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Song title:      Rock Steady
Original Album:	 Bad Company

Words and Music by Paul Rodgers
Copyright © 1974 Island Records (UK) and Swan Song (US)
Published by ??

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)


INTRO:

[play:]

                              C5                                                              D5  C5
                              ~~~               ~~~             ~~~                   ~~~                           ~~~             ~~~
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------5---|-------------5---------------5---|-----------------5-------7___5---|-------------5---------------5---|
|-----------------------------5---|-------------5---------------5---|-----------------5-------7___5---|-------------5---------------5---|
|---------------------------------|-0---0-----------0---0-----------|-0---0---3---5-------0-----------|-0---0-----------0---0-----------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |




                          D5  C5
                  ~~~                           ~~~             ~~~
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------5-------7___5---|-------------5---------------5---|
|-----------------5-------7___5---|-------------5---------------5---|
|-0---0---3---5-------0-----------|-0---0-----------0---0-----------|
|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
                          D5  C5
                  Well,   when      I_______________________I...




VERSE1:


                  C5      D5  C5                                                      C5      D5  C5
                  ~~~                           ~~~             ~~~                   ~~~                           ~~~             ~~~
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------5-------7___5---|-------------5---------------5---|-----------------5-------7___5---|-------------5---------------5---|
|-----------------5-------7___5---|-------------5---------------5---|-----------------5-------7___5---|-------------5---------------5---|
|-0---0---3---5-------0-----------|-0---0-----------0---0-----------|-0---0---3---5-------0-----------|-0---0-----------0---0-----------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
                  C5      D5  C5                                                      C5      D5  C5
                  want to rock      steady,                     yeah                              I     know________________________ow,


                  C5      D5  C5                                                      C5      D5  C5
              I   got to  get       ready,                                                              close   my  eyes,


                  C5      D5  C5                                                      C5      D5  C5
          and I   let my -self      go                                                                  Listen to____________oo her


                  C5      D5  C5                                                      C5      D5  C5
          ba -by, let the mus_______________sic flow,           yeah




CHORUS1:
Chords:
G  320033 or 355433    D5 xx0230 or x577xx
C  x32010 or x35553    F  x33211 or 133211
Bb xx0331 or x13331


                  C5      D5  C5    C                                 D5                                F5              G5
|---------------------------------|-3-------3---3____-------3-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-5-------5---5____-------5-------|-3-------3---3____-------3-------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------5-------7___5---|-5-------5---5____-------5-------|-2-------2---2____-------2-------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------5-------7___5---|-5-------5---5____-------5-------|-0-------0---0____-------0-------|-3-------3---3---5-------5---5---|
|-0---0---3---5-------0-----------|-3-------3---3____-------3-------|---------------------------------|-3-------3---3---5-------5---5---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-1-------1---1---3-------3---3---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
                  C5      D5  C5    C                                 D5                                F5              G5
                      Turn on your  light               and stay with me a while,                 and   ease    your    worried 



  A5          Am                    C                                 D5          A5  F5      G5        A5
|-------------0____---------------|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------1____---------------|-5-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2-----------2____---------------|-5-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|-2---2-------2___-_______________|
|-2-----------2____---------------|-5-------------------------------|-0-----------2---3---3---5-------|-2---2-------2___-_______________|
|-0-----------0____---------------|-3-------------------------------|-------------2---3---3---5-------|-0---0-------0___-_______________|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------0---1---1---3-------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  A5          Am                    C                                 D5          A5  F5      G5        A5
  mind                Turn on your  light               and stay with me a while          and rock      steady,             yeah_______



                                                C5                                    D5  C5
                                                ~~~             ~~~                   ~~~                           ~~~             ~~~
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|__-------------------------------|-------------5---------------5---|-----------------5-------7-p-5---|-------------5---------------5---|
|__-------------------------------|-------------5---------------5---|-----------------5-------7-p-5---|-------------5---------------5---|
|__-------------------------------|-0---0-----------0---0-----------|-0---0---3---5-------0-----------|-0---0-----------0---0-----------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
                                                C5                                    D5  C5
 __!                                               (Rock steady!)                                 Rock, rock steady!




VERSE2:


                  C5      D5  C5                                                      C5      D5  C5
                  ~~~                           ~~~             ~~~                   ~~~                           ~~~             ~~~
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------5-------7___5---|-------------5---------------5---|-----------------5-------7___5---|-------------5---------------5---|
|-----------------5-------7___5---|-------------5---------------5---|-----------------5-------7___5---|-------------5---------------5---|
|-0---0---3---5-------0-----------|-0---0-----------0---0-----------|-0---0---3---5-------0-----------|-0---0-----------0---0-----------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
                  C5      D5  C5                                                      C5      D5  C5
                          When my   love                                      gets a  little  bit too   heavy                  (rock

                  C5      D5  C5                                                      C5      D5  C5
  steady)                 She's     mine                                      and I   got to  get       ready,

                  C5      D5  C5                                                      C5      D5  C5
  yeah!                             Whoah___oh______oh_____ my

                  C5      D5  C5                                                      C5      D5  C5
          and I  let  my -self      go____________ (rock   steady)                    I listen to and I let the music flow



Yeah, it's flowing now...




[repeat CHORUS1]




GUITAR SOLO:
Notes:
Guitar solo is played over repeated Guitar1 figure below.


Guitar2:
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------8-------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------5b8-8---|
|-----7b----------7b--------------|-7b----------7br-7\5-5br---------|---------------------------5-5---|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-7________________---5-h-7-------|-7-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|                                                                                                                                       |
Guitar1:                                                                                                                                |
|             C5                                    C5  E5  D5  C5                C5                                    C5  E5  D5  C5  |
|             ~~~             ~~~                                                 ~~~             ~~~                                   |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------5---------------5---|-----------------5---2---7---5---|-------------5---------------5---|-----------------5---2---7---5---|
|-------------5---------------5---|-----------------5---2---7---5---|-------------5---------------5---|-----------------5---2---7---5---|
|-0---0-----------0---0-----------|-0---0---3---5---3---0---5---3---|-0---0-----------0---0-----------|-0---0---3---5---3---0---5---3---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |




Guitar2:
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------15--|
|-7-/-10------------------8b------|-8b_______________-------8h10-10-|-8________---8b------------------|-----------------13-/15----------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------9-----------|-----------------9__________________-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |




Guitar2:
                                                                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-------------------------15------|---------15----------------10h12-|---------------------------------|---------15p12-----------12------|
|-15b-----------------------------|-15b-------------15br----15------|-13br10______________________-______---------------13h15-------13--|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |




Guitar2:
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-10----------------------10b-----|-11b-----13--------------10h13p10___---------------8---10----------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------12--------|-------------------------9p7---7____-----12---------12_------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------10---|-----12--12-10--10---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------12-----------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |





CHORUS3:

  C               C5  E5  D5  C5    D5                                F5              G5                F5              G5
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3-------3---3____-------3-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------5-------7---5---|-2-------2---2____-------2-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------5---2---7---5---|-0-------0---0____-------0-------|-3-------3---3---5-------5---5---|-3-------3---3---5-------5---5---|
|-0---0---3---5---3---2---5---3---|---------------------------------|-3-------3---3---5-------5---5---|-3-------3---3---5-------5---5---|
|---------------------0-----------|---------------------------------|-1-------1---1---3-------3---3---|-1-------1---1---3-------3---3---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  C               C5  E5  D5  C5    D5                                F5              G5                F5              G5
                      Turn on your  light               and stay with me a while                  and   ease   your     worr  - ied




  A5  Am                            C                                 D5          A5  F5      G5        A5  G       Am
|-----0---0---0---0-0-0____-0-0-0-|-3---3---3---3---3-3-3____-3-3-3-|---------------------------------|-----3____---0---0-0-0____-0-0-0-|
|-----1---1---1---1-1-1____-1-1-1-|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5____-5-5-5-|-3-------------------------------|-----3____-3-1---1-1-1____-1-1-1-|
|-2---2---2---2---2-2-2____-2-2-2-|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5____-5-5-5-|-2-------------------------------|-2---0____-0-2---2-2-2____-2-2-2-|
|-2---2---2---2---2-2-2____-2-2-2-|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5____-5-5-5-|-0-----------2---3---3---5-------|-2---0____-0-2---2-2-2____-2-2-2-|
|-0---0---0---0---0-0-0____-0-0-0-|-3---3---3---3---3-3-3____-3-3-3-|-------------2---3---3---5-------|-0---2____-2-0---0-0-0____-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------0---1---1---3-------|-----3____-----------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  A5  Am                            C                                 D5          A5  F5      G5        A5  G       Am
  mind                Turn on your  light               and stay with me a while                  and   rock,       rock, rock, rock,




  C
|-3---3---3---3---3-3-3____-3-3-3-|
|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5____-5-5-5-|
|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5____-5-5-5-|
|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5____-5-5-5-|
|-3---3---3---3---3-3-3____-3-3-3-|
|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  C
  rock, rock, babe,   turn on your




OUT-CHORUS:
  C                                 D/A                               F5              G5                A5  Am
|-3-------3---3____-------3-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----0---0---0---0-0-0____-0-0-0-|
|-5-------5---5____-------5-------|-3-------3---3____-------3-------|---------------------------------|-----1---1---1---1-1-1____-1-1-1-|
|-5-------5---5____-------5-------|-2-------2---2____-------2-------|---------------------------------|-2---2---2---2---2-2-2____-2-2-2-|
|-5-------5---5____-------5-------|-0-------0---0____-------0-------|-3-------3---3---5-------5---5---|-2---2---2---2---2-2-2____-2-2-2-|
|-3-------3---3____-------3-------|-0-------0---0____-------0-------|-3-------3---3---5-------5---5---|-0---0---0---0---0-0-0____-0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-1-------1---1---3-------3---3---|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  C                                 D/A                               F5              G5                A5  Am
  light, yeah, yeah, babe, right    here                        and   ease   your     worr  - ied       mind    Yeah,        turn on your 




  C                                 D5          A5  F5      G5        A5  C5      A5
|-3---3---3---3---3-3-3____-3-3-3-|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5____-5-5-5-|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5____-5-5-5-|-2-------------------------------|-2---5-------2___-__________________-------------------------------|
|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5____-5-5-5-|-0-----------2---3---3---5-------|-2---5-------2___-__________________-------------------------------|
|-3---3---3---3---3-3-3____-3-3-3-|-------------2---3---3---5-------|-0---3-------0___-__________________-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------0---1---1---3-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  C                                 D5          A5  F5      G5        A5  C5      A5
  little light        and rock      steady