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

Chubby Checker Classics

Beach Party

, 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.

FYI the Song should be played on all down-beats
If you want to jazz it up a little bit then 
whenever you are playing an A chord you can fret the
e string 2 every third (out of four) beats.

A 
Come on baby let's do the twist
D                         A 
Come on baby let's do the twist
E7         D       A 
Take me by my little hand and go like this

D        A 
Ee-oh twist baby baby twist
E7         D           A
Oooh-yeah just like this
                E7            A       
Come on little miss and do the twist

A  
My daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around
D        A 
Yeah daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around
E7          D 
We're gonna twisty twisty twisty
A 
Til we turn the house down

D        A 
Come on and twist yeah baby twist
E7         D           A
Oooh-yeah just like this
                E7            A        
Come on little miss and do the twist

A
Yeah you should see my little Sis
D          A
You should see my my little Sis
E7               D
She really knows how to rock
A
She knows how to twist

D        A 
Come on and twist yeah baby twist
E7         D           A
Oooh-yeah just like this
               E7             A       
Come on little miss and do the twist

A          D
Yeah rock on now
E7         D
Yeah twist on now
A
Twist.

The Twist

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

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

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

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

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

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

A|----------------------------------------|
E|------5-8-8-8-5-8------5-3-3-8-5-5------|
C|-5-5---------------5-5------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

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

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

Popeye The Hitchhike

INTRO:
G
Hitchhike..Hitchhike..

#1.
 D                                               G
(Popeye) Standing on the side of the street..uh, huh.
(Hitchhike..Hitchhike.)
 D                                               G
(Popeye) Clapping both his hand to the beat..oh, yeah.
(Hitchhike..Hitchhike.) Hey!
 C
(Popeye) Tryin' hard to bum a ride.
 G
(Popeye) Tryin', but none come around.
        D                 G   G7
They go by.y.y, hey!..(Popeye)

CHORUS:
          C                   G
Well, now clap your hands and thumb your thumbs..

that's how the Popeye Dance is done.

#2.
 D                                                 G
(Popeye) Standing there and it's gettin' cold. Oh, yeah.
(Hitchhike, Hitchhike.)
 D                                            G
(Popeye) Shakin' now to warm up his soul. Uh, huh.
(Hitchhike, Hitchhike.) Hey!
 C
(Popeye) Hitch, double turn and with the thumb..
 G                                        D
(Popeye) Tryin' but nobody comes..they go by.y.y..hey!
 G
(Popeye.)

CHORUS:
          C                   G
Well, now clap your hands and thumb your thumbs..

that's how the Popeye Dance is done. Yeah!

(INTERLUDE:)

#3.
 D                                                 G
(Popeye) Standing there and it's gettin' late. Oh, yeah.
(Hitchhike, Hitchhike.)
 D                                                G
(Popeye) Dancin' there and he's movin' great. Oh, yeah.
(Hitchhike, Hitchhike.) Hey!
 C
(Popeye) She's a gorgeous chick, so fine.
 G
(Popeye) She just stops and hollers, hi!..
           D                            G    G7
That lucky guy.y.y..don't you know, (Popeye.)

CHORUS:
          C                   G
Well, now clap your hands and thumb your thumbs..

that's how the Popeye Dance is done. Yeah!

OUTRO:
D                G
Fly.y.y..hey..Popeye.
(Hitchhike, Hitchhike.)
G                     D           D
Let me tell ya..gonna Fly.y.y (Popeye.)
(Hitchhike, Hitchhike.) (Fade.)

Popeye The Hitchhike

#1.
G
Sometimes I will, then again I think I won't.
C                                      G
Sometimes I will, then again I think I won't.
    D                                G    D
Sometimes I do, then again I think I don't.

#2.
        G
Well, I looked at my watch, it was 9:21,

we was at a rock'n'roll dance having nothing but fun.
       C                     G
And we rolled, reelin' and a rockin'.
       D
We was reelin' and a rockin',
C                         G   D
Rollin' till the break of dawn.

#2.
        G
Well, I looked at my watch, it was 9:32,

there's nothing I would rather do than dance with you.
       C                     G
And we rolled, reelin' and a rockin'.
       D 
We was reelin' and a rockin',
C                         G    D
Rollin' till the break of dawn.

#3.
        G
Well, I looked at my watch, it was 9:43.

