[Intro BPM 159 - Just bass drum - then repeat with full drums] [Bm][Bm][D][D/C#] - [Bm][Bm][D][D/C#] [G][G][F#][F#] - [E][E][D][D/C#] [Repeat]
[Verse - Full drums] [Bm] oha, watching the people get [D] larey, it's [E] not very pretty i [Bm] tell thee [Bm] walking through town is quite [D] scary and [E] not very sensible [Bm] either
[Bm] a friend of a friend he got [D] beaten, he [E] looked the wrong way at a po [Bm] lice man [Bm] would never have happened to [D] smeaton and [E] old leodensian
[Chorus - G to C bass run - A-23 D-0] [G] i predict a riot, .....[C]i predict a [G] riot [C*] [G] i predict a riot, .....[C]i predict a [G] riot [C*]
[Verse] [Bm] oha, i tried to get in my [D] taxi, [E] man in a tracksuit at [Bm] tacks me [Bm] he said that he saw it be [D] fore me, he [E] wants to get things a bit [Bm] gory
[Bm] girls run around with no [D] clothes on to [E] borrow a pound for a [Bm] condom [Bm] if wasn't for chip fat they'd be [D] frozen, they're [E] not very sensible
[Chorus] [G] i predict a riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C*] [G] i predict a riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C*] and if there's [C#] anybody left in [B] here who that [A] doesn't want to be out [G] there....(4 bars).............................
[Verse - No drums] [Bm] oha, watching the people get [D] larey, it's [E] not very pretty i [Bm] tell thee [Bm] walking through town is quite [D] scary and [E] not very sensible
[Chorus] [G] i predict a riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C*] [G] i predict a riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C*] and if there's [C#] anybody left in [B] here who that [A] doesn't want to be out [G] there [C] i predict a [G] riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C] i predict a [G] riot, [C]i predict a [G] riot [C] [G] [End]
[Verse 1] Well I [D7] heard about the fellow you've been [G7] dancin' with ..all [D7] over the neighbourhood [G7] So [D7] why didn't you ask me [Bm] baby? Or [E7] Didn't you think I could? [A7] (Drums in) Well I [D7] know that the boogaloo is [G7] outta sight and the [D7] shingaling the thing to [G7] night .. Would it [D7] happen to me and you [Bm] baby? I wanna [E7] show you how to do it right... [A7] [A7] Do it right. Uh huh. Do it right. Do it right, do it right, do it right, do it right ! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
[Chorus] [D] Twist it! [G7] Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it [D] baby! [A7] [G] Here we go loop de loop [D] Shake it out baby [G] Here we go loop de la [A7] Bend over, let me see you shake your tailfeather Bend over, let me see you shake your tailfeather Come on, let me see you shake your tailfeather Come on, let me see you shake your tailfeather Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
[Horn bit - Dxxx Dxxx DxGxg GgGxx - Chords are just D and G repeatedly] Come [D] on ....[G] come on baby [D] .... [G] Yeah come on [D] .... [G] Come on [D] baby ... [G] Do the [D] twist [G] Do the [D] quack [G] Do the [D] swim [G] (Ha! Ha! Ha!) And do the [D] bird [G] Do the [D] duck [G] Do the [D] monkey [G] Wa [D] tusi [G] What about the [D] fuge [G] Do the [D] mashed potato [G] What about the [D] boogaloo [G] The Phoney Moroney [D][G] Come [D] on ! [G] Let's do the [D] twist [G] [A] Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!