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
[D#9 open] 