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