In the beginning, back in 1955 Man didn't know about a rock and roll show No, that's just The white man had the schmaltz The black man had the blues No one knew what they was gonna do But Tchaikovsky had the news He said, let there be sound There was sound Let there be light There was light Let there be drums There were thumbs Let there be guitar There was guitar Let there be rock guitar solo guitar solo And it came to pass That rock and roll was born Now across the land Every rockin' band Was blowin' up a storm And the guitar man got famous The guitar man got rich And everybody was a superstar With a 70-inch There were 50 million fingers Learnin' how to play And you could hear the fingers pickin' And this is what they had to say Let there be light Sound Drums Guitar Let there be rock guitar solo guitar solo One man in the crowd Called a shakin' hand And when the party grew There should be a rockin' band And the music was good And the music was loud And the singer turned And he said to the crowd Let there be rock guitar solo guitar solo guitar solo guitar solo