Key: :[G] (w: Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams, 1949)

INTRO: [D] [C] [G] // [D]

VERSE 1:
Now [G] here's a dance you should know
Ah baby [C] when the lights are [G] down low
I say [D] grab your baby, [G] then go

CHORUS 1:
[G] Do the hucklebuck, do the hucklebuck
[G] If you don't know how to do it then you're out of luck
[C] Shove your baby in, twist her all around
[G] Then you start a twistin' and a movin' all around
[D] Wriggle like a snake, [C] waddle like a duck
[G open] That's what you do when you [D] do the hucklebuck

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE 1] // [D#]

SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [G#]

VERSE 2:
[G#] Now here's a dance you should know
Ah [C#] baby when the lights are [G#] down
I say [D#] grab your baby, [G#] then go

CHORUS 2:
[G#] A little bit of twist, a little bit of this
[G#] If you don't know how to do it ask my little sis
[C#] Shove your baby in, twist her all around
[G#] Then you start a shakin' and a movin' all around
[D#] Wriggle like a snake, [C#] waddle like a duck
[G# open] That's what you do when you [D#] do the hucklebuck

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE 2]

REPEAT VERSE 2:

REPEAT CHORUS 2: