Rock Stakes

{fast high-hat count-in} {riffing

single-coil guitar hook}

(yeah) Rolled the dice on a Wednesday night

Looking for a spark under yellow light You said double or nothing

on the bedroom floor But we both know we're keeping score And

the wheel keeps turning round

Yeah we're rising off the ground

{snare roll building up} (one,

two, three, go!) Place your bet,

lay it on the line

We are running out of borrow-time

Give me all

or give me nothing at all

We can fly

or we can take the fall

{soaring lead guitar counter-melody} Now the cards are face-up on the table

We were never quite steady or stable

But there is beauty in the sudden crash

Turning all the promises to ash

No safety nets, no guarantee

Just you

and the wild in me

{sudden drop to clean guitar only}

{tempo feels suspended}

{blazing blues-infused

melodic rock guitar solo} {heavy ride cymbal pattern}

Place your bet, lay it down

(yeah) {fading guitar feedback} {final crash cymbal

ring-out}