Chubby Checker, The Hucklebuck (1960)
Key: :[F#] (w: Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams, 1949)
INTRO: [C#] [B] [F#] //
[C#]
VERSE 1:
Now
[F#] here's a dance you should know
Ah baby
[B] when the lights are
[F#] down low
I say
[C#] grab your baby,
[F#] then go
CHORUS 1:
[F#] Do the hucklebuck, do the hucklebuck
[F#] If you don't know how to do it then you're out of luck
[B] Shove your baby in, twist her all around
[F#] Then you start a twistin' and a movin' all around
[C#] Wriggle like a snake,
[B] waddle like a duck
[F# open] That's what you do when you
[C#] 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: 