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: