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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 02:50:24 -0500
From: "Shantel Adams" <sixstring79@hotmail.com>
Subject: Rollin' (The Ballad Of Big And Rich) - Big And Rich

Rollin' (The Ballad Of Big And Rich) - Big And Rich
Album: Horse Of A Different Color

(Spoken:)
Brothers and sisters
We're here for one reason
And one reason alone
To share our love of music
I present to you
Country Music Without Prejudice

Intro:

D (2 strums then lick) (X4)

D  F  G  Bb (x2)

D                   F
Country boys don't rock 'n' roll
G         F
Yeah the record man told me so
D                          F     G
You?ll never get it on the radio
D                   F
Why they tryin' to complicate
G           F             D
The simple music that we make
              F          G
Oh, 'cause it moves my so--ul, I'm gonna keep on rollin', rollin'
D  F   G                  Bb   C    D  F  G
He-----y, just wanna hear everybody si----ng (rollin', rollin')
                   Bb              C       D  F
At the top of your lungs till the windows bre--ak
    G        Bb
Say hey (hey) hey


D (2 strums then lick) (x2)

D  F  G  F

D             F
Ain't gonna shut my mouth
G                 F
Don?t mind if I stand out in a crowd
D             F          G
Just want to live out lo--ud
D               F
I know there's got to be
G              F                D
A few hundred million more like me
               F           G
Just tryin' to keep it fr--ee, yeah
D  F   G                  Bb   C    D  F  G
He-----y, just wanna hear everybody si----ng (rollin', rollin')
                   Bb              C       D  F
At the top of your lungs till the windows bre--ak
    G        Bb
Say hey (hey) hey


Break: D  F  G  D   (x2)

D                     F
Charley Pride was the man in black
G                     F
Rock 'n' roll used to be about Johnny Cash
D                 F             G   F
Hey, what do you think about th--at
D            F
I'm a crazy son of a...(bad word)
G                     F               D
But I know I'm gonna make it big and rich
                F      C
Yeah, I'm gonna let it rip
D  F   G                  Bb   C    D  F  G
He-----y, just wanna hear everybody si----ng (rollin', rollin')
                   Bb              C       D  F
At the top of your lungs till the windows bre--ak
    G         Bb C    D
Say hey (hey) Cowboy Troy

D                     F
Diggity-dum, diggity-diggity-dum, dig this
G                               F
Slicker than the grease from a barbecue brisket
D                      F
Got more chunk than a fresh potato salad
G                                         F
You thought you had your answer but your answer was invalid
       D                              F
You?re lookin' at me crazy 'cause you think I'm loco
    G                F
The Big Black Cowboy with the crazy vocal
D                         F
Todas las personas estan gritando arriva
G                        F
Now you heard it, now I know you're a believer
D                     F
Esta cancion es para toda la gente
G                    F
Es muy importante a usar su mente
D                      F
So let go of all your preconceived notions
G                                 F
Get up on your feet and put your body in motion
D                    F
Cause back home we love to dance
G                            F
We could be two steppin? or ravin? to trance
             D                        F
And when the party is crunk the girls back it up
              G                          F
We?ve got the systems in the cars and the 20?s on the trucks
D           F
6?4 with a cowboy hat
  G                           F
I don?t mess around, yo what?s up with that?
    D              F
I?m Cowboy Troy, a Texas hick
        G                        F
And I'm rollin? with the brothers Big & Rich
D             F          G             F
Go cowboy Go cowboy, go (Go cowboy Go cowboy, go)
D             F          G             F
Go cowboy Go cowboy, go (Go cowboy Go cowboy, go)

D  F   G                  Bb   C    D  F  G
He-----y, just wanna hear everybody si----ng (rollin', rollin')
                   Bb              C       D  F
At the top of your lungs till the windows bre--ak
    G        Bb
Say hey (hey) hey     (REPEAT THIS PART)


Chords:
Bb  =   x13331(bar chord) or xx3331
C   =   x32010
D   =   xx0232
F   =   133211(bar chord) or xx3211
G   =   320003