Electric Light Orchestra, Rock 'N' Roll Is King (1983)
^{Key: :[D] (w: Jeff Lynne)}

INTRO: [D]

VERSE 1:
Well [D] listen everybody let me tell you about the rock 'n' roll
Oh [D] feel that rhythm and it's really gonna thrill your [A] soul
Mmm [G] come along with me, to a [D] land of make believe
She said whama-lama, bama-lama, [A] rock'n'roll is [D] king

VERSE 2:
She loves that [D] rock'n'roll and she plays it all night long
That's all she ever tells me when I call her on the tele-[A]-phone
She says [G] feel that jumpin' beat, and [D] git up on your feet
She said whama-lama, bama-lama, [A] rock'n'roll is [D] king

CHORUS:
Oh let those [G] guitars [D] play
Play for [A] me play for [D] me
Oh let that [G] song ring [D] out
That's [E] how it's meant to [A] be

VERSE 3:
It [D] rolls like a train that's comin' on down the track
She rolled over Beethoven and she gave Tchaikovsky [A] back
She [G] loves that drivin' beat, she goes [D] dancin' on down the street
She said whama-lama, bama-lama, [A] rock'n'roll is [D] king

INSTRUMENTAL:
[D] [D] [D] [D] // [G] [G] [D] [D]
[G] [G] [D] [Bm] // [D] [A] [D] [D]

REPEAT CHORUS: