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