Mott the Hoople Collection (Memorable Music Song Tabs Archive)

First part Intro piano

Ab7 with Ab bass for four bars

Second part Intro Piano Riff - top line individual notes, bottom line chords

F#F#FEb DbDbDbF#F# F#F#FEbEb DbDbDbF#F# F#F#FEbEb DbDbDbF#F#
Ab7 Db Ab7 Db Ab7 Db

F#F#FFEbEbDbDb CCBbBbAbAbF#F# DbBbAbDbBbAb DbDbBbDbDbBbAb
Db Db

F#F#EbDbF#EbDb F#F#EbF#f#Eb
F# F#

Verse

Forgot my six string razor hit the sky half way to memphis fore I realised
I got to Oreole you know took a month there was my guitar electric junk
Fm F# Eb/G bass Ab Bbm Ab F#

Rang up information my axe was cold man said she rides a
some spade said rock n rollers you're all the same man thats your instrument
Db Fm F# Eb/G bass Ab Bbm Ab

train to Oreole
I felt so ashamed
Ab F# (single notes F#FF#FF#FF#FF#FF#F)

Chorus

Now its a mighty long way down the dusty trail and the sun burns hot on the
its a mighty long way down rock n roll from the Bradford City to the
its a mighty long way down rock n roll from the Liverpool docks to the
its a mighty long way down rock n roll and your name gets hot as your
its a mighty long way down rock n roll from the Bradford City to the
F# Ab Db Ab

old steel rails and you act like a bum and crawl like a snail
and the Oreole and you look like a star and your still on the dole
Holywood bowl and you climb up the mountains and you fall down the holes
heart grows cold and you gotta stay young you can never grow old
Oreole and you look like a star but you're really out on parole
Db Ab Db (single notes F#F#FFEbEbDbDb)

All the way from Memphis
C C Bb Bb Ab Ab F# F# (Single notes)

Verse
Got to Oreole took a month there was my guitar
Fm F# Eb/G bass Ab Bbm Ab

Electric junk Some spade said Rock and rollers you're all the same
Gb Db Fm F# Eb/G bass

Man thats your instument I felt so ashamed
Ab Bbm Ab F#

Chorus

Roll Away The Stone
(Ian Hunter)
intro:
Am G F Esus Esus E
(E)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B)---------------12--13---(sl) -17--------12--13---(sl)-17---------12--13--15----15 b (17)----- 15 b (17) --------
(G)---(sl)-14--------------------------14----- ------------------14------------------------------------------------
(D)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(E)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Am G F Esus E
(E)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B)---------------12--13---(sl) -17--------12--13---(sl)-17---------12--13--15----15 b (17) - ---(rl) --(15)-------
(G)---(sl)-14--------------------------14----- ------------------14------------------------------------------------
(D)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(E)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(verses)

C G E7
Baby if you'd just say you care

Am G F
Follow you most anywhere

C
Roll away the stone

G F
Roll away the stone

And in the darkest night
I'll keep you safe and all right
Roll away the stone
Roll away the stone

(chorus)
C G F G
Won't you roll away the stone (sha la la la push push)

C G F G
Why be cold and so-o-o alone (sha la la la push push)

C G F
Won't you roll away the stone

G Am
Don't you let it die (repeat intro)

No matter if fools say we can't win
I know I'll fall in love again
Roll away the stone
Roll away the stone
So sing "We still got a chance"
Baby at love and sweet romance
Roll away the stone
Roll away the stone

(repeat chorus and intro)

Break:
Eb7 Ab Eb7 Gsus G
(E)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3----3
(B)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1----0
(G)--0------0------0------0------1------1-----1-------1----5-(sl)-3-------------------0-------0-----0-------0----0----0
(D)----1--3----------1--3----------1--3---------1--3------------------6-(sl)-3-----------1--3-----------1--3-----0----0
(A)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2----2
(E)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3----3

Eb7
There's a rockabilly party on Saturday night

Ab
Are you gonna be there? I got my invite

Eb7
Gonna bring your records? Oh! Will do

Gsus G Gsus G
Ha ha ha Made it!

(repeat chorus, go to C on "die" )

C G F G
Come on roll! (Won't you roll away the stone)

Ad lib to end

Tablature key: (sl) = slide
b = bend
(rl) = release note

The Original Mixed Up Kid
(Ian Hunter)

A A Bm Bm
The original mixed up kid sleeps with the ladies all night
into an empty bed pillows around his head

E7 E7 A A
Comes home in the morning light to nothing climbs
to hide the tears he sheds for no one and

D D/Db E7 A A/Ab A/F# A/E
Byron said happiness is born a twin and

D D/Db E7 A A/Ab A/F# A/E
those who share well they will always win

D D/Db E7 A A/Ab F#m
what about the man who tried so hard but his heart is locked within

A A Bm Bm
The original mixed up kid must have been at the end of the line

E7 E7 A A
When the gave out the forms to sign for someone and he

D D/Db E7 A A/Ab A/F# A/E
can't make up his mind where he wants to go is there

D D/Db E7 A A/Ab A/F# A/E
a heaven is ther a hell well I just don't know for in a

D D/Db E7 A A/Ab F#m
crowded street he can see the street while the other man just sees the snow

A A Bm Bm
The Original Mixed up kid be on your concience round for you

E7 E7 A A
for you turned him upside down for nothing

Something To Believe In
(Ian Hunter)

Intro;
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G]

D G
Well I lay underneath an ageless sky
D G
I watched the universe breathing
D G
There's more going on up there than meets the eye
D G
Give me something to believe in

Which way's in and which way's out?
Every step is misleading
Well which way is up which way is down
You gotta have something to believe in

Oh, let me dream, let me dream
I spend my whole life dreaming
I've been lucky but I'm still mean
You gotta have something to believe in

I didn't mean to hurt the people I hurt
I was full of fear and loathing
I wasn't up to much, but I was all I had to go on
Couldn't find nothing to believe in

I don't like all them man-made religions
They all need a little spiritual healing
They don't cut across race they don't cut across culture
But we all need something to believe in

So you believe what you want to believe
Just stay true to your feelings
'Cause one man's god's just as good as another now
Gotta have something to believe in

[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] gob iron solo

Well I lay underneath a royal throne
The gaudy paint was peeling
Half an inch deep and twice as cheap
Oh give me something to believe in

Fat Fred always packing lead
On the corner dealing
Makes more in a night than I can make in forty days
Give me something to believe in

A D
Now people worship what they see
A D
Looks can be deceiving
A D
Violence rages in abandoned hearts
D G
'Cause they ain't got nothing to believe in

The chill chill is a bitter pill
When it comes to leaving
'Cause there ain't no easy way outta here
When you ain't got nothing to believe in

[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] gob iron solo 2

Just woke up in Sarajevo city
I watched all those mothers screaming
Kids getting shot and for what, and for what?
Give me something to believe in

A D
Now there's fire outside, mud that slides
A D
Earthquakes shake the region
A D
Willy and the Poorboys lost in America
D G
They ain't got nothing to believe in

For every seed of knowledge found
For every grain of reason
For every shred of decency
There's something to believe in

Now I lay me down to rest
In the silence of the evening
And the moon road shines from here to eternity
I've got something to believe in

Now you believe what you want to believe
Just stay true to your feelings
'Cause one man's god's just as good as another
I've got something to believe in

[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] gob iron
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G]
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G]

Thunderbuck Ram
(Mick Ralphs)

Intro
Em /G /D /Em /Em /G /D /C (piano riff)
Em /G /D /Em /Em /G /D /C

Em /Em /Em /Em

Em G
There may come a time when sorrow's hard to find
D Em
And all those nursery rhymes will find a meaning.
G
There's got to be a change, thoughts to rearrange.
D Em
Does it seem so strange to try redeeming?

(single notes) c d e f g/ d e f# g a/ a b c d e/ e f# g a b
c d e f g/ d e f# g a/ a b c d e/ e f# g a b

Em /Em /Em /Em

Em G
Only time will show if the unrelenting blow
D Em
That's cast from down below does strike the ceiling.
G
Life must still go on whatever's right or wrong.
D Em
Realise what's gone was never healing.

(single notes) c d e f g/ d e f# g a/ a b c d e/ e f# g a b
c d e f g/ d e f# g a/ a b c d e/ e f# g a b/ Em

2 bars hi-hat

Em /G /D /Em /Em /G /D /C (piano riff)
Em /G /D /Em /Em /G /D /C

Em7 x 42 bars

(single notes) c d e f g/ d e f# g a/ a b c d e/ e f# g a b
c d e f g/ d e f# g a/ a b c d e/ e f# g a b/
e f# g a b/ e f# g a b/ Em