Intro: - - - - - - - Verso 1: - - - The old Rocker wore his hair too lo???...ng, wore his trouser cuffs too tight, - - - unfashionable to the e????.nd, drank his ale too light. Pré-refrão: - |- - Death's head belt buckle, yesterday's drea?..ms, - the transport caf' prophet of doom. - - Ringing no change in his double-sewn seams in his post-war-babe gloom. Refrão: - - - - Now he's too o .???ld to rock 'n' ro??..?ll, but he's too young to die. - - - - Yes he's too o?..??ld to rock 'n' ro?.?..?ll, - but he's too young to die. Verso 2: - - - He once owned a Harley Davids????.on, and a Triumph Bonneville, - - counted his friends in burned-out spa?.rk plugs, and prays that he always will. Pré-refrão: - |- - But he's the last of the blue blood greaser bo???.ys, all of his mates are doing time. - |- Married with three kids up by the ri?..ng road sold their souls straight down the line. - |- And some of them own little spo?rts cars, and meet at the tennis club do's. - |- - For drinks on a Sunday, work on Mo??nday, they've thrown away their blue suede shoes. Refrão: - - - - Now he's too o .???ld to rock 'n' ro??..?ll, but he's too young to die. - - - - Yes he's too o?..??ld to rock 'n' ro?.?..?ll, but he's too young to die. Ponte: - - - - - - - - Verso 3: - - - So the old rocker gets out his bi?.??..ke, to make a ton before he takes his leave. - - - Up on the A 1 by Scotch Co???rner , just like it used to be. Pré-refrão: - - |- And as he fli?es, tears in his e???.yes, his wind-whipped words echo the final take. |- - And he hits the trunk road doing around a hundred and tw??.enty, with no room left to brake. Refrão: - - - - And he was too o .???ld to rock 'n' ro??..?ll, but he was too young to die. - - - - Yes, he was too o?..??ld to rock 'n' ro?.?..?ll, and he was too young to die. Verso final: - - - - - Now, you?re never too o .???ld to rock 'n' ro??..?ll, - if you?re too young to die. - - - - - And now you?re never too o?..??ld to rock 'n' ro?.?..?ll, - - - - - - - - - but you?re too young to die. ------------ Eu faço a introdução assim: --2------------2-----3-----2p0------------ --3--------3/5------------3--------3---2---3---5---- --2-----2------------2------------ --0------------0-----0-------0------------ ------------ ------------ ------------0----- ------------7----------5------------3------3---5---7----0----- -----------(7)--------(5)----------(4)-----4---4---7----0----- ----5-/-7---------5---------0--0------------2----- ------------2----- ------------ ---0--0------------0------------ ---------0-0-0-2-3---2------------ ------------2---6--5--6-/--9--9--8--9--/--14--14---- ------------2------------ ------------0------------ ------------ ------------ ------------14------------ ---13--14------------ ------------ -----------0------------ ------------ _______________________________________________________ Contribuição: Taino Vieira([email protected])

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À propos de la chanson

La chanson évoque un rockeur dont les jours de gloire semblent derrière lui, tout en soulignant qu'il n'est pas encore prêt à dire adieu à la vie. Malgré son âge, il porte encore des souvenirs de sa jeunesse, comme sa moto et ses camarades, qui ont tous pris des chemins différents. À travers des images évocatrices, elle montre la lutte intérieure entre le désir de rester jeune et la réalité du temps qui passe. Ainsi, même s'il se sent dépassé, il reste attaché à sa passion, conscient que l'esprit de rock 'n' roll vit en lui tant qu'il est encore en vie. Cette chanson se déroule dans un contexte de nostalgie et de réflexions sur le passage du temps, où le personnage fait face à un mélange de regret et d'espoir, cherchant à revivre ses souvenirs tout en acceptant de ne pas être trop vieux pour vibrer encore à la musique de sa jeunesse.