Intro
[8 M]
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Stand-in' in… the rain…
VERSE #1: [24 M]
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… with his head… hung… low… Could-n't get a
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tick-et,… it was a sold… out… show… Heard the roar… of the
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crowd,… he could pic-… ture the scene…
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Put his ear… to the wall,… then like a dis-… tant… scream…
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he heard… one… gui-tar… just… blow… him a-way…
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Saw… stars… in his eyes,… and the ve-ry next… day…
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bought a beat-up…
VERSE #2: [24 M]
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six-… string… in a sec-ond hand… store… Did-n't know… how to
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play… it,… but he… knew… for sure… that… one… gui-tar…
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… felt… good… in his hands… Did-n't take…
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long… to un-… der-stand… just… one… gui-tar…
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… slung… way… down… low… was a one-… way…
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tick-et,… on-ly one… way to go… So… he… start-ed
PRE-CHORUS #1: [8 M]
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rock-in'… Ain't… nev-er gon-na stop… Got-ta keep… on…
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rock-… in',… some-… day he's gon-na make… it… to… the top…
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… and be a
CHORUS #1: [16 M]
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juke… box… he-… ro… He's a
[Got… stars… in his… eyes… ]
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juke… box… he-… ro… He took… one… gui-tar…
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… Juke… box… he-…
[Juke… box… he-… ro,… stars… in his… eyes… ]
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… -ro,… he'll… come a-live… to-night…
Stars… in… his… eyes… ]
GUITAR SOLO #1: [8 M]
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In a town with-out a
VERSE #3: [16 M]
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name,… in a heav-y down-… pour,… thought he passed his own…
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sha-dow… by the back-… stage… door…
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Like a trip… through the past,… to that day… in the rain,…
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and that… one… gui-tar… made his whole… life… change…
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Now he needs to keep…
PRE-CHORUS #2: [8 M]
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rock-in'… He… just… can't… stop… Got-ta keep… on…
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rock-… in'… That… boy… has… got… to… stay… on top… and be a
CHORUS #2: [16 M]
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juke… box… he-… ro… He's a
[Got… stars… in his… eyes… ]
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juke… box… he-… ro… Yeah,…
[Got… stars… in his… eyes… ]
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juke… box… he-… ro… With that… one… gui-tar…
[Got… stars… in his… eyes… ]
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… he'll… come a-live,… come a-live… to-night…
[Stars… in… his… eyes… ]
GUITAR SOLO: [28 M]
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Yeah,… he's got-ta keep a-
PRE-CHORUS #3: [8 M]
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-rock-in'… He… just… can't… stop… Got-ta keep… on…
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rock-… in'… That… boy… has… got… to… stay… on top… and be a
CHORUS #3: [16 M]
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juke… box… he-… ro… He's a
[Got… stars… in his… eyes… ]
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juke… box… he-… ro… It took… one… gui-tar…
[Got… stars… in his… eyes… ]
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… to put… stars… in his… eyes… Now he's a
[Juke… box… he-… ro,… stars… in his… eyes… ]
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juke… box… he-… ro…
[Ah… ]
CHORUS #4: [14.25 M] 'CODA' -
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Juke… box… he-… ro… Juke… box… he-…
[Ah… ]
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… -ro,… he's… got… stars… in… his eyes…
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Stars… in… his… eyes… *See 'END TAB'…
[Stars… in… his… eyes… ]
END TAB - ('h' = Hammer On) -
G NC…
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