{title: Rollover Beethoven}
{artist: Status Quo}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 166}
{key: D}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[D]
[G] [D] [A] [D]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
well gonna [D]write a little letter, gonna [G]mail it to my local D[D]J
it's a [G]rockin' little record I want my jockey to [D]play
roll [A]over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again to[D]day
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
you know my [D]temperature's risin' and the [G]jukebox's blowin' a fuse
my [G]heart's beatin' rhythm and my soul keeps singing the [D]blues
roll [A]over Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the [D]news
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{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
I got a [D]rockin' pneumonia, I [G]need a shot of rhythm and [D]blues
I think I [G]got it off the writer sittin' down by the rhythm re[D]view
roll [G]over Beethoven, we're [A]rockin' in two by [D]two
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{start_of_part: Bridge}
well if you [D]feel you like it, well get your lover and reel and rock it
roll it over and [G]move on up, just
jump around and [D]reel and rock it, roll it over
roll [A]over Beethoven, and [G]dig these rhythm and [D]blues [A]
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{start_of_part: Solo}
[D] [G] [D]
[G] [D]
[A] [D]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
well [E]early in the mornin', I'm a [A]givin' you the warnin'
don't you [E]step on my blue suede shoes
[A]hey diddle diddle, gonna play my fiddle, [E] ain't got nothing to lose
roll [B]over Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the [E]news
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{start_of_verse: Verse 5}
you know she [E]wiggles like a glow worm, [A]dance like a spinnin' [E]top
she got a [A]crazy partner, oughta see 'em reel an [E]rock
long as [B]she's got a dime, the music will never [E]stop [B]
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus}
roll over Beet[E]hoven, roll over Beet[E]hoven, roll over Beet[A]hoven, roll over Beet[E]hoven
roll over Beet[B]hoven, and dig these rhythm and [E]blues [B]
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus}
roll over Beet[E]hoven, roll over Beet[E]hoven, roll over Beet[A]hoven, roll over Beet[E]hoven
roll over Beet[B]hoven, and dig these rhythm and [E]blues [E7]
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