[Intro]
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[Strophe]
C                            Em 
  What's the matter with the clothes
 I'm wearing? 
  What's the matter with the clothes I'm wearing? 
          Bb                      
"Can't ya tell that your tie's too
   F 
 wide?" 
"Can't ya tell that your tie's too wide?" 
C                         Em 
  Maybe I should buy some old tab
 collars? 
  Maybe I should buy some old tab collars? 
         Bb                  F 
"Welcome back to the age of jive."
[Refrain]
Em                             Am 
   "Where have you been hidin' out
 lately, honey? 
   "Where have you been hidin' out lately, honey? 
    Em                          D    
You can't dress trashy till you spend
          G 
 a lot of money." 
You can't dress trashy till you spend a lot of money." 
C           Em                Bb 
Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new
 sound. 
Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound. 
F               Am             G   
Funny, but it's still rock and roll
     C 
 to me.
Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me.
[Strophe]
C                            Em 
  What's the matter with the car I'm
 driving? 
  What's the matter with the car I'm driving? 
          Bb                   
"Can't ya tell that it's out of
   F 
 style?" 
"Can't ya tell that it's out of style?" 
C                       Em 
  Should I get a set of white wall
 tires? 
  Should I get a set of white wall tires? 
         Bb                      
"Are you gonna cruise the miracle
   F 
 mile?"
"Are you gonna cruise the miracle mile?"
[Refrain]
Em                        Am 
   "Nowadays you can't be too
 sentimental. 
   "Nowadays you can't be too sentimental. 
     Em                     D   
Your best bet's a true baby blue
      G 
 Continental." 
Your best bet's a true baby blue Continental." 
C         Em         Bb           F 
Hot funk, cool punk, even if it's old
 junk, 
Hot funk, cool punk, even if it's old junk, 
     Am             G        C 
it's still rock and roll to me
[Pont]
C     G                            
  Oh,   it doesn't matter what they
 F 
 say in the papers, 
  Oh,   it doesn't matter what they say in the papers, 
     E                          Am 
it's always been the same old scene.
 
it's always been the same old scene. 
                G                   
Well, there's a new band in town but
     F 
 you can't get the sound 
Well, there's a new band in town but you can't get the sound 
       E               Ab 
from a story in a magazine, 
Eb                     F     G N.C. 
aimed at your average teen.
[Strophe]
C                     Em 
  How about a pair of pink
 sidewinders 
  How about a pair of pink sidewinders 
      Bb                     F 
and a bright orange pair of pants? 
C                              Em 
  "Well, you could really be a Beau
 Brummel baby, 
  "Well, you could really be a Beau Brummel baby, 
       Bb                    F 
if you just give it half a chance."
[Refrain]
Em                              Am 
   "Don't waste your money on a new
 set of speakers. 
   "Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers. 
    Em                      D    
You get more mileage from a cheap
         G 
 pair of sneakers." 
You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers." 
C           Em        Bb          
Next phase, new wave, dance craze,
 F 
 anyways 
Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways 
     Am             G        C 
it's still rock and roll to me.
[Instrumentale]
G     F     E     Am 
G     F     E7 
Ab    Eb    F     G N.C.  
                  Ooooooooh 
[Strophe]
C                            Em 
  What's the matter with the crowd
 I'm seeing? 
  What's the matter with the crowd I'm seeing? 
          Bb                      
"Don't ya know that they're out of
   F 
 touch?" 
"Don't ya know that they're out of touch?" 
C                      Em 
  Should I try to be a straight 'A'
 student? 
  Should I try to be a straight 'A' student? 
       Bb                     
"If ya are, then you think too
  F 
 much."
"If ya are, then you think too much."
[Strophe]
Em                           Am 
   "Don't you know about the new
 fashion, honey? 
   "Don't you know about the new fashion, honey? 
 Em                          D    
All you need are looks and a whole
       G 
 lotta money." 
All you need are looks and a whole lotta money." 
         C           Em        Bb   
It's the next phase, new wave, dance
        F 
 craze, anyways 
It's the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways 
     Am             G        C 
it's still rock and roll to me.
[Outro]
C  N.C.     Em N.C.           Bb 
Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new
 N.C. 
 sound. 
Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound. 
F  N.C.         G     N.C.         
Funny, but it's still rock and roll
        C9 
 to me.
Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me.