TUMBLING DICE

Live 15 Dec 2012 version



[Spoken intro (Mick Jagger):] You know, some of the— some of the guest we've had have come like thousands of miles, they've flown from Mosco and Los Angeles and Saskatoon, and God knows where else. But our next guest he just had to walk here. So I introduce to you New Jersey very own Bruce Springsteen!

Backing singers:Ooh ooh

Mick Jagger:People think I'm crazy always trying to waste me
Make me burn the candle right down
And baby, I can't stay
I don't need no jewels in my crown

Bruce Springsteen:Because all you women is a low down gamblers
Cheating like I don't know how
Jagger and Springsteen:And baby, I can't stay
And there's fever in the funk house now

Mick Jagger:This low down bitching got my poor feet itching
Don't you know the deuce is still wild
Jagger and Springsteen:And baby, I can't stay
Mick Jagger:You've got to roll me
Jagger and Springsteen:And call me the tumbling dice

Mick Jagger:You got it
Bruce Springsteen:Always in a hurry, never stop to worry
Don't you see the time flashing by, say!
Jagger and Springsteen:Honey, I got no money
I'm sixes and sevens and nines

Bruce Springsteen:Go!
Mick Jagger:Say now, baby, I'm the rank outsider
You can be my partner in crime
Jagger and Springsteen:Baby, I can't stay
You've got to roll me and call me the tumbling
Roll me
Mick Jagger:And call me the tumbling dice

Mick Jagger:???, I'm the lone crap shooter
Jagger and Springsteen:Playing the field every night
Baby, I can't stay
You've got to roll me and call me the tumbling dice
Mick Jagger:And call me the tumbling
Bruce Springsteen:You've got to roll me
Mick Jagger:It's what you've gotta do
Bruce Springsteen:You've got to roll me
Mick Jagger:And call me the tumbling
Bruce Springsteen:You've got to roll me
Mick Jagger:You've got to roll me, yeah
Bruce Springsteen:Got to roll me
Mick Jagger:You've got to roll me, yeah
Bruce Springsteen:Roll me
Mick Jagger:I keep on pushing, yeah
Bruce Springsteen:Roll me
Mick Jagger:And call me the tumbling
Yeah yeah, you've got to keep on rolling
You've got to
Bruce Springsteen:Keep on rolling
Mick Jagger:Got to, got to, got to, you've got to
Bruce Springsteen:Keep on rolling
Call me the tumbling
Mick Jagger:That's what you've gotta do, yeah
Bruce Springsteen:Call me the tumbling
Call me the tumbling
Mick Jagger:Now you've got to roll me, yeah
Bruce Springsteen:You've got to call me the tumbling
Mick Jagger:You've got roll me, yeah yeah
Bruce Springsteen:You've got to call me the tumbling
Mick Jagger:Tumbling dice, oh oh
Bruce Springsteen:Whoa!
Mick Jagger:To keep on rolling
Bruce Springsteen:Keep on rolling
Mick Jagger:You've got to keep on, keep on, keep on pushing, yeah
Bruce Springsteen:You've got to roll me
Mick Jagger:Baby, you've go to keep on pushing
Bruce Springsteen:You've got to roll me
Mick Jagger:Ooh ohh yeah yeah
Bruce Springsteen:You've got to roll me
Mick Jagger:Ooh ohh yeah yeah
Bruce Springsteen:You've got to roll me
Mick Jagger:Ooh ohh yeah yeah
Bruce Springsteen:You've got to roll me
Mick Jagger:You've gotta gotta gotta
Bruce Springsteen:You've got to roll me
Mick Jagger:Yeah, you've gotta keep rolling
Bruce Springsteen:You've got to roll me
Mick Jagger:Keep on
Alright everybody

Mick Jagger:Yeah

[Spoken outro (Mick Jagger):] Bruce Springsteen! Bruce Springsteen, thank you Bruce, it's fantastic.


Info

TUMBLING DICE is a 1972 song by The Rolling Stones. See the original The Rolling Stones version for more details.

Live 15 Dec 2012 version

The above lyrics are for the live 15 Dec 2012 performance of TUMBLING DICE at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, during a guest appearance with The Rolling Stones on their 50 & Counting Tour. The concert was broadcast worldwide via a pay-per-view special.

The Rolling Stones' 15 Dec 2012 concert in Newark, NJ was part of the band's 50 & Counting tour, in support of their GRRR! compilation album released the previous month. The concert featured guest appearances from Lady Gaga, John Mayer, Gary Clark Jr.. the Black Keys, Bruce Springsteen and former Stones guitarist Mick Taylor.

The full 15 Dec 2012 concert was originally broadcast as the pay-per-view 2012 concert film One More Shot: The Rolling Stones Live before being remixed and re-edited and released as a live album, titled Grrr Live!, on 10 Feb 2023. Aside from its digital release, the live album was also issued as a 2-CD set, as a 2-CD plus DVD set, as a 2-CD plus Blu-ray set, and as a 3-disc vinyl record set. Three editions of the vinyl release were issued: a regular edition on black vinyl, a limited edition on white vinyl, and a limited edition on red vinyl.

The Rolling Stones -- Grrr Live!
The Rolling Stones -- Grrr Live!

Live History

TUMBLING DICE was performed off-tour on 15 Dec 2012 at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, during a guest appearance with The Rolling Stones on their 50 & Counting Tour.

TUMBLING DICE was performed off-tour on 29 May 2014 at Bela Vista Park in Lisbon, Portugal, during a guest appearance with The Rolling Stones on their 14 On Fire Tour.

  1. 15 Dec 2012 at Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
  2. 29 May 2014 at Bela Vista Park, Lisbon, Portugal

Available Versions

List of available versions of TUMBLING DICE on this website:

TUMBLING DICE [Live 15 Dec 2012 version]
TUMBLING DICE [Original The Rolling Stones version]

Page last updated: 26 Feb 2023