Key: :[B] (w: Chuck Berry)
INTRO: [over VERSE]
VERSE 1:
I'm gonna
[B] write a little letter, gonna
[E] mail it to my local D.J.
[B]
It's a
[E] jumpin' little record I want my jockey to
[B] play
Roll
[F#] Over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again to-
[B]-day
VERSE 2:
You know, my
[B] temperature's risin' and the
[E] jukebox blows a
[B] fuse
My
[E] heart's beatin' rhythm and my soul keeps on singin' the
[B] blues
Roll
[F#] Over Beethoven and tell Tschaikowsky the
[B] news
VERSE 3:
I got the
[B] rockin' pneumonia, I
[E] need a shot of rhythm and
[B] blues
I
[E] caught the rollin' off a writer, sittin' down by the rhythm re-
[B]-view
Roll
[F#] Over Beethoven rockin' in two by
[B] two
BRIDGE:
[B] Well, if you feel you like it, go get your lover, then reel and rock it, roll it over
Then
[E] move on up just a trifle further and
[B] reel and rock with one another
Roll
[F#] Over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and
[B] blues
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 4:
Well,
[B] early in the mornin' I'm a-
[E]-givin' you a warnin'
Don't you
[B] step on my blue suede shoes
[E] Hey diddle diddle, I am playin' my fiddle,
[B] ain't got nothin' to lose
Roll
[F#] Over Beethoven and tell Tschaikowsky the
[B] news
VERSE 5:
You know she
[B] wiggles like a glow worm,
[E] dance like a spinnin'
[B] top
She got a
[E] crazy partner, oughta see 'em reel and
[B] rock
Long as
[F#] she got a dime the music will never
[B] stop
OUTRO:
[B] Roll Over Beethoven, Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beet-
[E]-hoven, Roll Over Beet-
[B]-hoven
Roll
[F#] Over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and
[B] blues
[B9 open] 