vocals: 🎤 Lead: sings every verse, every chorus line, and all the ad-libs and hiccups 👥 Band Chorus (backups): guitar, bass and drums join in only on hooks, answer-backs and the doo-wop bridge, then drop right back to playing [Intro: Drums count off, bass and guitar slam in] 🥁 "One, two, three, four!" 🎸 (Twangy riff, bass walking underneath) 🎤 (Low and sly) "Alright, fellas... let's go for a ride." Verse 1 (rim clicks, walking bass, guitar chops on the offbeat) 🎤 Well, I washed my '57 till the chrome was gleaming, Slicked back my hair, and I'm dreamin', I'm dreamin'! Got a dollar in my pocket and a fire in my soul, Pickin' up Peggy Sue for a Saturday roll! Uh-huh-huh! Pre-Chorus (toms build, guitar slides up the neck) 🎤 Hey hey, the sun's goin' down, 👥 (Ooh, ooh, ooh) 🎤 Neon's lightin' up the edge of town, 👥 (Ooh, ooh, ooh) 🎤 Gonna rev it up and let her roar... 🎤 Here we go now! Chorus (full band, drums crash) 🎤 Meet me at the drive-in, baby, when the movie starts to glow! 👥 (Shoo-bop, shoo-bop!) 🎤 Two straws in one cherry soda, let the whole world know! 👥 (Shoo-bop, shoo-bop!) 🎤 Got a pocketful of nickels and a jukebox full of soul, Oh, chrome and cherry soda, baby, rock and roll! 👥 (Rock-a rock-a rock and roll!) Verse 2 (drops to bass and rim clicks, the singer leans into the mic and hiccups like Holly) 🎤 Well, the carhop's skatin' by with a tray of fries, Peggy's got that sparkle in her sweet brown eyes. The big screen's flickerin' with a monster from space, But I ain't watchin' nothin' but my baby's face! Well, well, well! Pre-Chorus 🎤 Hey hey, the speaker's on the glass, 👥 (Ooh, ooh, ooh) 🎤 Crackly tunes are comin' on fast, 👥 (Ooh, ooh, ooh) 🎤 Hold me close and don't let go... 🎤 Oh, don't let go! Chorus (same as above, louder, with lead ad-libs: "Yeah, baby!" and "Come on now!") Guitar Solo (16 bars, no vocals except the lead's hype) 🎸 Bars 1-8: Rockabilly pickin', echo and hiccup bends. 🎸 Bars 9-16: Chuck Berry double-stops climbing higher. 🎤 (Calling out over the top) "Go, cat, go!" ... "Play it, now!" 🥁 (Everybody claps on 2 & 4) Bridge: Sock Hop Slow Dance (brushes on drums, soft arpeggios, bass holding long notes. The band chorus gets its big moment here.) 👥 (Doo-wah, doo-wah, doo-wah-ooh...) 🎤 Oh, the gym's all strung with crepe paper streamers, 👥 (Doo-wah, doo-wah) 🎤 Poodle skirts a-swirlin' like a pink-and-white daydream. 👥 (Doo-wah, doo-wah) 🎤 Take my hand, baby, spin me 'round, 👥 (Spin me 'round!) 🎤 Slip off our shoes, we're the best in town! 👥 (Oh yeah, oh yeah!) [Key change! Motown tambourine stomp, bass bounces on every beat] Final Chorus (the whole band shouts the hooks) 🎤 Meet me at the drive-in, baby, when the movie starts to glow! 👥 (Shoo-bop, shoo-bop!) 🎤 Two straws in one cherry soda, let the whole world know! 👥 (Shoo-bop, shoo-bop!) 🎤 Got a pocketful of nickels and a jukebox full of soul, Oh, chrome and cherry soda, baby... 👥 (Chrome and cherry soda!) 🎤 Chrome and cherry soda, baby... 👥 (Sha-la-la-la!) 🎤 Rock... and... roll! [Outro: stop-time hit, guitar hiccups one last lick, singer drops to one knee] 🎤 "Thank you, thank you very much... Oh boy!" 🥁 (Final snare crack)
