Electric Light Orchestra, Rock 'N' Roll Is King (1983)
Key: :[B] (w: Jeff Lynne)
INTRO: [B]
VERSE 1:
Well
[B] listen everybody let me tell you about the rock 'n' roll
Oh
[B] feel that rhythm and it's really gonna thrill your
[F#] soul
Mmm
[E] come along with me, to a
[B] land of make believe
She said whama-lama, bama-lama,
[F#] rock'n'roll is
[B] king
VERSE 2:
She loves that
[B] rock'n'roll and she plays it all night long
That's all she ever tells me when I call her on the tele-
[F#]-phone
She says
[E] feel that jumpin' beat, and
[B] git up on your feet
She said whama-lama, bama-lama,
[F#] rock'n'roll is
[B] king
CHORUS:
Oh let those
[E] guitars
[B] play
Play for
[F#] me play for
[B] me
Oh let that
[E] song ring
[B] out
That's
[C#] how it's meant to
[F#] be
VERSE 3:
It
[B] rolls like a train that's comin' on down the track
She rolled over Beethoven and she gave Tchaikovsky
[F#] back
She
[E] loves that drivin' beat, she goes
[B] dancin' on down the street
She said whama-lama, bama-lama,
[F#] rock'n'roll is
[B] king
INSTRUMENTAL:
[B] [B] [B] [B] //
[E] [E] [B] [B]
[E] [E] [B] [G#m] //
[B] [F#] [B] [B]
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
When she
[B] comes around and I'm listenin' to the radio
She says you can't do that 'cos all I wanna do is rock'n'-
[F#]-roll
Now
[E] here I'm gonna stay when that
[B] music starts to play
She said whama-lama, bama-lama,
[F#] rock'n'roll is
[B] king