And everytime I spinned she would spin with me.
       C                     G
And we rolled, reelin' and a rockin'.
       D
We was reelin' and a rockin',
C                         G   D
Rollin' till the break of dawn.

#4.
        G
Well, I looked at my watch, it was 9:54.

I said, dance ballerina girl, go go go!
       C                     G
And we rolled, reelin' and a rockin'.
       D
We was reelin' and a rockin',
C                         G   D
Rollin' till the break of dawn.

#5.
        G
Well, I looked at my watch, it was 10:05.

Man, I didn't know if I was dead or alive.
          C                      G
And I was rollin', reelin' and a rockin'.
       D 
We was reelin' and a rockin',
C                         G   D
Rollin' till the break of dawn.

#6.
        G
Well, I looked at my watch, it was 10:26.

But I'm gonna keep on dancing toll I get my kicks.
       C                     G
And we reeled, reelin' and a rockin'.
       D
We was reelin' and a rockin',
C                         G   D
Rollin' till the break of dawn.

#7.
        G
Well, I looked at my watch, it was 10:28.

I gotta get my kicks before it gets too late.
           C                      G
And we was reelin', reelin' and a rockin'.
       D            
We was reelin' and a rockin',
C                         G    D
Rollin' till the break of dawn.

#8.
        G
Well, I looked at my watch, it was 10:29.

I had to hold her hand, she was still holding mine.
       C                     G
And we reeled, reelin' and a rockin'.
       D
We was reelin' and a rockin',
C                         G   D
Rollin' till the break of dawn.

#9.
        G
Well, I looked at my watch and to my surprise,

I was dancing with a woman that was twice my size.
      C                      G 
I was reelin', reelin' and a rockin'.
       D
We was reelin' and a rockin',
C                         G  D
Rollin' till the break of dawn.

#10.
        G
Well, I looked at my watch and it was time to go.

The bandleader said ' We ain't playing no more.'
           C                      G
And we was reelin', reelin' and a rockin'.
       D
We was reelin' and a rockin',
C                       G
well, till the break of dawn.

Reelin' And Rockin'

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

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.

&quot;The Twist&quot; is a twelve bar blues song that gave birth to the Twist dance craze. The song was written and originally released in 1959 by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters as a B-side (to &quot;Teardrops on Your Letter&quot;) but his version was only a moderate 1960 hit, peaking at 28 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]   The song, and the dance the Twist, was popularized in 1960 when the song was covered by Chubby Checker.

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

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

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

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

It takes a while to get used to the rhythm. In the verse the
time signature goes 3/4 for 2 bars then 2/4 for 1 bar and then
repeats.


Intro and Verses:

A|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|------|-10------10|-9-------9-|------
E|-----------|-----------|------|-----------|-----------|----3-
C|-0---------|-2---2-----|------|-----7-----|-----------|-2----
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0----|-9---------|-7---------|------
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |

Intro Riff:

A|-10--12--10-|-9---10---9-|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|-------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
C|------------|------------|-0---------|-2---2-----|-------|
G|-9----------|-7----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-----|



Chorus:

                   C
I...              driving...
     G  
The speed...            

Em
      City...

        D
And...  arm...
    
    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

C           D
be...       be... 

Suggestion: during the verses, it can sound pretty cool if you
get a friend to strum the chords: C, G, Em, D in the background
:)

Fast Car

C#
There's a portrait
     Ab
In a back room
           F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
          C#
Which I relent 
              B
And gaze for hours on
    Bbm                  F#
The muscle, skin and bone
         Ab
Of some imaginary friend

F# Ab F#

        C#
So how about it 
        Ab
Show me please 
           F#
How I will look in twenty years
           C#
And let me please 
          B
Interpret history 
       Bbm        F#
In every line and scar 
               Ab                  
That's painted there in front of me

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

           C#
It doesn't matter
         Ab
What I'm thinking
       F#
What I tell myself to do
         C#      F#
I end up calling

       C#
I stay in to
                   Ab
Defrost the fridge
        F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
             C#
A feeling of dread
              B         
At least when she's around
    Bbm
The trouble's there
     F#                        Ab
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

       C#
Listen Johnny
              F#
You're like a mother
       C#                     F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

       C#
Listen Johnny
              Ab
You're like a mother
       F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

            B
And if they come tonight
       Bbm
You'll roll up tight
     F#             Ab
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)

 F# Ab to end.

Slow Graffiti

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

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