Electric Light Orchestra, Rock 'N' Roll Is King (1983)
Key: :[F] (w: Jeff Lynne)
INTRO: [F]
VERSE 1:
Well
[F] listen everybody let me tell you about the rock 'n' roll
Oh
[F] feel that rhythm and it's really gonna thrill your
[C] soul
Mmm
[A#] come along with me, to a
[F] land of make believe
She said whama-lama, bama-lama,
[C] rock'n'roll is
[F] king
VERSE 2:
She loves that
[F] rock'n'roll and she plays it all night long
That's all she ever tells me when I call her on the tele-
[C]-phone
She says
[A#] feel that jumpin' beat, and
[F] git up on your feet
She said whama-lama, bama-lama,
[C] rock'n'roll is
[F] king
CHORUS:
Oh let those
[A#] guitars
[F] play
Play for
[C] me play for
[F] me
Oh let that
[A#] song ring
[F] out
That's
[G] how it's meant to
[C] be
VERSE 3:
It
[F] rolls like a train that's comin' on down the track
She rolled over Beethoven and she gave Tchaikovsky
[C] back
She
[A#] loves that drivin' beat, she goes
[F] dancin' on down the street
She said whama-lama, bama-lama,
[C] rock'n'roll is
[F] king
INSTRUMENTAL:
[F] [F] [F] [F] //
[A#] [A#] [F] [F]
[A#] [A#] [F] [Dm] //
[F] [C] [F] [F]
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
When she
[F] comes around and I'm listenin' to the radio
She says you can't do that 'cos all I wanna do is rock'n'-
[C]-roll
Now
[A#] here I'm gonna stay when that
[F] music starts to play
She said whama-lama, bama-lama,
[C] rock'n'roll is
[F] king
OUTRO:
[F] Whama-lama, bama-lama,
[C] rock'n'roll is
[F] king
[F] Whama-lama, bama-lama,
[C] rock'n'roll is
[F] king
[F] Whama-lama, bama-lama,
[C] rock'n'roll is
[F] king
