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