[Intro]  Cm  G#  Fm  Fº  D#  C#  F  G

   C          F          C    - G           C - Bb - Am
    The old Rocker wore his         hair too lo………...ng
              Dm                G
    wore his trouser cuffs too tight
C           F C  - G           C - Bb -  Am
    unfashionable      to the e………….nd
     Dm               G
    drank his ale too light

G                   C     G       - D                 G|- F - Em
    Death's head belt buckle,       yesterday's drea…..ms
                  - Am                     D
    the transport caf'         prophet of doom
G              C       G     - D                   G        F       - Em
    Ringing no change in his     double-sewn seams  in his 
     Am              D
    post-war-babe gloom
 
 Eb    F   Bb  C - C7 - F          Bb - F - Eb
Now he's too o .………ld to rock 'n' ro……..…ll
        A             Dm
but he's too young to die
  Eb   F   Bb   C - C7 - F           Bb - F - Eb
Yes he's too  o…..……ld to rock 'n' ro….…..…ll
       Bb               F       - G
but he's too young to die

   C                  F   C  - G           C - Bb - Am
     He once owned a Harley       Davids………….on
               Dm         G
    and a Triumph Bonneville
C            F        C  - G                 C - Bb    Am
    counted his friends in         burned-out spa….rk plugs
                    Dm        G
    and prays that he always will
 
G                        C      G   - D               G F  Em
    But he's the last of the blue blood      greaser bo……….ys 
             Am               D
    all of his mates are doing time
 
G                  C    G    - D             G|- F    Em
    Married with three kids       up by the ri…..ng road 
               Am                       D
    sold their souls straight down the line
G               C     G    - D              G|- F   Em
    And some of them own         little spo…rts cars
              Am                D
    and meet at the tennis club do's
G               C    G   - D                 G|- F - Em
    For drinks on a Sunday,       work on Mo……nday
                   Am                     D
    they've thrown away their blue suede shoes

 Eb    F    Bb  C - C7 - F         Bb - F - Eb
Now he's too o .………ld to rock 'n' ro……..…ll
        A             Dm
but he's too young to die
  Eb   F   Bb   C - C7 - F          Bb - F - Eb
Yes he's too  o…..……ld to rock 'n' ro….…..…ll
       Bb            F
but he's too young to die
 
( Cm  G#  Fm  Fº  D#  C#  F  G )

    C             F   C   - G                  C - Bb - Am
      So the old rocker        gets out his bi….……..ke
               Dm                       G
    to make a ton before he takes his leave
C         F   C  - G                    C - Bb - Am
    Up on the A  1          by Scotch Co………rner
          Dm            G
    just like it used to be

G          C - G   - D                   G|- F   Em
    And as he fli…es,        tears in his e……….yes
                    Am                      D
    his wind-whipped words echo the final take
G             C               G        D                      G|- F - Em
    And he hits the trunk road doing around a hundred and tw…….enty
           Am                D
    with no room left to brake

  Eb    F   Bb  C - C7 - F            Bb - F - Eb
And he was too o .………ld to rock 'n' ro……..…ll
             A         Dm
but he was too young to die
    Eb   F   Bb   C - C7 - F             Bb - F - Eb
Yes, he was too  o…..……ld to rock 'n' ro….…..…ll
             Bb         F
and he was too young to die
 
      Eb    F     - Bb          C - C7 - F                  Bb - F - Eb
    Now, you're        never too o .………ld to rock 'n' ro……..…ll
                  - Bb           F
    if you're        too young to die
        Eb     F      - Bb               C - C7 - F           Bb - F - Eb
    And now you're          never too  o…..……ld to rock 'n' ro….…..…ll
     - - -  Bb         Cm    - G# - Fm - Fº - D# - C# - F
    but you're too young to die