ROADHOUSE BLUES

ABOUT THE SONG:
This is a good live track from Quo!! ..Later to be used as a base for a medley.... I have written down the guitar tabs from the studio album "Piledriver", and the lyrics are copied from a Doors Web site though the words are different in Quo's version from the original Doors track. I have chosen to used the words Quo is using.

As a "bonus" I have added the Mexican Hat Dance and the Reel tabs at the end of this page.

Available on the albums:

  • Piledriver
  • Status Quo Live (1976)
  • Alive Quo live

    
    
    Rick's intro:                       Francis' intro:
                                        (played twice!)
    E|--------------------------      -----------------------|
    H|--------------------------      -3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-5-5--|
    G|--------------------------      -4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-6-6--|
    D|--------------------------      -----------------------|
    A|-------0h1h2-------0h1h2--      -----------------------|
    E|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------- etc..-----------------------|
    
    
    The guitar intermission between the song lines:
       (marked as '*' where in the song this is used!)           
    E|------------------------|
    H|------------------------|
    G|-------0----------------|
    D|---------2-0-2-(2r0)----|
    A|-0h1h2--------------(2)-|
    E|------------------------|
    
                                    Roadhouse Blues
                                    (The Doors)
                                           
                         E
                         Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel *
                         Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel *
                                 Yeah, we're goin' to the Roadhouse
                                     We're gonna have a real
                                          Good time *
    
                         E
                         Yeah, back at the Roadhouse they got some one to love *
                         Yeah, back at the Roadhouse they got some one to love *
                                     And that's sort of people
                                    Who like to go down slow *
                                  
                                       A
                                       Let it roll, baby, roll
    
                                       Let it roll, baby, roll
    
                                       Let it roll, baby, roll
                                              H-C-H
                                      Let it roll, all night long
    
       Guitar solo (in E): (slightly simplified)
    E|----------12----------12----------12---------------12----------12----------12----|
    H|-------12----------12----------12---------------12----------12----------12-------|
    G|-14b16-------14b16-------14b16-------12---14b16-------14b16-------14b16-------12-|
    D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    
    E|----------12----------12----------12----------12------------------------------|
    H|-------12----------12----------12----------12----14-14b15r14-12---------------|
    G|-14b16-------14b16-------14b16-------14b16----------------------12h13---------|
    D|----------------------------------------------------------------------14-12---|
    A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    
    E|----------12----------12----------12---------------12----------12----------12----|
    H|-------12----------12----------12---------------12----------12----------12-------|
    G|-14b16-------14b16-------14b16-------12---14b16-------14b16-------14b16-------12-|
    D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    
    E|----------12----------12----------12----------12------------------------------|
    H|-------12----------12----------12----------12----14-14b15r14-12---------------|
    G|-14b16-------14b16-------14b16-------14b16----------------------12h13---------|
    D|----------------------------------------------------------------------14-12---|
    A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    
      1: 
    E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    H|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    G|------9-9------9-9------9------9------9------9-11b12------9-9------9-9------9--|
    D|-9h11-----9h11-----9h11---9h11---9h11---9h11---------9h11-----9h11-----9h11----|
    A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    
    E|-----------------------------------|
    H|-----------------------------------|
    G|-11b12-11b12-11b12-11b12r11p9----9-|   played 4 times from 1:!!!!
    D|------------------------------11---|
    A|-----------------------------------|
    E|-----------------------------------|
    
    E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
    H|-------------------------------12-----------------------------|
    G|-14p12-13-13-13-11-13-13-11-13-12--14p12-13-13-13-11-13-13-11-|  Play this line
    D|-14p12-14-14-14-12-14-14-12-14-----14p12-14-14-14-12-14-14-12-|  3 times!
    A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
    
    E|-------------------------------------------------|
    H|-------------------------------------------------|
    G|-------------------------------------------------|
    D|---4-5---4-5---4-5-7b9-7b9---4-5---4-5---4-5-7b9-|  
    A|-7-----7-----7-------------7-----7-----7---------|
    E|-------------------------------------------------|
    
    E|-------------------------------------------------|
    H|-------------------------------------------------|
    G|-------------------------------------------------|
    D|---4-5---4-5---4-5-7b9-7b9---4-5---4-5---4-5-7b9-|  
    A|-7-----7-----7-------------7-----7-----7---------|
    E|-------------------------------------------------|
    
    E|------------------------------------|
    H|------------------------------------|
    G|------------------------------------|
    D|-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9r7-5----|  
    A|---------------------------------7--|
    E|------------------------------------|
    
    E|------------------------------------|
    H|------------------------------------|
    G|------------------------------------|
    D|-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9r7-5----|  
    A|---------------------------------7--|
    E|------------------------------------|
    
    E|------------------------------------|
    H|------------------------------------|
    G|------------------------------------|
    D|-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9r7-5----|  
    A|---------------------------------7--|
    E|------------------------------------|
    
    E|-----------------------------------------------|
    H|-----------------------------------------------|
    G|-----------------------------------------------|
    D|-7b9-7b9-7b9-7b9r7-5---------------------------|  
    A|---------------------7-5-7-7-7-5---5-----------|
    E|---------------------------------7---7-7-5-3-0-|
    
    
                                       Do it, honey, do it
    
                                     You gotta roll, roll, roll
                                  You gotta thrill my soul, all right
                                       Roll, roll, roll, roll
                                         Thrill my soul
                                  You gotta beep a gunk a chucha
                                        Honk konk konk
                                     You gotta each you puna
                                       Each ya bop a luba
                                    Each yall bump a kechonk
                                        Ease sum konk
                                           Ya, ride
    
                           I should have made you, I should have made you
                                Give up your vows, give up your vows
                                    Save our city, save our city
                                          Right now
    
                            Well, I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer
                          Well, I woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer
                            The future's uncertain, and the end is always near
    
                                       Let it roll, baby, roll
                                       Let it roll, baby, roll
                                       Let it roll, baby, roll
                                      Let it roll, all night long
    
      The Reel: (start up in H) 
             E                    H                        E  
    E|-7------------------7-------------------------9-7----7-----------|
    H|---10-9-------9---9---10-9-10-7-7-7-7-10-7-10-----10-------------|
    G|--------9-9-9---9--------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-|
    D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
    A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
                      H          E
    E|---------7-------------------|
    H|-10-9-10---10-9-7-7-10-9-7---|
    G|---------------------------9-|
    D|-----------------------------|  
    A|-----------------------------|
    E|-----------------------------|
    
    
    The Mexican Hat dance:
              E                                                 H
    E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
    H|-12-11-12------------------------------------------------------|
    G|----------13-12-13---------------------------------11-13-14-11-|
    D|-------------------14-13-14---------------11-13-14-------------|  
    A|----------------------------14---11-12-14----------------------|
    E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                         E
    E|------------------------------------------------------|
    H|-10-9-10-------------------12-12-12-14-12-------------|
    G|---------11-10-11-8-7-8-------------------14-13-11----|
    D|------------------------9--------------------------14-|  
    A|------------------------------------------------------|
    E|------------------------------------------------------|
        F#                  H     F#                H
    E|-------------------------------------------------|
    H|-------------------------------------------------|
    G|-11-11----------------------11-11----------------|
    D|-------11-11-11-13-14-14-13-------11-11-13-14-13-|
    A|-------------------------------------------------|  
    E|-------------------------------------------------|
    
       F#                   H                    F#       H
    E|-------------------------------------------------------|
    H|-------------------------------------------------------|
    G|-11-11----------------------11-11-11-13-11-------------|
    D|-------11-11-11-13-14-14-13----------------14-13-11----|
    A|----------------------------------------------------14-|  
    E|-------------------------------------------------------|
    
    
              E                                                 H
    E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
    H|-12-11-12------------------------------------------------------|
    G|----------13-12-13---------------------------------11-13-14-11-|
    D|-------------------14-13-14---------------11-13-14-------------|  
    A|----------------------------14---11-12-14----------------------|
    E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                         E
    E|------------------------------------------------------|
    H|-10-9-10-------------------12-12-12-14-12-------------|
    G|---------11-10-11-8-7-8-------------------14-13-11----|
    D|------------------------9--------------------------14-|  
    A|------------------------------------------------------|
    E|------------------------------------------------------|
    
    
    
    

    © Rondor Music
    Reproduced with permission of Status Quo
    Tabs created by Per Rannug