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.
TUMBLING DICE is a 1972 song by The Rolling Stones. See the original The Rolling Stones version for more details.
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.
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.
List of available versions of TUMBLING DICE on this website:
TUMBLING DICE [Live 15 Dec 2012 version]