Yankee Rose — David Lee Roth
Chords and lyrics for Yankee Rose by David Lee Roth (key of Gm).
Verse 1
(From the 1986 Album EAT 'EM AND SMILE)
Intro
[G5] David?
[G5]What?
[G5]Where are we at?
[G5]Well, let me roll up onto the sidewalk and take a look, yes
[G5]Whoa!
[G5]Whoa
[G5]She's beautiful!
[G5]
Wolf Whistle
[G5]I'm talking about a Yankee Rose
[G5](Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha)
[G5]And she looks wild, wild, wild, wild!
Verse 1
[G5]Are you ready for the new sensation?
[G5]Well, here's the shot heard 'round the world
All you [Bb5]backroom boys salute when her flag [G5]unfurls
[G5]Well, guess who's back in circulation
[G5]Now, I don't know what you may have heard
But what I [Bb5]need right now is the original good-time [G5]girl
Pre-Chorus
[D5]She's a vision from coast to coast (coast to coast)
[Bb5]Sea to shining sea (sea to shining sea)
[D5]Hey, sister, you're the perfect host (perfect [Bb5][C5]host)[E5]
Chorus
[Bb5]Show me your [G5]bright lights
[G5]And your city lights, all right
[G5]I'm talkin' 'bout the Yankee Rose
[G5]Bright lights
[G5]And your city lights, all right
I'm talkin' 'bout [C5]it[G5]
Verse 2
When she [G5]walks, watch, the sparks will fly
[G5]Firecrackin' on the fourth of July
[Bb5]No sad songs tonight, somethin's in the [G5]air
[G5]Yeah, the feeling gets ya, wow
[G5]A real state of independence
[G5]So pretty when her rockets glare
[Bb5]Still prove it any night that her flag's still [G5]there
Pre-Chorus
[D5]She's a vision from coast to coast (coast to coast)
[Bb5]Sea to shining sea (sea to shining sea)
[D5]Hey, sister, you're the perfect host (make a [Bb5]toast)
Chorus
[Bb5]Show me your [G5]bright lights
[G5]And your city lights, all right
[G5]I'm talkin' 'bout the Yankee Rose
[G5]Bright lights
[G5]And your city lights, all right
[G5]I'm in love with the Yankee Rose
N.C.
Ah
Bridge
[Bb] Ah, she's beautiful, all [Gm]right
Mmm, nothin' like [Bb]her in the whole world
[Gm] Yeah
Bridge
She's right on [Bb5]time
I'm on the [C5]case
Pick up the [D5]phone
No time to [Bb5]waste
She got the [F5]beat
And here's a little bit comin' your [D5]way, wow
[G5]Aah, raise 'em up there, let's see who salutes, baby
[G5]Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[G5]Little bit, little bit, little bit higher
[G5]Here's the national anthem, here, yeah, yeah
[G5]I wanna get a little bit o' apple pie
Guitar Solo
[G5]
Outro
[G5]Bright lights, city lights
[G5]Bright lights, city lights
[G5]Bright lights, city lights
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