Joey Dee & the Starlighters, Peppermint Twist (1961)
Key: :[C] (w: Joey Dee, Henry Glover)
INTRO: [G] [F] [C] [C]
VERSE 1:
Well, they've
[C] got a new dance and it goes like this
[C] (Bop bop shoo-bop, a boppa boppa shoo-bop)
Yeah, the
[F] name of the dance is Peppermint Twist
[C] (Bop bop shoo-bop, a boppa boppa shoo-bop)
CHORUS 1:
Well, you
[G] like it like
[F] this
The Peppermint
[C] Twist
BRIDGE 1:
[C] Round and round,
[C] up and down
[F] Round and round,
[C] up and down
[G] Round and round and,
[F] up and down
And a
[C open] one two three kick, one two three jump
BREAK: [/C] [/F] [/G] [/C]
INSTRUMENTAL:
[F] [C] ^
[G]^
[F] [C]
[C] [C] [F] [C] // ^
[G]^
[F] [C]
VERSE 2:
Well,
[C] meet me baby down at 45th street
[C] (Bop bop shoo-bop, a boppa boppa shoo-bop)
[F] Where the Peppermint Twisters meet
[C] (Bop bop shoo-bop, a boppa boppa shoo-bop)
CHORUS 2:
And you'll
[G] learn to do
[F] this
The Peppermint
[C] Twist
(Bop bop shoo-bop, a boppa boppa shoo-bop)
BRIDGE 2:
It's al-
[C]-right, all night, it's al-
[C]-right
It's o-
[F]-kay, all day, it's o-
[C]-kay
And you'll
[G] learn to do
[F] this
The Peppermint
[C] Twist
OUTRO:
A hey-yey-yey-
[C]-yey, a hey-yey-yey-
[C]-yey
A hey-yey-yey-
[F]-yey, a hey-yey-yey-
[C]-yey
A hey-yey-yey-
[G]-yey
[F], a hey-yey-yey-
[C]-yey
REPEAT OUTRO: