Chubby Checker, The Twist (1960)
Key: :[C] (w: Hank Ballard) (Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, 1959)
INTRO: [G] [F] [C] [C open]
VERSE 1:
Come on
[C] baby, let's do the twist
come on
[F] baby, let's do the
[C] twist
Take ya by your little
[G] hand
[F open]
And go like
[C] this
CHORUS 1:
[C] E-yeah, twist, baby, baby, twist
Ooo
[F] yeah, just like
[C] this
Come on little
[G] miss
[F open]
And do the
[C] twist
VERSE 2:
My daddy is
[C] sleepin' and mama ain't around
Yeah, daddy is just
[F] sleepin' and mama ain't a-
[C]-round
We're gonna twist n' twist n'
[G] twistin',
[F open]
'Til we tear the house
[C] down
CHORUS 2:
[C] Come on and twist, yeah baby, twist
Ooo
[F] yeah, just like
[C] this
Come on little
[G] miss
[F open]
And do the
[C] twist
INSTRUMENTAL: [12-Bar]