, an American singer-songwriter best known for popularizing the dance The Twist with his 1960 song &quot;The Twist&quot;. In September 2008, &quot;The Twist&quot; topped Billboard's list of the most popular singles to have appeared in the Hot 100 since its debut in 1958.  He was born in Spring Gulley, SC, USA, and raised in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended South Philadelphia High School with Frankie Avalon and Fabian.

Dance the Mess Around

INTRO:  
F                          Dm 
Bout this dance called the Mess Around..
Bb                 C 
Baby, dig what I'm puttin' down.
  
  
        F                                  F7 
You can Pony with Tony, Twist with Mr. Lee, 
    Bb                           C                                                   
but if you're gonna Mess Around, Mess Around with me.
  
   
       F                                      F7 
Do the Shimmy with Jimmy, Hucklebuck with Dee, 
    Bb                                     C                F 
but if you're gonna Mess Around, oh, baby, Mess Around with me.
  
CHORUS: 
        Bb                    
All the other dances you are free, 
        G                               C   
but you better save, the last dance for me.
  
 
        F                                             F7 
You can Cha Cha with Charlie, Stroll with Stagger Lee, 
    Bb                           C                F 
but if you're gonna Mess Around, Mess Around with me.
  

F 
You can Pony with Tony..boogety, boogety, boogety shoot.

(INTERLUDE:SAX:)


C           F                                         F7
Hey, do the Twist with Mr. Lee..round and around and around.
Bb                     
Round and around and around and around..
F 
Round and around and around and around..hey!
    Bb                 
but if you're gonna Mess Around, you better,    
C                F
Mess Around with me.

CHORUS: 
        Bb                    
All the other dances you are free, 
        G                               C   
but you better save, the last dance for me.
  

F                                             F7
Hully Gully with Harry, Slop for Pop, or flee..
    Bb                                    C                F 
but if you're gonna Mess Around, hear me? Mess Around with me.

OUTRO:
F 
Do the Birdland with Birdie, do the Birdy with Ernie.. 
  Bb               F        
Watusi with Susie, Twist with my little Sis..(Fade.)

Dance The Mess Around

Limbo Rock
Chubby Checker

G# 
G# D#7 G#

G# 
G# D#7 G#

G#
Every limbo boy and girl
     D#7              G#
All around the limbo world

Gonna do the limbo rock
     D#7              G#
All around the limbo clock
C#
Jack be limbo, Jack be quick
G#       C#          D#
Jack go unda limbo stick
G#    D#               D#7
All around the limbo clock
           G#      C#     G#
Hey, let's do the limbo rock

Limbo lower now
Limbo lower now
How low can you go?

G#
First you spread your limbo feet
         D#7            G#
Then you move to limbo beat

Limbo ankle limbo knee,
          D#7           G#
Bend back like a limbo tree
C#
Jack be limbo, Jack be quick
G#       C#          D#
Jack go unda limbo stick
G#    D#               D#7
All around the limbo clock
           G#      C#     G#
Hey, let's do the limbo rock

G# D#7 G# D#7 G# C# G# C# D# G# D# D#7 G# C# G#
la la la etc 

G#
Get yourself a limbo girl
          D#7           G#
Give that chic a limbo whirl

There's a limbo moon above
         D#7            G#
You will fall in limbo love
C#
Jack be limbo, Jack be quick
G#       C#          D#
Jack go unda limbo stick
G#    D#               D#7
All around the limbo clock
           G#      C#     G#
Hey, let's do the limbo rock

Don't move that limbo bar
You'll be a limbo star
How low can you go?

G# D#7 G# D#7 G# C# G# C# D# G# D# D#7 G# C# G#

Limbo Rock

Loddy Lo

         
E           A       E           A
La, la, la, Loddy...La, la, la, Loddy..

#1.
E                                           B
I've got a girl that I love so.(Hey, Loddy, Loddy, Lo.)
B                                         E
Her name is Loddy, Loddy, Lo.(Hey, Loddy, Loddy, Lo)

CHORUS:
E                                  B
Hey, Loddy Loddy Loddy..Hey, Loddy Loddy Lo.
B                                  E
Hey, Loddy Loddy Loddy..Hey, Loddy Loddy Lo.
E
La la la, Loddy..La la la, Loddy.

