D                           G                   D
    I'm gonna write a little letter, gonna mail it to my local DJ.
            G                                          D
    it's a rockin' rhythm record I want my jockey to play.
          A                  G                     D
     Roll over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again today.

                  D                            G               D
    You know, my temperature's risin' and the jukebox blows a fuse.
         G                                                        D
    my heart's beatin' rhythm, and my soul keeps on singin' the blues.
          A                  G                    D
    Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news.

               D                    G                          D
    I got the rockin' pneumonia, I need a shot of rhythm and blues.
                  G                                                D
    I caught the rollin' arthritis, sittin' down by the rhythm review.
          A                       G                 D
    Roll over Beethoven, they're rockin' in two by two.

                  D
    Well, if you feel you like it, go get your lover, then
                                        G
    reel and rock it, roll it over and move on up just
                          D
    a trifle further and reel and rock it, roll it over,
          G                A                   D
    roll over Beethoven I dig this rhythm and blues.

           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                                          D
    Hey diddle diddle, I am playin' my fiddle, ain't got nothin' to lose.
          A                  G                    D
    Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news.

                 D                        G                        D
  You know she wiggles like a glow worm,   dance like a spinnin' top,
                G                                         D
    she got a crazy partner, you oughta see 'em reel and rock.
             A                  G                D
    Long as she got a dime the music will never stop.

                   D
    Roll over Beethoven, roll over Beethoven,
                   G                    D
    roll over Beethoven, roll over Beethoven,
                   A         G                      D
    roll over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues.