(read it: ?rock-ah-ree-ah?)
Electric Light Orchestra (New World Record)
NOTE: The small letters indicate notes, not chords
[D]Weit
hinter in die [Bm]ferne
man [F#m]hrt, man hrt
die Mus[A7]ik
[/D]
[D]Just got back from the downtown palais
Where the music was so sweet
It knocked me right back in the alley
I'm r[G7]eady
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm r[D]eady
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm r[A]eady[Bm]
And I'm really gon[F#m]na rock [Em]tonig[F#5]ht[-][G5][-][A]
[D]Sweet little lady sings, like a songbird
And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard
But she ain't[G7] ready
No, no, no, she[D] ain't ready
No, no, no, s[Bm]he 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
And Verdi's always cre[A]eping from her r[(A]oom[A][b][D][D][b)]
[D]Weit
hinter in die [Bm]ferne
man [F#m]hrt, man hrt
die Mus[A7]ik
[/D]
[D]Come on I'll show you how to sing the blues
Now baby, come on over over, you got nothin' to lose
Are you r[G7]eady?
Hey, hey, hey, are yo[D]u ready?
Ooh, ooh, ooh, are you [A7]ready?
I wanna s[Bm]how you how[F#m] to rock and r[Em]oll[F#5][-][G5][-][A]
[D]Now listen here baby she, said to me
Just meet me at the opera house at quarter to three
Cause I'm r[G7]eady
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'[D]m ready
Woo, hoo, hoo, I'm[Bm] 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
And Verdi's always creepi[(Em]ng f[F#5]rom [G5)]her [A]room[(A][A][b][D][D][b)]
D Bm F#m A7 _
Faaaar far away the music i-i-is playing | both
Oh far far away The music is... Playin' _|
Well we were [D]reelin' and rockin' all t[Em7]hrough the night
Ya we were [D/F#]rockin at the opera house un[G]til the break of light
And the orches[D]tra was playin' all Chuck [Em7]Berry's greatest tunes
And the sin[D/F#]gers in the chorus all got o[G]ff on them singin' blues
And as the[D] night grew [Em7]older everybo[D/F#]dy was as [G]one
The peopl[D]e on the s[Em7]treets came runnin[D/F#]' in to join in s[G]ong
Just to h[D5]earing the o[E5]pera singers s[F#5]inging rock and roll so[G] pure
I thou[D5]ght I saw the m[E5]ayor there, But I[F#5] wasn't really s[G]ure
But it's a[D]l- rig[Bm]ht[F#m][A7][D]
(ohh ohh ah Ah Uhhh)
Electric Light Orchestra (New World Record)
NOTE: The small letters indicate notes, not chords
[D]Weit
hinter in die [Bm]ferne
man [F#m]hrt, man hrt
die Mus[A7]ik
[/D]
[D]Just got back from the downtown palais
Where the music was so sweet
It knocked me right back in the alley
I'm r[G7]eady
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm r[D]eady
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm r[A]eady[Bm]
And I'm really gon[F#m]na rock [Em]tonig[F#5]ht[-][G5][-][A]
[D]Sweet little lady sings, like a songbird
And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard
But she ain't[G7] ready
No, no, no, she[D] ain't ready
No, no, no, s[Bm]he 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
And Verdi's always cre[A]eping from her r[(A]oom[A][b][D][D][b)]
[D]Weit
hinter in die [Bm]ferne
man [F#m]hrt, man hrt
die Mus[A7]ik
[/D]
[D]Come on I'll show you how to sing the blues
Now baby, come on over over, you got nothin' to lose
Are you r[G7]eady?
Hey, hey, hey, are yo[D]u ready?
Ooh, ooh, ooh, are you [A7]ready?
I wanna s[Bm]how you how[F#m] to rock and r[Em]oll[F#5][-][G5][-][A]
[D]Now listen here baby she, said to me
Just meet me at the opera house at quarter to three
Cause I'm r[G7]eady
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'[D]m ready
Woo, hoo, hoo, I'm[Bm] 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
And Verdi's always creepi[(Em]ng f[F#5]rom [G5)]her [A]room[(A][A][b][D][D][b)]
D Bm F#m A7 _
Faaaar far away the music i-i-is playing | both
Oh far far away The music is... Playin' _|
Well we were [D]reelin' and rockin' all t[Em7]hrough the night
Ya we were [D/F#]rockin at the opera house un[G]til the break of light
And the orches[D]tra was playin' all Chuck [Em7]Berry's greatest tunes
And the sin[D/F#]gers in the chorus all got o[G]ff on them singin' blues
And as the[D] night grew [Em7]older everybo[D/F#]dy was as [G]one
The peopl[D]e on the s[Em7]treets came runnin[D/F#]' in to join in s[G]ong
Just to h[D5]earing the o[E5]pera singers s[F#5]inging rock and roll so[G] pure
I thou[D5]ght I saw the m[E5]ayor there, But I[F#5] wasn't really s[G]ure
But it's a[D]l- rig[Bm]ht[F#m][A7][D]
(ohh ohh ah Ah Uhhh)
