Billy Joe Royal

Burned Like A Rocket

Billy Joe Royal


Tom: Ab

INTRO:
G#
I-wanna-do-de-bop-bop-A-do-de-bop..
        C#
I-wanna-do-de-bop-bop-A-do-de-bop..
        D#          C#              G#
I-wanna-ah-ah-ah-ah-aaaaaaa-I-wanna-do-de

bop-bop-A-do.....I-wanna-do..

#1.
G#
Someone wave goodbye..
(do-de-bop-I-wanna-do.)
G#
Come and wave goodbye..
(do-de-bop-I-wanna-do.)..
C#                                  G#
I'll be leaving, won't you hold the door?
(do-de-bop-bop-A-do.)
G#         D#               C#                        G#
Well, if I said I love you, well, I don't love you anymore.
G#
I-wanna-do-de-bop-bop-A-do-de-bop...I-wanna-do-de-bop-bop-
A-do-de-bop..I-wanna-do..

#2.
G#
I know it's gonna hurt..
(do-de-bop-I-wanna-do)..
G#
but you treated me like dirt..
(do-de-bop-I-wanna-do)
  C#                           G#
I always repayed, every debt I owed.
(Bop-bop-A-do-de-bop-bop)
             D#                        C#                  G#
Well, if you think you're lucky, well, you're not lucky anymore.
G#
I-wanna-do-de-bop-bop-A-do-de-bop..

CHORUS:
         C#            G#
Well, we burned like a rocket.
             C#                         G#
You said you loved me, just like I love you.
           C#           G#          C#
But find a dime in your pocket, and you're on
             D#
the phone to someone new.

(INTERLUDE:) G# C# D#

CHORUS:
         C#            G#
Well, we burned like a rocket.
             C#                         G#
You said you loved me, just like I love you.
           C#           G#          C#
But find a dime in your pocket, and you're on
             D#
the phone to someone new.

#3.
D#             G#
Someone had to break..
(do-bop-A-bop-A-do)..
G#
One of us had to break.
(Do-bop-A-bop-A-do)..
      C#                                   G#
Now I do without all the things I need you for.
(Do-bop-A-bop-A-do..)
G#         D#                     C#                  G#
Well, if I said I love you, well, I don't love you anymore.
(Do-bop-A-bop-A-do..)

OUTRO:
G#            D#                     C#                  G#
Oh, yes, if I said I love you, well, I don't love you anymore.

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