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Sam Cooke-Twisting The Night Away - sr - 150

[Intro BPM 161]
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[Verse]
[G] Let me tell ya 'bout the place,
[Em] Somewhere up New York ways
[C] where the people are so gay,
[D7] Twisting the night away
[G] Here they have a lot of fun,
[Em] Putting trouble on the run
[C] Man there ain't nothing like,
[D7] Twisting the night a- [G] way

[Chorus]
[G] Twisting, Twisting
Everybody's doing great
[C] Twisting, twisting 
They're [D7] twisting the night a- [G] way

[Verse]
[G] Here's a man in evening clothes,
[Em] How he got here I don't know
[C] Man you gotta see him go,
[D7] Twisting the night away
[G] He's dancing with a chick in slacks,
[Em] This chick's moving up and back
[C] Man, there ain't nothing like,
[D7] Twisting the night a-w [G] ay!

[Chorus - Harp in C during Lean Up bit]
[G] Twisting, Twisting
Everybody's doing great
[C] Twisting, twisting 
They're [D7] twisting the night a- [G] way 
Lean [G] up Lean [Em] back
Lean [C] up Lean [D7] back
Wa- [G] tusi Now [Em] Fly
Now [C] twist
They're [D7] twisting the night a- [G] way

[Verse] 
[G] Here's a fella in blue jeans,
[Em] He's dancing with an older queen
[C] Chick's dolled up in diamond ring,
[D7] Twisting the night away 
[G] Man you gotta see her go,
[Em] Twisting to the rock'n'roll
[C] Man, there ain't nothing like,
[D7] Twisting the night a- [G] way

[Chorus - Harp in C during Lean Up bit]
[G] Twisting, Twisting
Everybody's doing great
[C] Twisting, twisting 
They're [D7] twisting the night a- [G] way 
Lean [G] up Lean [Em] back
Lean [C] up Lean [D7] back
Wa- [G] tusi Now [Em] Fly
Now [C] twist
They're [D7] twisting the night a- [G] way

[End]

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Bee Gees-Staying Alive

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[Intro]
[Em] [Em] [A] [A]
[Em]
 
[Verse 1]
Well, you can  [Em] tell by the way I use my walk
I'm a  [D] woman's man, no  [Em] time to talk
[Em] Music loud and women warm
I've been  [D] kicked around since  [Em] I was born
 
[Pre-Chorus]
But now it's  [A] all right, that's okay
[A] You may look the other way
[A] We can try to understand
The  [A] New York Times' effect on man
 
[Chorus]
[Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' a 
[Em] li    [D] i     [Em] i   [Bm7] ive
                (break)
Oh, when you  [Em] walk
 
[Verse 2]
Well, now  [Em] I get low and I get high
And if I  [D] can't get either, I  [Em] really try
Got the  [Em] wings of heaven on my shoes
I'm a  [D] dancin' man, and I  [Em] just can't lose
 
[Pre-Chorus]
You know, it's  [A] all right, it's okay
I'll  [A] live to see another day
[A] We can try to understand
The  [A] New York Times' effect on man
 
[Chorus]
[Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' a 
[Em] li    [D] i     [Em] i   [Bm7] ive
                (break)
Oooooh [Em]   
 
[Middle 8] - A run Asus2 A A7 A6(x02222)
[A]  Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah [Em]    
[A]  Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yeah
   [A]  I'm stayin'  [Em] alive
 
[Verse 3]
Well, you  [Em] can tell by the way I use my walk
I'm a  [D] woman's man, no  [Em] time to talk
[Em] Music loud and women warm
I've been  [D] kicked around since  [Em] I was born
 
[Pre-Chorus]
But now it's  [A] all right, that's okay
[A] You may look the other way
[A] We can try to understand
The  [A] New York Times' effect on man
 
[Chorus]
[Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' a 
[Em] li    [D] i     [Em] i   [Bm7] ive
                (break)
Yeah    [Em]   
 
[Outro = Middle 8 - A run Asus2 A A7 A6(x02222)]
[A]  Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me 
Somebody help me,  [Em] yeah
[A]  Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yea [Em] h 
I'm stayin' a [Em] li-i-i-i-ive

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