Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
In the days of Bach and Mozart
Three chord rock and roll
Was unknown to those who practiced this art
Three chord rock and roll
To those raised on Brahms and Elgar
Three chord rock and roll
Would have seemed so loud and vulgar
Three chord rock and roll

Mom and Dad were forced to listen to Gershwin
- I got rhythm
I guess we Baby Boomers were blessed
With our
Three chord rock and roll
- So underrated
Three chord rock and roll
- uncomplicated
Three chord rock and roll
- The beat they kept it
Three chord rock and roll
So we'd accept it
who knew that not much later
- three-chord rock'n'roll

It could be heard in an elevator
- three chord rock and roll
I'm not real good at the tremolo so
- three chord rock and roll
I guess that makes you a virtue so-so
- Three chord rock and roll

They couldn't stop our pop music
We have the rights to be trite
Wth our
Three chord rock and roll
- it's not a tap dance
Three chord rock and roll
- or a lap dance
Three chord rock and roll
- what was scary
hree chord rock and roll
- was Peter Paul and Mary
Three chord rock and roll

Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my honey
I'll never ever let you go
Wild thing, you make my heart sing
Do you love me? (do you love me?)
Do you love me? (do you love me?)
We had a love, a love
A love you don't find every day
So shake it up baby now - Shake it up baby
Twist and shout - twist and shout
Hang on Sloopy, Sloopy hang on!
Louie Louie, oh, we gotta go
Three chord rock and roll
Three chord rock and roll