Rosanna | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
| N.C | N.C | drums
||: G5 (octave) :|| x4
Verse 1
| G5 (octave) | G5 (octave) | G5 (octave) |
All I wanna do when I wake up in the morning is see your eyes. Rosanna, Rosanna.
| Fsus2 | Em7 | G5 (octave) | G5 (octave) C5 |
I never thought that a girl like you could ever care for me. Rosanna.
| F5 | F (octave) | F (octave) |
All I wanna do in the middle of the evening is hold you tight. Rosanna, Rosanna.
| Eb5 | Dm7 |
I didn’t know you were looking for more than I could ever be.
Pre-chorus 1
| Gm | F/A Bb | Eb5 Bb F/A |
Not quite a year since you went away. Rosanna, yeah.
| Gm | F/A Bb Eb5 | Bb5 F5 | 2/4 F5 | 4/4
Now she’s gone, and I have to say.
Chorus 1
||: Bb Eb5 | Eb5 Bb F/A Bb :||
Meet you all the way.
Meet you all the way. Rosanna, yeah.
Meet you all the way.
| Bb Eb5 | Eb5 Bb5 F5 |2/4 F5 | 4/4
Meet you all the way. Rosanna, yeah.
Verse 2
| G5 (octave) | G5 (octave) | G5 (octave) |
I can see your face still shining through the window on the other side. Rosanna, Rosanna.
| Fsus2 | Em7 | G5 (octave) | G5 (octave) C5 |
I didn’t know that a girl like you could make me feel so sad. Rosanna.
| F5 | F5 (octave) | F5 (octave) |
All I wanna tell you is now you’ll never ever have to compromise. Rosanna, Rosanna.
| Eb5 | Dm7 |
I never thought that losing you could ever hurt so bad.
Pre-chorus 2
| Gm | F/A Bb | Eb5 Bb F/A |
Not quite a year since you went away. Rosanna, yeah.
| Gm | F/A Bb Eb5 | Bb5 F5 | 2/4 F5 | 4/4
Now she’s gone, and I have to say.
Chorus 2
||: Bb Eb5 | Eb5 Bb F/A Bb :||
Meet you all the way.
Meet you all the way. Rosanna, yeah.
Meet you all the way.
| Bb Eb5 | Eb5 Bb5 F5 |2/4 F5 | 4/4
Meet you all the way. Rosanna, yeah.
Solo
| G5 (octave) | G5 (octave) | G5 (octave) |
| Fsus2 | Em7 | G5 (octave) | G5 (octave) C5 |
| F5 | F (octave) | F (octave) | Eb5 | Dm7 |
Pre-chorus 3
| Gm | F/A Bb | Eb5 Bb F/A |
Not quite a year since you went away. (Who is it?) Rosanna, yeah.
| Gm | F/A Bb Eb5 | Bb5 F5 | 2/4 F5 | 4/4
Now she’s gone, and I have to say.
Chorus 3
||: Bb Eb5 | Eb5 Bb F/A Bb :||
Meet you all the way, yeah, yeah, girl.
Meet you all the way. Rosanna, yeah.
Meet you all the way ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah.
| Bb Eb5 | Eb5 Bb5 F5 |2/4 F5 | 4/4
Meet you all the way. Rosanna, yeah.
Chorus 4
||: Bb Eb5 | Eb5 Bb F/A Bb :||
Meet you all the way.
Meet you all the way. Rosanna, yeah.
Meet you all the way.
| Bb Eb5 | Eb5 Bb5 F5 |2/4 F5 | 4/4
Meet you all the way. Rosanna, yeah.
Outro
||: G5 (C/G) | G5 (C/G) :||
Rosanna’s chords, progressions, and TAB
Mainly known for the hi-hat style of Jeff Porcarro‘s legendary drumming, Rosanna is not just every drummer’s favorite tune, chord enthusiasts like you and me get to enjoy some extremely clever slash chords too!
If you’ve done an internet search for Rosanna chords, you probably found some different results to what you see above, Am instead of the F/A for example.
The absolute truth is that neither of those is actually correct. It should really be an F/C, because the bass player plays a C. However, this is confusing for us as guitar players as we play what looks like an F/A on just two strings.
Furthermore, the Bb should really be a Bb/D, but again, on the guitar, it’s just two strings.
After pulling my hair out for a while I decided to try and make this as simple as possible. It’s easy to go too far when it comes to music this complex, so, TAB is to the rescue for members, including that horn riff at the end of the pre-chorus!
Here’s a link to the complete lesson (members only): Rosanna chord analysis and TAB.
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