In

the

be-

gin-

ning

Back

in

nine-

teen

fif-

ty

f-

ive

M-

an

didn't

know

'bout

a

r-

ock

'n'

roll

show

'Nall

that

j-

ive

White

man

had

the

s-

chmaltz

Black

man

had

the

b-

lues

No

one

knew

what

they

w-

as

gon-

na

do

But

Tschai-

kov-

sky

had

the

n-

ew-

s

Let

there

be

s-

ound

there

was

s-

ound

Let

there

be

l-

ight,

there

was

l-

ight

Let

there

be

d-

rums,

there

was

d-

rums

Let

there

be

gui-

tar,

there

was

gui-

tar

Let

there

be

r-

ock

And

it

came

to

pass

That

rock

'n'

roll

was

b-

orn

All

a-

cross

the

land

e-

very

r-

o-

ckin'

band

Was

blo-

win'

up

a

s-

torm

And

the

gui-

tar

man

got

fam-

ous

bu-

siness

man

got

r-

ich

And

in

e-

very

bar

there

was

su-

per-

star

With

a

se-

ven

itch

There

was

fif-

teen

mill-

ion

f-

in-

gers

Lea-

rnin'

how

to

play

And

you

could

hear

fin-

gers

p-

ic-

kin'

And

this

is

what

they

had

to

say

Let

there

be

l-

ight,

so-

und,

drums,

gui-

tar,

Let

there

be

r-

ock

One

night

in

a

club

called

S-

ha-

kin'

Hand

There

was

a

four-

teen

two

de-

ci-

bel

ro-

ckin'

band

And

the

m-

us-

ic

was

good

And

the

m-

us-

ic

was

loud

And

the

sin-

ger

turned

and

he

s-

aid

to

the

crowd

Let

there

be

r-

ock