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