CAROL

As recorded by Chuck Berry
(From the 1990 Album THE ORIGINAL CHESS CLASSICS)
Words and Music by Chuck Berry



Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Lead'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm'

Intro
  Q=160
 4/4
         Gtr I
  H    E  E E  E   E E E E E  E E  E   E E E E E  E E  E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-8-8-8-8-8---------|-8-8-8-8-8---------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-----------8-10-|-8-8-8-8-8----8-10-|-8-8-8-8-8----8-10-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|--------/9------|-9---------/9------|-8-8-8-8-8-/9------|-9----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|


                      Pre-Verse
  E  E     +H.         W          W          Q  E   E  +Q   E   E
|-8-----------------||----------|----------|----------------------|
|-8-10b11-(10)------||----------|----------|------/11-(11)----/11-|
|---10b12-(10)------||----------|----------|------/12-(12)----/12-|
|-------------------||----------|----------|----------------------|
|-------------------||----------|----------|----------------------|
|-------------------||----------|----------|----------------------|


   +Q    E E E E Q    W          W
|--------------8----|----------|----------|
|-(11)--10-----8----|----------|----------|
|-(12)--10-8h9------|----------|----------|
|-------------------|----------|----------|
|-------------------|----------|----------|
|-------------------|----------|----------|


  Q  E   E  +Q   E   E    +Q    E E E  Q  E
|----------------------|--------------------||
|------/11-(11)----/11-|-(11)--10-8---------||
|------/12-(12)----/12-|-(12)--10-8h9--9----||
|----------------------|--------------10----||
|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------||


   1st & 2nd Verse
    W          H    Q  E  E       +Q    Q   E S S  E  E    Q   E S S H
||-----------|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|
||o----------|------------8----|------------------------|-----------------|
||-----------|-----------10b12-|-(10)--10--10-8h9-------|--------8h9------|
||-----------|-----------------|------------------10----|-10--10----------|
||o----------|-----------------|---------------------10-|-----------------|
||-----------|-----------------|------------------------|-----------------|


  W          H    E  S      +S   +E       +E
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|--------10b12==(10)r(10)b12==(10)r|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|
|----------|----------------------------------|


   +E       +E   +E  E  Q  Q     E E  E  E H
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-(10)b12==(10)r(10)-8-----8--|-10-8------------|
|----------------------10-----|------10-10------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|


  W          H    Q  E  E
|----------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|
|----------|---------8-10-|
|----------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|


  E  E E  S     +S  E E  S     +S  E    E E  E E H
|------8-10b11-(10)-8--------------8-|-10-8----8------|
|-8-10----------------8-10b11-(10)---|------11--------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------|


  W          H    E  S     +S  E E
|----------|---------------------8-|
|----------|-------------------8---|
|----------|--------10b12-(10)-----|
|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|-----------------------|


   S     +S  E  E E  S     +S   E E  E    E E  E  E H
|------------8-------------------------|-----------------|
|-11b12-(11)---10-8--------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------10b11-(10)-10-8----|-10-8------------|
|-----------------------------------10-|------10-10------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|


  W          H    Q  E  E   E E  S     +S  E  E E  E  E   E  E     +E  E H
|----------|-----------11-|-8--------------8-10-8-------|---------------------|
|----------|--------------|---8-10b11-(10)--------11-10-|-8------------8------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------------------|---10b12-(10)--------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------|--------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|


  W          H    E  S     +S  E E
|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|-------------------8-8-|
|----------|--------11b12-(11)-----|
|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|-----------------------|
|----------|-----------------------|


   S     +S  E  S     +S  E  S     +S  E  S     +S  E    E S S  E  E E  E E  E
|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------||
|------------8------------8------------8------------8-|-------------------8-10-||
|-11b12-(11)---11b12-(11)---11b12-(11)---11b12-(11)---|-10-8h9---------/9------||
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------10-10-----------||
|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------||


 1st & 2nd Chorus
  E E E E E  E E  E   E E E E E  E E  E
|-8-8-8-8-8---------|-8-8-8-8-8---------|
|-8-8-8-8-8----8-10-|-8-8-8-8-8----8-10-|
|-9---------/9------|-8---------/9------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E  E      +E   +E       +E   +Q.
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8----------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8----------------------------------|
|-9---------------|---10b11==(10)r(10)b11==(10)r(10)---|
|-----------------|---10b12==(10)r(10)b12==(10)r(10)---|
|-----------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------------|


