Key: E
Introduction: E7
A
Just let me hear some of that rock and roll music, any old way you choose it
D
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It's got a back beat, you can't lose it, any old time you use it
E
A
Gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me
E
A
If you wanna dance with me
verse 1
E
A
Got no kick against modern jazz unless they try to play it too darn fast
D
E
And lose the beauty of the melody until they sound just like a symphony
A
That's why I go for that rock and roll music, any old way you choose it
D
A
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it, any old way you use it
E
A
It's gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me
E
A
If you wanna dance with me
verse 2
E
A
I took my loved one over across the tracks so she can hear my man awail a sax
D
E
I must admit they have a rocking band, man, they were blowing like a hurricane
A
That's why I go for that rock and roll music, any old way you choose it
D
A
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it, any old time you use it
E
A
Gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me
E
A
If you wanna dance with me
verse 3
E
A
Way down South they had a jubilee, the jokey folks they had a jamboree
D
E
They're drinking home brew from a water cup, the folks dancing there are all shook up
A
And started playing that rock and roll music, any old way you choose it
D
A
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it, any old time you use it
E
A
Gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me
E
A
If you wanna dance with me
verse 4
E
A
Don't care to hear them play a tango and In The Mood they take a mambo
D
E
It's way too early for a congo so keep a rocking that piano
A
That's why I go for that rock and roll music, any old way you choose it
D
A
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it, any old time you use it
E
A
Gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me
E
A
If you wanna dance with me