Chubby Checker, The Twist (1960)
Key: :[B] (w: Hank Ballard) (Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, 1959)
INTRO: [F#] [E] [B] [B open]
VERSE 1:
Come on
[B] baby, let's do the twist
come on
[E] baby, let's do the
[B] twist
Take ya by your little
[F#] hand
[E open]
And go like
[B] this
CHORUS 1:
[B] E-yeah, twist, baby, baby, twist
Ooo
[E] yeah, just like
[B] this
Come on little
[F#] miss
[E open]
And do the
[B] twist
VERSE 2:
My daddy is
[B] sleepin' and mama ain't around
Yeah, daddy is just
[E] sleepin' and mama ain't a-
[B]-round
We're gonna twist n' twist n'
[F#] twistin',
[E open]
'Til we tear the house
[B] down
CHORUS 2:
[B] Come on and twist, yeah baby, twist
Ooo
[E] yeah, just like
[B] this
Come on little
[F#] miss
[E open]
And do the
[B] twist
INSTRUMENTAL: [12-Bar]
VERSE 3:
Yeah, you should
[B] see my little Sis
You should
[E] see my, my little
[B] Sis
She really knows how to
[F#] rock
[E open]
She knows how to
[B] twist
CHORUS 3:
[B] Come on and twist, yeah baby, twist
Ooo
[E] yeah, just like
[B] this
Come on little
[F#] miss
[E open]
And do the
[B] twist
OUTRO:
[B] Yeah, that's all right
[E] Yeah,
[B] twist so nice
[F#] Twist
[E open]
[B] [B open] [B open] 