Chuck Berry – Roll Over Beethoven (Guitar)

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Tabbed by Jordy Smith D9 x54550 D xx0232 G 320003 A x02220 [Intro] | D | D | D | D | | G | G | D | D | | A | A | D | D | [Verse 1]
            D
Well I'm 'a write a little letter

      G                   D
Gonna mail it to my local DJ

      G
Yeah, it's a jumpin' little record

  G                 D
I want my jockey to play

     A                 A                     D
Roll over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again today
[Verse 2]
             D
You know, my temperature's risin'

        G                 D    D
And the juke box blowin' a fuse

   G 
My heart's beatin' rhythm

       G                         D
And my soul keeps on singin' the blues

     A                   A                     D
Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news
[Verse 3]
          D
I got the rockin' pneumonia

  G                         D
I need a shot of rhythm and blues

             G
I caught the rollin' arthritis

        G                  D
Sittin' down at a rhythm revue

     A                                  D
Roll over Beethoven, they're rockin' in two by two
[Verse 4]
             D
Well, if you feel it and like it

                        D
Go get your lover, then reel and rock it

                  G
Roll it over then move on up just

                       D
A trifle further, then reel and rock with one another

     A                                    D
Roll over Beethoven, dig these rhythm and blues
[Guitar Solo] | D | D | D | D | | G | G | D | D | | A | G | D | D | [Verse 5]
      D                          G
Well, early in the mornin' I'm a-givin' you a warnin'

          D
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes

G                       G
Hey diddle diddle, I am playin' my fiddle

D
Ain't got nothin' to lose

     A                                       D
Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news
[Verse 6]
             D
You know she wiggles like a glow worm

G                     D
Dance like a spinnin' top

          G
She got a crazy partner

                        D
You oughta see 'em reel and rock

        A                                        D
Long as she got a dime the music will never stop
[Outro]
              D
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
              G
Roll over Beethoven

              D
Roll over Beethoven

              A                              D9
Roll over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues