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