  Q  E  E H      W          Q  E E +Q   Q    E Q  E H
|------10p8----|----------|----5p3-(3)-----|-5-3--3------|
|------10p8----|----------|----5p3-(3)-----|-------------|
|------10p8----|----------|----5p3-(3)-----|-5-3--3------|
|--------------|----------|----------------|-------------|
|--------------|----------|----------------|-------------|
|--------------|----------|----------------|-------------|


  W          E   Q    E  +Q    E E    E E E S S  E  E Q
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|----------|---/11--/11-(11)--10-8-|----8---8-------------||
|----------|---/12--/12-(12)--10-8h|==9-----8h9-----------||
|----------|-----------------------|-10---------10-10-----||
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------||


 Guitar Break
  1.
  E E E E E  E S S  E   E E E E E  E S S  E   E  E S S  E E  E S S  E
|-8-8-8-8-8-----------|-8-8-8-8-8-----------|-8-----------8-----------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-10-8------|-8-8-8-8-8-10-8------|-8-10-8------8-10-8------|
|-9---------10-8h9----|-9---------10-8h9----|-9-10-8h9------10-8h9----|
|------------------10-|------------------10-|----------10----------10-|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|


  E  S      +S   +E       +E   +E      +Q    S      +S
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-8-10b11==(10)r(10)b11==(10)r(10)b11-(10)---------------|
|-9-10b12==(10)r(10)b12==(10)r(10)b12-(10)--10b12==(10)r=|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|


   +E  E  Q  Q  E  E   E  E E  S     +S  E E  S     +S  E
|--------------------|------8-11b12-(11)-8--------------8-|
|------8-----8--8----|-8-10----------------8-11b12-(11)---|
|-(10)-8-----8--8-10-|------------------------------------|
|--------10----------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------|


   E E  E  E E  E  E S S   E E E  E S S  E   Q
|-10-8-------------------|-8-8-8----------------|
|------11-10-8---------8-|---8-8-10-8------/17--|
|--------------10-/9-9---|-------10-8h9---------|
|------------------------|--------------10------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|


   Q   Q   Q   Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    E S S E E  E E  E E   +Q    E E E E Q
|-15--13--11--10--|--8--6--5--3--|-------------------8-|-(8)---------8------||
|-17--15--13--11--|-10--8--6--4--|--------------8-10-8-|-(8)--10-8---8-----o||
|-----------------|--------------|-5-5-5-5-5-/9--------|------10-8h9--------||
|-----------------|--------------|-5-------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------|---------------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------|---------------------|--------------------||


 Chorus
  2.
  E E E E E  E E  E   E E E E E  E E  E
|-8-8-8-8-8---------|-8-8-8-8-8---------|
|-8-8-8-8-8----8-10-|-8-8-8-8-8----8-10-|
|-9---------/9------|-8---------/9------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E  E      +E   +E       +E   +Q.
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8----------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8----------------------------------|
|-9---------------|---10b11==(10)r(10)b11==(10)r(10)---|
|-----------------|---10b12==(10)r(10)b12==(10)r(10)---|
|-----------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------------|


  Q  E  E H      W          Q  E E +Q   Q    E Q  E H
|------10p8----|----------|----5p3-(3)-----|-5-3--3------|
|------10p8----|----------|----5p3-(3)-----|-------------|
|------10p8----|----------|----5p3-(3)-----|-5-3--3------|
|--------------|----------|----------------|-------------|
|--------------|----------|----------------|-------------|
|--------------|----------|----------------|-------------|


  W          E   Q    E  +Q    E E    E E E S S  E  E Q
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------*|
|----------|---/11--/11-(11)--10-8-|----8---8-------------*|
|----------|---/12--/12-(12)--10-8h|==9-----8h9-----------*|
|----------|-----------------------|-10---------10-10-----*|
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------*|
|----------|-----------------------|----------------------*|


Oh Carol, don't let him steal your heart away
I'm gonna learn to dance if it takes me all night and day

Climb into my machine so we can cruise on out
I know a swingin' little joint where we can jump and shout
It's not too far back off the highway, not so long a ride
You park your car out in the open, you can walk inside
A little cutie takes your hat and you can thank her, ma'am
Every time you make the scene you find the joint is jammed

Oh Carol, don't let him steal your heart away
I'm gonna learn to dance if it takes me all night and day

And if you wanna hear some music like the boys are playin'
Hold tight, pat your foot, don't let 'em carry it away
Don't let the heat overcome you when they play so loud
Oh, don't the music intrigue you when they get a crowd
You can't dance, I know you wish you could
I got my eyes on you baby, 'cause you dance so good

Oh Carol, don't let him steal your heart away
I'm gonna learn to dance if it takes me all night and day

Don't let him steal your heart away
I've got to learn to dance if it takes you all night and day
Oh Carol


Enjoy!