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 hört, man hört 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 hört, man hört 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)
