Chubby Checker, The Twist (1960)
^{Key: :[G#] (w: Hank Ballard) (Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, 1959)}

INTRO: [D#] [C#] [G#] [G# open]

VERSE 1:
Come on [G#] baby, let's do the twist
come on [C#] baby, let's do the [G#] twist
Take ya by your little [D#] hand [C# open]
And go like [G#] this

CHORUS 1:
[G#] E-yeah, twist, baby, baby, twist
Ooo [C#] yeah, just like [G#] this
Come on little [D#] miss [C# open]
And do the [G#] twist

VERSE 2:
My daddy is [G#] sleepin' and mama ain't around
Yeah, daddy is just [C#] sleepin' and mama ain't a-[G#]-round
We're gonna twist n' twist n' [D#] twistin', [C# open]
'Til we tear the house [G#] down

CHORUS 2:
[G#] Come on and twist, yeah baby, twist
Ooo [C#] yeah, just like [G#] this
Come on little [D#] miss [C# open]
And do the [G#] twist

INSTRUMENTAL: [12-Bar]

VERSE 3:
Yeah, you should [G#] see my little Sis
You should [C#] see my, my little [G#] Sis
She really knows how to [D#] rock [C# open]
She knows how to [G#] twist

CHORUS 3:
[G#] Come on and twist, yeah baby, twist
Ooo [C#] yeah, just like [G#] this
Come on little [D#] miss [C# open]
And do the [G#] twist

OUTRO:
[G#] Yeah, that's all right
[C#] Yeah, [G#] twist so nice
[D#] Twist [C# open]
[G#] [G# open] [G# open]