In the beginning

Back in nineteen fifty-five

Man didn´t know about a rock ´n´ roll show

And all that jive

The white man had the smoltz

The black man had the blues

No one knew what they was gonna do

But Tchaikovsky had the news

He said -

"Let there be light", and there was light

"Let there be sound", and there was sound

"Let there be drums", and there was drums

"Let there be guitar", and there was guitar

"Let there be rock"

And it came to pass

That rock ´n´ roll was born

All across the land every rockin´ band

Was blowing up a storm

The guitarman got famous

The businessman got rich

And in every bar there was a super star

With a seven year itch

There were fifteen million fingers

Learning how to play

And you could hear the fingers picking

And this is what they had to say

"Let there be light"

"Sound"

"Drums"

"Guitar"

"Let there be rock"

One night in a club called `The Shaking Hand´

There was a ni