Rockaria

rockaria! ( read it : rock - ah - ree - ah ) electric light orchestra ( new world record ) note : the small letters indicate notes , not chords D weit Bm hinter in die ferne F#m man hort , man hort A7 die Musik /D D just got back from the downtown palais where the music was so sweet it knocked me right back in the alley G7 i’m ready D yeah , yeah , yeah , i’m ready A Bm whoa , whoa , whoa , i’m ready F#m Em F#5 - G5 - A and i’m really gonna rock tonight D sweet little lady sings , like a songbird and she sings the opera like you ain’t never heard G7 but she ain’t ready D no , no , no , she ain’t ready Bm no , no , no , she ain’t ready F#m A7 D ( F F E E D D B B F F E E D D ) and she ain’t gonna rock & roll Em A ( A A B D F# ) Em she’s sweet on wagner A ( A A B D F# ) Em i think she’d die for beethoven A ( A A B D F# ) Em she loves the way puccini lays down a tune A ( A A B D D B ) and verdi’s always creeping from her room D weit Bm hinter in die ferne F#m man hort , man hort A7 die Musik /D D come on i’ll show you how to sing the blues now baby , come on over over , you got nothin’ to lose G7 are you ready? D hey , hey , hey , are you ready? A7 ooh , ooh , ooh , are you ready? Bm F#m Em F#5 - G5 - A i wanna show you how to rock and roll D now listen here baby she , said to me just meet me at the opera house at quarter to three G7 cause i’m ready D yeah , yeah , yeah , i’m ready Bm woo , hoo , hoo , i’m ready F#m A7 D ( F F E E D D B B F F E E D D ) i’m gonna show you how to sing the blues n . C ( uhh ) she’s sweet on wagner ( uhuhh ) ( D D G6add9 ) Em i think she’d die for beethoven Em ( Em F#5 G5 ) A ( A A B D F# ) Em she loves the way puccini lays down a tune ( Em F#5 G5 ) A ( A A B D D B ) and verdi’s always creeping from her room D Bm F#m A7 _ faaaar far away the music i - i - is playing | both oh far far away the music is . . . playin’ _ | D Em7 well we were reelin’ and rockin’ all through the night D/F# G ya we were rockin at the opera house until the break of light D Em7 and the orchestra was playin’ all chuck berry’s greatest tunes D/F# G and the singers in the Chorus all got off on them singin’ blues D Em7 D/F# G and as the night grew older everybody was as one D Em7 D/F# G the people on the streets came runnin’ in to join in song D5 E5 F#5 G just to hearing the opera singers singing rock and roll so pure D5 E5 F#5 G i thought i saw the mayor there , but i wasn’t really sure D Bm F#m A7 D but it’s al - right ( ohh ohh ah ah uhhh )