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