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Sam Cooke-Twisting The Night Away - BPM - 107

[Intro BPM 161]
Drum intro - no chords x x x sS sB S
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Ch  G  G7 D Dsus2
E X-3-33----------X-3-33-3-------
B X-3-33--7-7-7-7-X-3-33-3-------
G X-4-34--7-7-7-7-X-4-34-4-------
D X-5-33--7-7-7-7-X-5-33-5-------
A X-5-35--5-7-5-7-X-5-35-5-------
E X-3-33----------X-3-33-3-------
D B S B S B S B S B S B S B

Drum Fill - bring both hands over to soundboard to play
----RLR-RLR-RLR 
B---B---B---B

[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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Average White Band-Pick Up The Pieces - BPM - 107

Drums

Intro No drums - 4
Riff A x 14 bars - sax comes in straightaway unlike later
3rd sax line varies, no sax last one
Riff A x 14 bars

Fill into
Riff B x 4 (5 bars) - drums stop

Riff A x 14 sax comes in after 2 bars
Riff B x 4 (5 bars - hold note over spoken)

Spoken pick up x 4 starts straight on that 5th bar

Sax solo x 12
Key change x 4

Riff A x 4 sax straight in
Riff B x 9

Spoken pick up x 4 with drum fills

Riff A x 1 to end

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