• Song:

    Rockaria

  • Artist:

    Electric Light Orchestra

  • Album:

    The Very Best of ELO

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ROCKARIA!
(read it: "rock-ah-ree-ah")
Electric Light Orchestra (New World Record)

NOTE: The small letters indicate notes, not chords

D (xx0232@1)    
Weit 
              Bmhinter (x24432@1)in die ferne 
    F#m (244222@1)
man h?rt, man h?rt 
       A7die (x02020@1)Musik

/D

DJust (xx0232@1)got back from the downtown palais
Where the music was so sweet
It knocked me right back in the alley
     G7I'm (320001@1)ready
                       DYeah, (xx0232@1)yeah, yeah, I'm ready
                       A (x02220@1) BmWhoa, (x24432@1)whoa, whoa, I'm ready
                  F#m (244222@1)   Em (022000@1) F#5- (244xxx@1)G5- (355xxx@1)AAnd (x02220@1)I'm really gonna rock tonight
DSweet (xx0232@1)little lady sings, like a songbird
And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard
             G7But (320001@1)she ain't ready
               DNo, (xx0232@1)no, no, she ain't ready
             BmNo, (x24432@1)no, no, she ain't ready
    F#m (244222@1)           A7 (x02020@1)    D (xx0232@1) (f f (133111@1)name="chord_022000@1">e e (022000@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x24432@1">b b (x24432@1)name="chord_133111@1">f f (133111@1)name="chord_022000@1">e e (022000@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D D)
And she ain't gonna rock & roll                  

Em (022000@1)              A (x02220@1)   (A A (x02220@1)name="chord_x24432@1">b Df#) (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1) She's sweet on   Wagner
                     A (x02220@1)       (A A (x02220@1)name="chord_x24432@1">b Df#) (xx0232@1)EmI (022000@1)think she'd die for Beethoven
                           A (x02220@1)           (A A (x02220@1)name="chord_x24432@1">b Df#) (xx0232@1)EmShe (022000@1)loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
                      A (x02220@1)             (A A (x02220@1)name="chord_x24432@1">b D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D b)
And Verdi's always creeping from her room

D (xx0232@1)    
Weit 
              Bmhinter (x24432@1)in die ferne 
    F#m (244222@1)
man h?rt, man h?rt 
       A7die (x02020@1)Musik

/D

DCome (xx0232@1)on I'll show you how to sing the blues
Now baby, come on over over, you got nothin' to lose
         G7Are (320001@1)you ready?
                     DHey, (xx0232@1)hey, hey, are you ready?
                       A7Ooh, (x02020@1)ooh, ooh, are you ready?
         Bm (x24432@1)       F#m (244222@1)         Em (022000@1)F#5- (244xxx@1)G5- (355xxx@1)AI (x02220@1)wanna show you how to rock and roll
DNow (xx0232@1)listen here baby she, said to me
Just meet me at the opera house at quarter to three
           G7Cause (320001@1)I'm ready
                    DYeah, (xx0232@1)yeah, yeah, I'm ready
                  BmWoo, (x24432@1)hoo, hoo, I'm ready
           F#m (244222@1)           A7 (x02020@1)     D (xx0232@1)(f f (133111@1)name="chord_022000@1">e e (022000@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x24432@1">b b (x24432@1)name="chord_133111@1">f f (133111@1)name="chord_022000@1">e e (022000@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D D)
I'm gonna show you how to sing the blues                

N.C                (uhh)
She's sweet on Wagner
                   (uhuhh)     (D D (xx0232@1)G6add9) EmI (022000@1)think she'd die for Beethoven
Em (022000@1)                      (Em F#5G5) (244xxx@1)A (x02220@1) (A A (x02220@1)name="chord_x24432@1">b Df#) (xx0232@1)EmShe (022000@1)loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
                         (Em F#5G5) (244xxx@1)A (x02220@1)  (A A (x02220@1)name="chord_x24432@1">b D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D b)
And Verdi's always creeping from her room

D (xx0232@1)               Bm (x24432@1)           F#m (244222@1)              A7 (x02020@1)      _
Faaaar            far away   the music       i-i-is playing    | both
       Oh far far away           The music is...    Playin'   _| 

             
             D (xx0232@1)                      Em7
Well we were reelin' and rockin' all through the night
           D/F# (200232@1)                      G (320003@1)              
Ya we were rockin at the opera house until the break of light
              D (xx0232@1)                       Em7
And the orchestra was playin' all Chuck Berry's greatest tunes
           D/F# (200232@1)                      GAnd (320003@1)the singers in the chorus all got off on them singin' blues
          D (xx0232@1)         Em7          D/F# (200232@1)    GAnd (320003@1)as the night grew older everybody was as one
         D (xx0232@1)       Em7               D/F# (200232@1)           GThe (320003@1)people on the streets came runnin' in to join in song
         D5 (xx023x@1)        E5 (022xxx@1)          F#5 (244xxx@1)                  GJust (320003@1)to hearing the opera singers singing rock and roll so pure
      D5 (xx023x@1)           E5 (022xxx@1)             F#5 (244xxx@1)           GI (320003@1)thought I saw the mayor there, But I wasn't really sure
          D (xx0232@1)   Bm (x24432@1)F#m (244222@1)name="chord_x02020@1">A7 DBut (xx0232@1)it's al- right
         (ohh   ohh ah  Ah Uhhh) 



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