Roll Over Beethoven
“And tell Tchaikovsky the news”
Chuck Berry's 1956 rock and roll standard, given a muscular Beatles treatment with George Harrison's double-tracked lead vocal. The opening track of side two of With The Beatles and a staple of their early live and broadcast sets.
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This song is the only Beatles song with the AAABCAA song form.
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Chord shape
C → CC → C7C → FC7 → F7C → GC → G7C → B♭C7 → B♭7C → C → FC → F → CC → G → DC → G → FC → B♭ → FC → F → C → GC7 → GC → F → C → G → FC7 → B♭7 → FC7 → G → D7C → C → F → C → GC → G7 → F7C → C7 → F7C → F → C → G → F → CC7 → F7 → CC → C → F → C → G → FC → C7 → F7 → C → G7C → C7 → F7 → C → G7 → F7C7 → F7 → C → G7 → F7 → C
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides – then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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