----------9--------|--9--------9--------------||--------------------------|--------------------10-11-|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
End Verse
Guitar[1] Chorus I know it's only rock n roll but I like it |--------------------------|--------------------------|--10--------10---------10-||-/10--------10------10----|-----10-10-----10---------|--10B-------10B--------10-||-/9---------9-------9-----|-----9--9------9----------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
I said I know it's only rock n rol but I |(10)-----10---10----------|--------------------------|--------------------------||(10)B----10B--10Br(10)----|--10\9---10--(10)\--------|--10-10---------10\-------||----------------------9\--|--9-\8---9---(9)-\--------|--9--9----------9-\-------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
like it
