[Key: A Major] [Tempo: 108 BPM] [Genre: Heavy Mid-Tempo Hard Rock Anthem, Stomping Classic Rock, Stadium Blues-Rock] [Intro: Slow, booming, unaccompanied acoustic drum intro with heavy kick drum and cavernous snare hits] [Instrument: Thick, swaggering, mid-tempo bass guitar groove enters and locks into a heavy, hypnotic pocket before any vocals] [Instrument: Crunching, overdriven electric slide guitar slices in over a heavy, deliberate A Major, E Major, C Major, F Major progression] [Verse 1: Commanding male rock frontman vocal, raw, deliberate, and defiant attitude, front and center over the heavy, locked-in bass and drum stomp] I been on the road since way back when Played a lotta halls with my oldest friends A slide guitar, a killer beat I play real LOUD when I turn up the heat! [Pre-Chorus: Building heavy tension, chugging rhythm guitars] And it's rough and it's ready It's a real rock steady And when it goes, it goes, ah don't wanna stop Keep on pushin' till ya reach the top! [Instrumental Hook: Heavy mid-tempo bass groove and wailing electric slide guitar riff] [Verse 2: Steady, stomping bass and drum groove, urgent and commanding lead vocal] People everywhere lookin' for a break They got a lot more hassle than they can take They just wanna rock, they just wanna cruise They wanna shake their way out of their blues! [Verse 3: Bass guitar thumping deep in the pocket, guitars swelling with theatrical tension] They look around for somethin' to do They know it all comes down to you It's rough and ready Yeah, real rock steady And when it goes, it goes, it don't wanna stop Gotta keep on pushin' till ya reach the top! [Chorus: Maximum theatrical drama, slower stomping halftime feel, dramatic dead-stop silences punctuated by massive crashing A-major power chords] Yeah, it's rough and it's ready! [Instrument: Sudden complete band halt, one beat of dead silence, then a colossal, sustained, deafening A-major guitar chord and cymbal crash] It's a real rock steady! [Instrument: Sudden complete band halt, one beat of dead silence, then a colossal, sustained, deafening A-major guitar chord and cymbal crash] [Instrument: Full heavy bass and drum groove slams back in] And when it goes, it goes, ain't never gonna stop Ya gotta keep on pushin', yeah Till ya reach the top! [Guitar Solo: Slow, bending, screaming electric slide guitar solo dripping with attitude over the heavy, stomping bass and drum pocket] [Verse 4: Locked-in live band swagger, commanding frontman vocal] The kids all dance when they hear the sound Rough and ready and heaven bound And when it goes, it goes, don't wanna stop Gonna keep on pushin' till ya reach the top! [Chorus: Maximum theatrical drama, dead-stop silences and huge crashing A-major chord blasts] Yeah, it's rough and it's ready! [Instrument: Sudden complete band halt, one beat of dead silence, then a colossal, sustained, deafening A-major guitar chord and cymbal crash] It's a real rock steady! [Instrument: Sudden complete band halt, one beat of dead silence, then a colossal, sustained, deafening A-major guitar chord and cymbal crash] [Instrument: Full heavy bass and drum groove slams back in] And when it goes, it goes, ain't never gonna stop Ya gotta keep on pushin', yeah Till ya reach the top! [Outro: Heavy, swaggering mid-tempo bassline and booming drums locked into a relentless stomp, wailing slide guitar licks] [Vocals: Commanding, defiant rock vocal] Rough and ready! [Instrument: Colossal A-major guitar chord blast] Real rock steady! [Instrument: Colossal A-major guitar chord blast] Keep on pushin'! [Instrument: Heavy feedback-soaked A-major guitar chords and deep bass groove slowly fade out] [Fade Out]
