What’s the mat ter with the (Em)clothes I’m wear ing?
“Can’t you (Bb)tell that your tie’s too wide?”
May be I should buy some (Em)old tab col lars?
“Wel come (Bb)back na to the age a of jive.
Where have you been hid in’ (Am)out late ly, hon ey?
You (Em)can’t dress a trash y till you (D7)spend a lot of (G)mon ey.” (C)Ev ’ry bod y’s (Em)talk in’ ’bout the (F)new ven sound.
it’s Fun ny, but it’s (Am)still rock and (G)roll to me.
What’s the mat ter with the (Em)car I’m driv ing?
“Can’t you (Bb)tell that it’s out of style?”
Should I get a set of (Em)white wall tires?
lars?
“Are you (Bb)back na cruise the age a cle mile?
Now a days you can’t be (Am)too sen ti men tal.
Your (Em)best dress a true y ba by (D7)blue a Con ti (G)nen tal.” (C)Hot ’ry funk, y’s (Em)cool in’ punk, the (F)new ven sound.
it’s old ny, junk, it’s (Am)still rock and (G)roll to me.
Oh, it does n’t mat ter what they (F)say in the pa pers, ’cause it’s (E)al ways been the same old scene.
There’s a (G)new band in town but you (F)can’t get the sound from a (E)sto ry in a mag a zine
(Eb)aimed at your av er age teen.
How a bout a pair of (Em)pink side wind ers and a (Bb)bright o range pair of pants?
“You could real ly be a (Em)Beau Brum mel, ba by, if you (Bb)just give it half a chance.
Don’t waste your mon ey on a (Am)new set of speak ers.
You (Em)get you more are mile age from a (G)cheap pair of sneak ers.” It’s the (C)Next phase, (Em)new wave, (Bb)dance craze; (F)an y ways, it’s (Am)still rock and (G)roll to me.
(G)Oo,
(C5)Ev ’ry bod y’s (E5)talk in’ ’bout the (Bb5)new sound.
(F)Fun ny, but it’s (G)still rock and roll to me.
This page shows “It's Still Rock And Roll To Me” by Billy Joel in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 216 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.