Chuck Berry, Roll Over Beethoven (1956)
Key: :[G] (w: Chuck Berry)
INTRO: [over VERSE]
VERSE 1:
I'm gonna
[G] write a little letter, gonna
[C] mail it to my local D.J.
[G]
It's a
[C] jumpin' little record I want my jockey to
[G] play
Roll
[D] Over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again to-
[G]-day
VERSE 2:
You know, my
[G] temperature's risin' and the
[C] jukebox blows a
[G] fuse
My
[C] heart's beatin' rhythm and my soul keeps on singin' the
[G] blues
Roll
[D] Over Beethoven and tell Tschaikowsky the
[G] news
VERSE 3:
I got the
[G] rockin' pneumonia, I
[C] need a shot of rhythm and
[G] blues
I
[C] caught the rollin' off a writer, sittin' down by the rhythm re-
[G]-view
Roll
[D] Over Beethoven rockin' in two by
[G] two
BRIDGE:
[G] Well, if you feel you like it, go get your lover, then reel and rock it, roll it over
Then
[C] move on up just a trifle further and
[G] reel and rock with one another
Roll
[D] Over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and
[G] blues
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 4:
Well,
[G] early in the mornin' I'm a-
[C]-givin' you a warnin'
Don't you
[G] step on my blue suede shoes
[C] Hey diddle diddle, I am playin' my fiddle,
[G] ain't got nothin' to lose
Roll
[D] Over Beethoven and tell Tschaikowsky the
[G] news
VERSE 5:
You know she
[G] wiggles like a glow worm,
[C] dance like a spinnin'
[G] top
She got a
[C] crazy partner, oughta see 'em reel and
[G] rock
Long as
[D] she got a dime the music will never
[G] stop
OUTRO:
[G] Roll Over Beethoven, Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beet-
[C]-hoven, Roll Over Beet-
[G]-hoven
Roll
[D] Over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and
[G] blues
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