Electric Light Orchestra, Rock 'N' Roll Is King (1983)
Key: :[Bb] (w: Jeff Lynne)
INTRO: [Bb]
VERSE 1:
Well
[Bb] listen everybody let me tell you about the rock 'n' roll
Oh
[Bb] feel that rhythm and it's really gonna thrill your
[F] soul
Mmm
[Eb] come along with me, to a
[Bb] land of make believe
She said whama-lama, bama-lama,
[F] rock'n'roll is
[Bb] king
VERSE 2:
She loves that
[Bb] 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
[Eb] feel that jumpin' beat, and
[Bb] git up on your feet
She said whama-lama, bama-lama,
[F] rock'n'roll is
[Bb] king
CHORUS:
Oh let those
[Eb] guitars
[Bb] play
Play for
[F] me play for
[Bb] me
Oh let that
[Eb] song ring
[Bb] out
That's
[C] how it's meant to
[F] be
VERSE 3:
It
[Bb] rolls like a train that's comin' on down the track
She rolled over Beethoven and she gave Tchaikovsky
[F] back
She
[Eb] loves that drivin' beat, she goes
[Bb] dancin' on down the street
She said whama-lama, bama-lama,
[F] rock'n'roll is
[Bb] king
INSTRUMENTAL:
[Bb] [Bb] [Bb] [Bb] //
[Eb] [Eb] [Bb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Eb] [Bb] [Gm] //
[Bb] [F] [Bb] [Bb]
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
When she
[Bb] 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
[Eb] here I'm gonna stay when that
[Bb] music starts to play
She said whama-lama, bama-lama,
[F] rock'n'roll is
[Bb] king
OUTRO:
[Bb] Whama-lama, bama-lama,
[F] rock'n'roll is
[Bb] king
[Bb] Whama-lama, bama-lama,
[F] rock'n'roll is
[Bb] king
[Bb] Whama-lama, bama-lama,
[F] rock'n'roll is
[Bb] king