Chuck Berry, Roll Over Beethoven (1956)
Key: :[G#] (w: Chuck Berry)
INTRO: [over VERSE]
VERSE 1:
I'm gonna
[G#] write a little letter, gonna
[C#] mail it to my local D.J.
[G#]
It's a
[C#] jumpin' little record I want my jockey to
[G#] play
Roll
[D#] Over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again to-
[G#]-day
VERSE 2:
You know, my
[G#] temperature's risin' and the
[C#] jukebox blows a
[G#] fuse
My
[C#] heart's beatin' rhythm and my soul keeps on singin' the
[G#] blues
Roll
[D#] Over Beethoven and tell Tschaikowsky the
[G#] news
VERSE 3:
I got the
[G#] rockin' pneumonia, I
[C#] need a shot of rhythm and
[G#] blues
I
[C#] caught the rollin' off a writer, sittin' down by the rhythm re-
[G#]-view
Roll
[D#] Over Beethoven rockin' in two by
[G#] two
BRIDGE:
[G#] Well, if you feel you like it, go get your lover, then reel and rock it, roll it over
Then
[C#] move on up just a trifle further and
[G#] reel and rock with one another
Roll
[D#] Over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and
[G#] blues
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 4:
Well,
[G#] early in the mornin' I'm a-
[C#]-givin' you a warnin'
Don't you
[G#] step on my blue suede shoes
[C#] Hey diddle diddle, I am playin' my fiddle,
[G#] ain't got nothin' to lose
Roll
[D#] Over Beethoven and tell Tschaikowsky the
[G#] news
VERSE 5:
You know she
[G#] wiggles like a glow worm,
[C#] dance like a spinnin'
[G#] top
She got a
[C#] crazy partner, oughta see 'em reel and
[G#] rock
Long as
[D#] she got a dime the music will never
[G#] stop
OUTRO:
[G#] Roll Over Beethoven, Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beet-
[C#]-hoven, Roll Over Beet-
[G#]-hoven
Roll
[D#] Over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and
[G#] blues
[G#9 open] 