Status Quo – Roll Over Beethoven (Guitar)

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As recorded by Status Quo (From the 2000 Album FAMOUS IN THE LAST CENTURY) [Intro] D G D A D [Verse 1]
D                                      G                    D
I'm gonna write a little letter, gonna mail it to my local DJ

             G                                         D
Yeah, it's a rockin' rhythm record I want my jockey to play

     A                                     D
Roll Over Beethoven, gotta hear it again today
[Verse 2]
D                                         G                 D
You know, my temperature's risin' and the jukebox blowin' a fuse

   G                                                       D
My heart's beatin' rhythm and my soul keeps on singin' the blues

     A                                    D
Roll Over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news
[Verse 3]
D                              G                         D
I got the rockin' pneumonia, I need a shot of rhythm and blues

          G                                               D
I got the rollin' arthiritis sittin' down by the rhythm review

     G              A                 D   A
Roll Over Beethoven rockin' in two by two
[Bridge]
             D
Well, if you feel it and like it

D
Go get your lover

D
And reel and rock it

                 G
Roll it over and move on up

G
Just a trifle further

    D
And reel and rock it, roll one another

     A                   G                    D     A
Roll Over Beethoven, and dig these rhythm and blues
[Guitar Solo] D G D G D A D [Verse 4]
E                                A
Well, early in the mornin' I'm a-givin' you the warnin'

          E
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes

A
Hey diddle diddle, I am playin' my fiddle

E
Ain't got nothin' to lose

     B                                       E
Roll Over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news
[Verse 5]
E
You know she wiggles like a glow worm, dance like a spinnin' top

          A                                         E
She got a crazy partner, oughta see 'em reel and rock

        B                                   E
Long as she got a dime the music will never stop
[Outro]
B             E
Roll Over Beethoven, Roll Over Beethoven

              A                    E
Roll Over Beethoven, Roll Over Beethoven

              B                              E
Roll Over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues

B             E
Roll Over Beethoven, Roll Over Beethoven

              A                    E
Roll Over Beethoven, Roll Over Beethoven

              B                              E
Roll Over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues