Now not a lot of people know this, but Joan Jett's "I Love Rock N Roll" is actually a remake of an earlier song by The Arrows, which was released in 1975.Nevertheless, we love Joan Jett's version (I couldn't quite say the same for Britney's take- sorry Britney). Joan's first recording of the song was in 1979, while she was still with her band, The Runaways. That version was done with Steve Jones and Paul Cook of The Sex Pistols.
In 1982, Joan Jett got herself a new band, The Blackhearts, and rerecorded "I Love Rock N Roll". It came with a black-and-white music video, and got huge airplay on MTV.
In March 2005, Q magazine placed Jett's version of the song at number 85 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks- in fact, if you're playing Guitar Hero on PS2, chances are, you've already played this song.Recently, "I Love Rock N Roll" has been featured on American Idol season 7, when the crew headed off for Philadelphia, and the song, as it turns out, was one of the leg's favorite audition pieces.
So here's one of the greatest rock songs of all time, from one of the hottest chicks in rock n roll- even to this day as she goes around on tour, playing her music. Here are the lyrics and the chord patterns (from www.azchords.com) to "I Love Rock N Roll". Enjoy!
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
"I Love Rock N Roll" (1982)
INTRO:
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Intro starts with drums and then comes this:
E5 E5 A5 B5
E|---------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------
G|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
D|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
A|--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2--2--------
E|--0--0-------0--0-------3b4-------------------3b4--
E5 E5 A5 B5 E5
E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4----9--9----
D--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4----9--9----
A--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2----7--7----
E--0--0-------0--0-------3b4--------------0--0--0----
E5
E----------------------------------|
B--------------15b17r15-12---------| That's the whole intro.
G---9--9-------------------14-12---|
D---9--9---------------------------|
A---7--7---------------------------|
E---0--0---------------------------|
Here's what you play in the verses:
E5 E5
E|--------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------15b17r15-12--------
G|--9--9--------------------9--9-------------------14-12--
D|--9--9--------------------9--9--------------------------
A|--7--7--------------------7--7--------------------------
E|--0--0--------------------0--0--------------------------
E5 B5
E--------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------15b17r15-12--------
G--9--9--------------------4--4-------------------14-12--
D--9--9--------------------4--4--------------------------
A--7--7--------------------2--2--------------------------
E--0--0--------------------------------------------------
A5 B5 E5 A5
E--------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------
G--2--2-------4--4-------9--9-------2--------------------
D--2--2-------4--4-------9--9-------2--------------------
A--0--0-------2--2-------7--7-------0--------------------
E------------------------0--0----------------------------
B5
E--------------------------|
B--------------------------|
G--------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
D--------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
A--------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
E--------------------------|
VERSE 1:
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E5 E5
I saw him dancin' there by the record machine
E5 B5
I knew he must've been about seventeen
A5 B5 E5 A5
The beat was going strong, playin' my favorite song
[guitar stops]
And I could tell it wouldn't be long till he was with me, yeah,me
B5
And I could tell it wouldn't be long till he was with me, yeah me,
singin:
[Here's how you play the first two choruses:]
E5 E5 A5 B5
E|---------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------
G|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
D|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
A|--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2--2--------
E|--0--0-------0--0-------3b4------------------------
E5 E5 A5 B5 E5
E----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4----9--9----
D--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4----9--9----
A--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2----7--7----
E--0--0-------0--0-------3b4--------------0--0--0----
E5
E----------------------------------|
B--------------15b17r15-12---------|
G---9--9-------------------14-12---|
D---9--9---------------------------|
A---7--7---------------------------|
E---0--0---------------------------|
CHORUS:
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E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5 E5
so come and take your time and dance with me
VERSE 2: [play same as verse 1]
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He smiled so I got up and asked for his name
"That don't matter,"he said,"'cause it's all the same"
I said, "Can I take you home, where we can be alone?"
And next we were movin' on and he was with me, yeah,me
Next we were movin' on and he was with me, yeah, me
singin':
CHORUS: [play same as previous chorus]
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I love Rock'n'Roll,
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
I love Rock'n'Roll,
so come and take your time and dance with me
GUITAR-SOLO/VERSE 3:
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[The first half of this verse is the solo. Make up your own
solo, I don't transcribe solos. It is played over the first
half of the verse chords. Here is the rest of the verse,
played like the second half of the verses:]
A5 B5 E5 A5
I said, "Can I take you home, where we can be alone?"
[no guitar for the rest of the verse]
Next we were movin' on. He was with me, yeah me
and we'll be movin' on and singin' that same old song
yeah, with me singin:
The last chorus is played like this:
E5 E5 A5 B5
E|---------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------
G|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
D|--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4--4--------
A|--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2--2--------
E|--0--0-------0--0-------3b4------------------------
E5 E5 A5 B5
E-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------| Then repeat
G--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4---| straight away.
D--9--9-------9--9------------2--2------4---|
A--7--7-------7--7------------0--0------2---|
E--0--0-------0--0-------3b4--------------0-|
CHORUS:
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[no guitar for the first four lines]
I love Rock'n'Roll,
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
I love Rock'n'Roll,
so come and take your time and dance with me
E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5
so come and take your time and dance with
E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5
so come and take your time and dance with
E5 E5 [second guitar starts playing Fill 1, see below]
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5
so come and take your time and dance with
E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5
so put another dime in the jukebox baby
E5 E5
I love Rock'n'Roll,
A5 B5 E5
so come and take your time and dance with me
The second guitar that comes in when you're playing the chorus
again and again in the end plays this: [simple, just one note]
FILL 1:
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
If you're a huge fan of Joan Jett, go check her out here on her official website.
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