#2.
E                                             B
Don't know the words to any song. (Hey, Loddy Loddy Lo.)
B                                          E
But me and my Loddy get along. (Hey, Loddy Loddy Lo.)

CHORUS:
E                                  B
Hey, Loddy Loddy Loddy..Hey, Loddy Loddy Lo.
B                                  E
Hey, Loddy Loddy Loddy..Hey, Loddy Loddy Lo.

#3.
    A                    E
And with the moon above, I should sing words of love.
    F#
But all I do is sing her name,
B
she gets the message just the same.

E           A       E           A
La, la, la, Loddy...La, la, la, Loddy..


CHORUS:
E                                  B
Hey, Loddy Loddy Loddy..Hey, Loddy Loddy Lo.
B                                    E                        
Hey, Loddy Loddy Loddy..Hey, girl, I love you so.

CHORUS:
E                                  B
Hey, Loddy Loddy Loddy..Hey, Loddy Loddy Lo.
B                                    E                        
Hey, Loddy Loddy Loddy..Hey, girl, I love you so.

E           A       E           A
La, la, la, Loddy...La, la, la, Loddy..


#4.
A                        E
And when we take a walk, we got no time for talk.
      F#
Cause fancy talk is for the birds,
  B
a kiss is worth a thousand words.


CHORUS:
E                                  B
Hey, Loddy Loddy Loddy..Hey, Loddy Loddy Lo.
B                                    E                        
Hey, Loddy Loddy Loddy..Hey, girl, I love you so.

E           A       E           A
La, la, la, Loddy...La, la, la, Loddy..(Fade.)

Loddy Lo

Chubby Checker Classics

Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again

(No Chords)
Rap: Come on everybody, clap your hands 
Awww, ya lookin' good 
I'm gonna sing my song 
And it won't take long 
We're gonna do the twist, and it goes like this 

(A)      D                                   Bm
Come on, let's twist again, like we did last summer
            G                             A
Yeah, let's twist again, like we did last year 
       D                                 Bm
Do you remember when, things were really hummin'
            G                             A
Yeah, let's twist again, twistin' time is here 

G                                           D
Ee a round and a round and a up and down we go again
G                                 D      A 
Oh, baby make me know you love me so and then

D                             Bm
Twist again, like we did last summer
               G                      
Come on, let's twist again
                 D            
Like we did last year, twist 

Rap: Who's that flyin' up there 
Is it a bird, no 
Is it a plane, no 
Is it the twister, yeah 

Same chords for the rest of the song. Just play like above.

Yeah, twist again, like we did last summer 
Come on, let'd twist again, like we twist last year 

Do you remember when, things were really hummin' 
Come on, let's twist again, twistin' time is here 

Ee a round and a round and a up and down we go again 
Oh, baby make me know you love me so and then 
Come on, twist again, like we did last summer 
Girl, let's twist again 
Like we did last year 
Come on, twist again 
Twistin' time is here, Bop Bop

Let's Twist Again

CHORUS:
C#             F#
Hooka Tooka my soda cracker..
C#              G#     C#
does your momma chaw tobacca?
C#          F#
If ya momma chaw tobacca, say..
C#             G#      C#
Hooka Tooka my sooooda cracker.

#1.
C#             F#
Hooka Tooka my soda cracker..
C#              G#     C#
does your momma chaw tobacca?
C#          F#
If ya momma chaw tobacca, say..
C#             G#      C#
Hooka Tooka my sooooda cracker.

#2.
C#             F#
Who your love, who your love I say?
C#                 F#
You know I love my mother-in-law.
C#                    F#
If you're love momma, like you say.
C#        G#    C#
Why can't momma chaw?

CHORUS:
C#
Everybody..yup!
C#             F#
Hooka Tooka my soda cracker..
C#              G#     C#
does your momma chaw tobacca?
C#          F#
If ya momma chaw tobacca, say..
C#             G#      C#
Hooka Tooka my sooooda cracker.

