Detroit Rock City

Words & Music:

Paul Stanley & Bob Ezrin (Kiss)

 

A5  B5  A5  B5

 

C#5

I feel uptight on a Saturday night.

E5                                B    F#

Nine O'clock the radio's the only light.

C#

I hear my song and it pulls me through.

E5                                    B     F#

Comes on strong tells me what I go to do.  I got to...

 

CHORUS

A5

Get up!  Everybody's gonna move their feet.

    B

Get down!  Everybody's gonna leave their seat.

C#5

You gotta lose your mind in Detroit Rock City.

    A

Get Up!  Everybody's gonna move their feet.

    B

Get down!  Everybody's gonna leave their seat.

 

Gettin' late, I just can't wait.  Ten o'clock and I know I gotta hit the road.

First I drink, then I smoke, start up the car and I try to make the midnight show.

 

CHORUS:

 

Movin' fast, doin' ninety-five.  Hit top speed, but I'm still movin' much too slow.

I feel so good, I'm so alive.  Hear my song playin' on the radio.  It goes...

 

CHORUS:  [end on C#5]

 

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO:

 

You gotta lose your life in Detroit Rock City

 

Twelve o'clock I gotta rockThere's a truck a head lights starin' at my eyes

Whao, my god no time to turnI got to laugh 'cause I know I'm gonna die Why ?

 

A5                                                 B

Get up!  Everybody's gonna move their feet.  ( Get Down!)

A5

Get up ! Everybody's gonna leave their seat

(E) B (6)     G# C# (4th)

Get Down




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