Rock It For Me chords by Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald
Verse 1
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I heard
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Cm
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Em
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it came to town,
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a new kind of rhythm spread around
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Sorta set you sizzlin'
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Now I'm all through with symphonies
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Oh, rock it for me
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Every night
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You'll see all the nifties
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Plenty tight
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Swingin' down the fifties
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Now they're all through
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with symphonies
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Em
Oh, rock it for me
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Am
Now it's true that once
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upon a time,
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the opera was a thing
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But today the rage is rhythm and rhyme
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So won't you satisfy my soul
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with the rock and roll
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You can't be tame while
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the band is playing
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Em
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It ain't no shame to keep
your body swaying
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Beat it out in the minor key,
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oh, rock it for me
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Can't you hear me singing la, la, la, la
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While the band is swinging
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Oh, chick web -socking
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Yeah, the band is rocking
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So send me lightly, politely,
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rightly, and slightly
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Oh, rock it for me
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Now I'm all through with this stuff
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they call symphony
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Come on boys and sort of rock it for me
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Em
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Em
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Why, even all the nifties,
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they don't want to hear any
more symphony.
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Tell me, Jack,
you better get hip to yourself
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and rock it for me.
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It's true that once upon a time
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The opera was the thing
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Am
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But today the rage is rhythm and rhyme
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A
So won't you satisfy my soul
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with the rock 'n 'roll
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Em
Am
You can't be tamed while
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the band is playing
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Em
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It ain't no shame to keep
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your body swayin',
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They beat it out in the
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monarchy.
Oh, rock it!
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Oh, rock it!
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Say, won't you rock it for me?
Rock It For Me
Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald
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