Chubby Checker, The Hucklebuck (1960)
Key: :[A#] (w: Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams, 1949)
INTRO: [F] [D#] [A#] //
[F]
VERSE 1:
Now
[A#] here's a dance you should know
Ah baby
[D#] when the lights are
[A#] down low
I say
[F] grab your baby,
[A#] then go
CHORUS 1:
[A#] Do the hucklebuck, do the hucklebuck
[A#] If you don't know how to do it then you're out of luck
[D#] Shove your baby in, twist her all around
[A#] Then you start a twistin' and a movin' all around
[F] Wriggle like a snake,
[D#] waddle like a duck
[A# open] That's what you do when you
[F] do the hucklebuck
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE 1] //
[F#]
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [B]
VERSE 2:
[B] Now here's a dance you should know
Ah
[E] baby when the lights are
[B] down
I say
[F#] grab your baby,
[B] then go
CHORUS 2:
[B] A little bit of twist, a little bit of this
[B] If you don't know how to do it ask my little sis
[E] Shove your baby in, twist her all around
[B] Then you start a shakin' and a movin' all around
[F#] Wriggle like a snake,
[E] waddle like a duck
[B open] That's what you do when you
[F#] do the hucklebuck
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE 2]
REPEAT VERSE 2:
REPEAT CHORUS 2: 