[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!
[Verse 1] I try to disc [C] over A little something to [G] make me sweeter Oh baby, ref [E] rain from breaking my [F] heart
[Pre-Chorus] I'm so in [C] love with you I'll be for [G] ever blue That you give me no [F] reason Why you're making me [Am] work so hard [G] That you give me no, that you give me no That you give me no, that you give me no
[Chorus] [C] Soul, I hear you [Am] calling Oh baby, [F] please give a little res [Em] pect [F] to- [G] oo [C] me
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[Verse 2] And if I should [C] falter Would you open your [G] arms out to me We can make love, not [E] war And live at peace with our [F] hearts
[Pre-Chorus] I'm so in [C] love with you I'll be for [G] ever blue What religion or [F] reason Could drive a man to for [Am] sake his lover
[G] Don't you tell me no, don't you tell me no Don't you tell me no, don't you tell me no
[Chorus] [C] Soul, I hear you [Am] calling Oh baby, [F] please give a little res [Em] pect [F] to- [G] oo [C] me
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[Pre-Chorus] I'm so in [C] love with you I'll be for [G] ever blue That you give me no [F] reason You know, you're making me [Am] work so hard [G] That you give me no, that you give me no That you give me no, that you give me no
[Chorus] [C] Soul, I hear you [Am] calling Oh baby, [F] please give a little res [Em] pect [F] to- [G] oo [C] me
[C] Soul, I hear you [Am] calling Oh baby, [F] please give a little res [Em] pect [F] to- [G] oo [C] me