Joan Jett - I Love Rock Roll Chords & Tabs

 

I Love Rock Roll Chords & Tabs

Joan Jett Chords & Tabs

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I Love Rock Roll Tab

   
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I LOVE ROCK & ROLL
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                           Artist: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
                               Album: I Love Rock & Roll
                                   Tuning: Standard

2x
2x – Mute After Striking
0x
/ - Slide
x.x – Palm Mute (When the dots get farther apart it means gradually let up)
^ - Bend
h – Hammer-On
p – Pull-Off
* - Artificial Harmonics
~ - Let Ring
d – Dive (Whammy Bar)
r – Release (Whammy Bar)
X (On Tab Bar) – Mute String And Strike

Intro: Rhythm & Lead
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------2-2x--4-4x------------------2-2x--4-2--------------|
|-2-2x--2-2x----2-2x--4-4x----2-2x--2-2x----2-2x--4-2-2-2x----2-2x-|
|-2-2x--2-2x----0-0x--2-2x----2-2x--2-2x----0-0x--2-0-2-2x----2-2x-|
|-0-0x--0-0x-3^------------3^-0-0x--0-0x-3^-----------0-0x----0-0x-|

  Rhythm Riff      Lead Riff
|---------------|-12-10------------|
|---------------|-------12--10-----|(Both are played simultaneously
|---------------|--------------12^-| throughout the remainder
|-2-0-----------|------------------| of the song, hence the parentheses
|-----2--0------|------------------| in the tabs below)
|----------3^---|------------------|

Verse 1:
|-------------(12-10--------------------------(12-10-------------|
|--------------------12--10--------------------------12--10------|
|---------------------------12^)---------4-4x---------------12^)-|
|-2-2x----2-2x--2-0--------------2-2x----4-4x--2-0---------------|
|-2-2x----2-2x------2--0---------2-2x----2-2x------2--0----------|
|-0-0x----0-0x-----------3^------0-0x-------------------3^-------|

Verse 1 (Cont’d):
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------5-5x--------------------------|
|-2-2x--2-2x--4-4x--2~------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2x--2-2x--2-2x--2~------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-0-0x--4-4x--------0~------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------------------------------|

 Chorus:
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------2-2x--4-4x------------------2-2x--4-2--------------|
|-2-2x--2-2x----2-2x--4-4x----2-2x--2-2x----2-2x--4-2-2-2x----2-2x-|
|-2-2x--2-2x----0-0x--2-2x----2-2x--2-2x----0-0x--2-0-2-2x----2-2x-|
|-0-0x--0-0x-3^---------------0-0x--0-0x-3^-----------0-0x----0-0x-|

Chorus (Cont’d):
|-(12-10-------------|
|--------12--10------|
|---------------12^)-|
|-2-0----------------|
|-----2--0-----------|
|----------3^--------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/joan_jett/i_love_rock_roll_tab.html ]
Verse 2:
|-------------(12-10--------------------------(12-10-------------|
|--------------------12--10--------------------------12--10------|
|---------------------------12^)---------4-4x---------------12^)-|
|-2-2x----2-2x--2-0--------------2-2x----4-4x--2-0---------------|
|-2-2x----2-2x------2--0---------2-2x----2-2x------2--0----------|
|-0-0x----0-0x-----------3^------0-0x-------------------3^-------|

Verse 2 (Cont’d):
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------5-5x--------------------------|
|-2-2x--2-2x--4-4x--2~------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2x--2-2x--2-2x--2~------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-0-0x--4-4x--------0~------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------------------------------|

 Chorus:
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------2-2x--4-4x------------------2-2x--4-2--------------|
|-2-2x--2-2x----2-2x--4-4x----2-2x--2-2x----2-2x--4-2-2-2x----2-2x-|
|-2-2x--2-2x----0-0x--2-2x----2-2x--2-2x----0-0x--2-0-2-2x----2-2x-|
|-0-0x--0-0x-3^---------------0-0x--0-0x-3^-----------0-0x----0-0x-|

Chorus (Cont’d):
|-(12-10-------------|
|--------12--10------|
|---------------12^)-|
|-2-0----------------|
|-----2--0-----------|
|----------3^--------|

 Solo:
|-----------------------------------12----------------------|
|------------------3~dr------5-7------------12--------------|
|------------------2~dr--1/4-----11^----11^----11^-x-x-9h11-|
|------------------0~dr-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-0~--X-3*-3*p2-0-------------------------------------------|

Solo (Cont’d):
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------9-12p9-9-9-9/8-8-8-8/6-6-6-6/4-4-4-4/2-2-2-2/1-1-1-1-|
|-9-9-9h11------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
  x.x.x.x.x.x..x...x


Solo (Cont’d):
|------------|
|------------|
|---------2~-|
|-4-4-4p2-2~-|
|---------0~-|
|------------|

Chorus (After the part without any guitar, which takes
up about :25 seconds after the solo. Repeat until end of song):
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------2-2x--4-4x------------------2-2x--4-2-|(After this it goes
|-2-2x--2-2x----2-2x--4-4x----2-2x--2-2x----2-2x--4-2-| right back to the
|-2-2x--2-2x----0-0x--2-2x----2-2x--2-2x----0-0x--2-0-| beginning of the
|-0-0x--0-0x-3^---------------0-0x--0-0x-3^-----------| chorus)

Chorus (Cont’d) After the above is played twice, the lead guitar comes in
with this one last chord and repeatedly plays it until the end of the song:
|---0---|
|---5---|
|---4---|
|---2---|
|-------|
|-------|

End on this (after coming right out of the last chorus repeat):
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|---2x---|
|---2x---|
|---0x---|