#3.
C#           F#
Momma loves, momma loves you all.
C#                    F#
And you know I'm her, son-in-law.
C#              F#
If you love me, like you say you do..
C#       G#     C#
Chaw to..bacca, too. Hey!

CHORUS:
C#             F#
Hooka Tooka my soda cracker..
C#              G#     C#
does your momma chaw tobacca?
C#          F#
If ya momma chaw tobacca, say..
C#             G#      C#
Hooka Tooka my sooooda cracker.

OUTRO:
C#             G#      C#
Hooka Tooka my sooooda cracker.
C#             G#      C#
Hooka Tooka my sooooda cracker...(Fade.)

Hooka Tooka

The Hucklebuck

#1.
    G                         G7
Ah, here's a dance you should know.
         C                   G
Ah, baby when the lights are down low.
       D               G
I say, grab your baby, then go.

CHORUS:
G
Do the Hucklebuck, do the Hucklebuck..

If you don't know how to do it, man, you're out of luck.
C
Push your baby out, then you hunch her back.
G
Start a little movement in your sacroiliac.
D                    C
Wiggle like a snake, waddle like a duck,
G                           D            G
that's what you do when you do the Hucklebuck!

#2.
    G                         G7
Oh, here's a dance you should know.
         C                   G
Ah, baby when the lights are down low.
              D               G
Oh, won't you grab your baby, then go.

#3.
G
A little bit of Twist, a little bit of this.

And if you don't know how to do it ask my little sis.
C
Push your partner out then you hunch her back.
G
Start a little movement in your sacroiliac.
D                    C
Wiggle like a snake, waddle like a duck,
G                           D            G
that's what you do when you do the Hucklebuck!

CHORUS:
G
Do the Hucklebuck, do the Hucklebuck..

If you don't know how to do it, man, you're out of luck.
C
Push your baby out, then you hunch her back.
G
Start a little movement in your sacroiliac.
D                    C
Wiggle like a snake, waddle like a duck,
G                           D            G
that's what you do when you do the Hucklebuck!

#4.
    G                         G7
Oh, here's a dance you should know.
         C                   G
Ah, baby when the lights are down low.
              D               G
Oh, won't you grab your baby, then go.
G
Do the Hucklebuck, do the Hucklebuck..(Fade.)

The Hucklebuck

Twistin' USA
Chubby Checker

INTRO: Everybody Twist!

#1.
F                                               F7
They're Twistin', in Cleveland, in Kansas City, too.
        Bb                     F
They're wailin' in Warwood, in Pittsburg and St. Lou.
    C         Bb               F
So, baby, get ready, yeah, I'm gonna Twist with you. 
(Yeee, aahh!)

CHORUS:
F
Round and around and up and down we go.
(Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.)
Bb                              F
Make it with the shakin' to and fro. 
(Yeahh, Whoo, ooo!)
C              Bb                        F
From Boston to LA, don't ya know they're Twistin' U.S.A.?
(Yeah, yeah!)
#2.
F                                             F7
They're Twistin' in New York, and old Chicago town.
   Bb                        F
In Hartford and Frisco, they all go round and round.
        C           Bb             F
They're Twistin' on Bandstand, so, baby, don't ya put me down. 
(Yee Aaahh!)

CHORUS:
F
Round and around and up and down we go.
(Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.)
Bb                              F
Make it with the shakin' to and fro. 
(Yeahh, Whoo, ooo!)
C              Bb                        F
From Boston to LA, don't ya know they're Twistin' U.S.A.?
(Yeah, yeah!)

(INTERLUDE:)

#3.
F                                                  F7
Yeah, they Shimmy in Charlotte, they Shake in Baltimore.
   Bb                        F
In De..troit and Dallas, and down Miami shore.
    C         Bb        F
So, baby, oh, baby..oh, what are what we waitin' for? 
(Yee, aahh!)

CHORUS:
F
Round and around and up and down we go.
(Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.)
Bb                              F
Make it with the shakin' to and fro. 
(Yeahh, Whoo, ooo!)
C              Bb                        F
From Boston to LA, don't ya know they're Twistin' U.S.A.?
(One more Twist!)

