Lyrics

Way down in Mississippi up to Muscle Shoals
They got their own kind of swampin’ rock ‘n roll
Heard it as a kid in public school
I learned how to pick it like the old timers do
Rock ’N Roll was the baby and daddy was the blues

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You got to learn how to play it/ echo/ repeat
You got to learn how to play it
Rock ‘N Roll was the baby and daddy was the blues

They were rockin’ in Cleveland, rockin’ in the Sunshine State
The band was smokin, kept the old folks up late
There’s a good rockin’, brother have you heard the news?
A change is going to come and brother a change broke through
Rock ‘N Roll was the baby and daddy was the blues

Chorus

Change it all you want
but first you got to learn the truth
Rock ’N Roll was the baby
and daddy was the blues

Chorus