ROCKARIA! (read it: “rock-ah-ree-ah”) Electric Light Orchestra (New World Record) NOTE: The small letters indicate notes, not chords

^DWeit hinter in die ^Bmferne man ^F#mhört, man hört die Mus^A7ik

^DJust got back from the downtown palais Where the music was so sweet It knocked me right back in the alley I'm r^G7eady Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm r^Deady Whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm r^Aeady^Bm And I'm really gon^F#mna rock ^Emtonig^F#5ht

^G5

^A ^DSweet 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^Bmhe 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

^DWeit hinter in die ^Bmferne man ^F#mhört, man hört die Mus^A7ik

^DCome on I'll show you how to sing the blues Now baby, come on over over, you got nothin' to lose Are you r^G7eady? Hey, hey, hey, are yo^Du ready? Ooh, ooh, ooh, are you ^A7ready? I wanna s^Bmhow you how^F#m to rock and r^Emoll ^F#5

^G5

^A ^DNow listen here baby she, said to me Just meet me at the opera house at quarter to three Cause I'm r^G7eady Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'^Dm 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 (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' _|

Well we were ^Dreelin' and rockin' all t^Em7hrough the night Ya we were ^D/F#rockin at the opera house un^Gtil the break of light And the orches^Dtra was playin' all Chuck ^Em7Berry's greatest tunes And the sin^D/F#gers in the chorus all got o^Gff on them singin' blues And as the^D night grew ^Em7older everybo^D/F#dy was as ^Gone The peopl^De on the s^Em7treets came runnin^D/F#' in to join in s^Gong Just to h^D5earing the o^E5pera singers s^F#5inging rock and roll so^G pure I thou^D5ght I saw the m^E5ayor there, But I^F#5 wasn't really s^Gure But it's a^Dl- rig^Bmht ^F#m ^A7 ^D (ohh ohh ah Ah Uhhh)

Electric Light Orchestra - Rockaria