OUTRO:
F
Round and around and up and down we go.
(Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.)
Bb                              F
Make it with the shakin' to and fro. 
(They're Twistin' in Washington, in Cincinatti, 
 England, Europe.)
C              Bb                        F
From Boston to LA, don't ya know they're Twistin' U.S.A.?
(They're Twistin' in Asia, Africa and Australia..)(Fade.)

Twistin' Usa

HEY, BOBBA NEEDLE

(Ad lib:Spoken)
E 
This is a sad story
        A
About a girl named Mary Mac
                         B7
And her wondering lover, Bob Needle).

CHORUS:
E                 B7
Oh, softly, I can hear her callin'...
E
Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle

Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle
A
Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle
E
Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle
B7         E
Hey, Bob...Hey, Bob.

#1.
E    A
Mary Mac, Mac, Mac.

All dressed in black, black, black.
                  E
Don'tcha know I'm tryin', tryin', tryin',
                A
Just to come on back, back, back.

Cause I took a plane, plane, plane,

But there was some rain, rain, rain.
                 E
And there was no flyin', flyin', flyin',
            A
So I took a train, train, train.
A
Oh, Mary Mac, Mac, Mac.

It went off the track, track, track,
                  E
Can't you see I'm dyin', dyin', dyin',
                A
Just to come on back, back, back.

CHORUS:
 
#2.
               A
Well, I took a boat, boat, boat,

But it wouldn't float, float, float.
               E
So I kept on a puffin', puffin', puffin',
                 A
That was all she wrote, wrote, wrote.

So, I must wear my cross, cross, cross.
               
And I bought a horse, horse, horse,
                  E
But it just keeps runnin', runnin', runnin',
               A
All around the track, track, track.

Baby I ain't lyin', lyin', lyin'.

Can't you see that I'm tryin', tryin', tryin',
                  E
Don'tcha know I'm tryin', tryin', tryin', just to
        A
come on back to Mary Mac.

CHORUS:

Hey, Bobba Needle

Birdland

INTRO:
G
Baby, Baby, let's Birdland, now! 
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Come on!)          

Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Whoa, let's go!)                
C
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Let's Birdland, now!)
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Gonna show you how!)
D                                 G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Owwwww!)

#1.
G
My father and my mother like Birdland.

(We like Birdland!)
       G7               C
Let me tell ya, now..my brother and my sister
                G
like Birdland. (We like Birdland!)
                       D
Don't you know it..the fellas in the summer like Birdland.
 G
(We like Birdland!) Whoooa! Unnnh!

#2.
G
Come on Baby we're gonna swing..yeeeaah,

shake that thing.
C                          G
Mama Bird is for the Bird..yeahhhh..the 

latest word.
     D                   G
It's Birdland, Birdland..everybody do the 

Birdland, now.

CHORUS:
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (OK!)

Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Awww! Come on, now!)
C
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Well, alright!)
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Birdland all night!)
D                                 G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Woooo, oh!)


(INTERLUDE:SAX:) Unnnnhhh!

#3.
G
Come on Baby let's hit the floor..

yeah, shake some more.
C
Girl, I like the way you roll..
G
yeaaahh..you move my soul.
     D                   G
It's Birdland, Birdland..everybody do

the Birdland, now.

CHORUS:
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (OK!)

Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Awww! Come on, now!)
C
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Well, alright!)
G
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Birdland all night!)
D                                 G 
Shup a doo wop a shup a doo way. (Woooo, oh!)

#4.
G
My father and my mother like Birdland.

(We like Birdland!)
                           C
Don't you know it, now..my brother and my sister
                G
like Birdland. (We like Birdland!)
                     D
On South Street..the hippies and the gippies 
                G
like Birdland. (We like Birdland!)

Birdland

B7 A E

E
Come on baby let's do the twist 
        A                 E
Come on baby let's do the twist 
                     B7       A       E
Take me by my little hand and go like this 

A                     E
Ee-oh twist baby baby twist 
                    B7   A
Oooh-yeah just like this 
                               E
Come on little miss and do the twist 

            E                        
My daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around 
              A                        E
Yeah daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around 
                          B7    A
We're gonna twisty twisty twisty 
                       E
'Til we turn the house down 

Come on and twist yeah baby twist 
Oooh-yeah just like this 
Come on little miss and do the twist 

Yeah you should see my little Sis 
You should see my my little Sis 
She really knows how to rock 
She knows how to twist 
Come on and twist yeah baby twist 
Oooh-yeah just like this 
Come on little miss and do the twist 
Yeah rock on now 
Yeah twist on now 
Twist.

