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Rock Around the Clock in A - This is a classic 12 bar blues pattern. Easy to play and great with the shuffle strum. 
 Arrangement:
Intro Wendy, Carol, Pommie with tacet on intro chords
All sing on verse 1 - shuffle strum
All sing on verse 2  (no E7 going into bass solo)
Bass solo with taceted chords (no E7 coming out of bass solo) 
All sing on verse 3
All sing on verse 4
Strum solo - Orchestra ( no D7 in measure 18 - stay on the E7)
All sing on verse 5 
Outro chords - end on A7



Below you will find:
video of Bill Haley and the Comets version
The Pdf of the music 
and a tutorial for the shuffle strum



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdufzXvjqw
Rock Around revised 3.24.15
File Size: 40 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

rock_around_the_clock-a.pdf
File Size: 35 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Back beat shuffle tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxVuPIAcnr4