Electric Light Orchestra, Rock 'N' Roll Is King (1983)
^{Key: :[G] (w: Jeff Lynne)}

INTRO: [G]

VERSE 1:
Well [G] listen everybody let me tell you about the rock 'n' roll
Oh [G] feel that rhythm and it's really gonna thrill your [D] soul
Mmm [C] come along with me, to a [G] land of make believe
She said whama-lama, bama-lama, [D] rock'n'roll is [G] king

VERSE 2:
She loves that [G] rock'n'roll and she plays it all night long
That's all she ever tells me when I call her on the tele-[D]-phone
She says [C] feel that jumpin' beat, and [G] git up on your feet
She said whama-lama, bama-lama, [D] rock'n'roll is [G] king

CHORUS:
Oh let those [C] guitars [G] play
Play for [D] me play for [G] me
Oh let that [C] song ring [G] out
That's [A] how it's meant to [D] be

VERSE 3:
It [G] rolls like a train that's comin' on down the track
She rolled over Beethoven and she gave Tchaikovsky [D] back
She [C] loves that drivin' beat, she goes [G] dancin' on down the street
She said whama-lama, bama-lama, [D] rock'n'roll is [G] king

INSTRUMENTAL:
[G] [G] [G] [G] // [C] [C] [G] [G]
[C] [C] [G] [Em] // [G] [D] [G] [G]

REPEAT CHORUS:

VERSE 3:
When she [G] comes around and I'm listenin' to the radio
She says you can't do that 'cos all I wanna do is rock'n'-[D]-roll
Now [C] here I'm gonna stay when that [G] music starts to play
She said whama-lama, bama-lama, [D] rock'n'roll is [G] king

OUTRO:
[G] Whama-lama, bama-lama, [D] rock'n'roll is [G] king
[G] Whama-lama, bama-lama, [D] rock'n'roll is [G] king
[G] Whama-lama, bama-lama, [D] rock'n'roll is [G] king