The Twist

Cameo Parkway - The Best Of Chubby Checker (Original Hit Recordings) 

A
It's the latest, it's the greatest,
F#m
Mashed Potato, ya, ya ,ya

A
A Mashed Potato started long time ago
F#m
With a guy named Sloppy Joe,
D
You'll find this dance is so cool to do,
E
Come on baby, gonna teach it to you.

A
Mashed Potato, feel it in your feet now,
F#m
Mashed Potato, come on get the beat now,
D
Baby, It's the latest, 
come on baby, It's the greatest, 
        E
come on honey, Ya, ya, ya, ya.


A
And then they dance it through and through,
F#m
They look for records they can do it to,
D
They got a dance is outta sight,
E
Doin' the lion sleeps tonight.

A
Mashed Potato, Ya a weem o wep a weem o wep,
F#m
Mashed Potato, ya, ya, ya, ya,
D
Baby, It's the latest, 
come on baby, It's the greatest, 
        E
come on honey, Ya, ya, ya, ya.

A F#m D E

A
Now everybody is doin' fine,
E
They dance alone or in a big boss line,
F#m
And they discovered it's the most, man,
E
The day they did it to Please Mr. Postman.

A
Mashed Potato, wait a minute, wait a minute,
F#m
Mashed Potato, deliver de letter,
D
Baby, It's the latest, 
come on baby, It's the greatest, 
        E
come on honey, Ya, ya, ya, ya.

A
Well they got with more and more,
F#m
Ya ought to see 'em around the floor,
D
The Mashed Potato ??????????
E
They even do it to Dear Lady Twist.

Mashed Potato

Beach Party

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

F Am Dm C

    F              Am            Bb          C
The skirts go up, before the wall  among the madding crowds, 
    
     F                      Am                    Dm     C
They ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin
          F                      Am           Bb           C
You are a living doll riding the circle tracks  behind the walls of clocks, 
        F                      Am                   Dm     C
In your ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin     

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistlng part)

F Am Dm C

        F                     Am               Bb            C     
Now the candle's end, you are a light turned low  and like the rest of us,
                 F            Am               Dm     C
You've got those old, eternity blues, eternity blues
      F                              Am         Bb                C
Your fingers raised, you're looking for the word, what you want is accident
            F                 Am                 Dm    C
And not the drag, spectacular view, what you can lose

 Bb                         F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                            F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ruuuule
 Bb                         F         C
Windows will close in the crash years 

Bb                          F        C      Dm     C
    Honey child, you're not safe here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (whistling part)

Bb 

F Am Dm C

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistling part)

        F                   Am            Dm                  C
And the ruins the wild, the ruins the wild, tonight will be an open mic.

# (Repeat six times and end on an F)

Crash Years

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

Intro:  D A E A D
        D A E A D  E

      A
I was goin? where I shouldn?t go
D
Seein? who I shouldn?t see
E
Doin? what I shouldn?t do
    A
And bein? who I shouldn?t be


A little voice told me it?s all wrong
        D
Another voice told me it?s alright
  E
I used to think I was strong
    A
But lately I just lost the fight

Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D                    E
 For a little while

      A
I got tired of bein? good
        D
Started missing that old feeling free
     E
Stop actin? like I thought I should
    A
And went on back to bein? me

  
I never meant to hurt no one
  D
I just had to have my way
           E
If there's such a thing as too much fun
A
This must be the price you pay

Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D
 For a little while
E                 A                D
 You never see it comin? till it?s gone
E                     A           D
 It all happens for a reason even when it?s wrong
  E
Especially when it?s wrong


Solo: A D E A x2


Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D                    E
 For a little while

      A
I was goin? where I shouldn?t go
D
Seein? who I shouldn?t see
E
Doin? what I shouldn?t do
    A
And bein? who I shouldn?t be

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