Shake A Tail Feather:James And Bobby Purify.
#15 on R&B and #25 on BB Hot 100
on BELL Records in 1966.
INTRO: Bm Dbm Ab Db
Db Bbm
Ow! Get it baby! Alright!!
#1.
Db
Well, I heard about the fella you been
dancing with all over the neighbourhood.
Eb
So, why didn't you ask me baby, or did
Ab
you think I could?
#2.
Db
Well, I know that The Boogaloo is out of
sight but The Shing-a-ling's the thing
Bbm
tonight.
Db Bbm
And if that was you and me out there, baby,
Eb Ab
I would have shown you how to do it right.
Ab
Do it right, do it right, do it right.
(Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!)
CHORUS:
Db Gb
(Twistin', shake it, shake it, shake it, shake
Db
it, baby.
Gb Db
Here we go Loop-de-loop, shake it up, baby.
Gb
Here we go Loop-de-lie.)
Ab
Bend over, let me see you shake a tail feather.
Ab
Bend over, let me see you shake a tail feather.
Ab
Come on, let me see you shake a tail feather.
(Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!)
CHORUS:
Db Gb
(Twistin', shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it,
Db
baby.
Gb Db
Here we go Loop-de-loop, shake it up, baby.
Gb
Here we go Loop-de-lie.)
Ab
A-bend over let me see you shake a tail feather.
Ab
Bend over, let me see you shake a tail feather.
Ab
Bend over, let me see you shake a tail feather.
(Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!)
OUTRO:
Db Gb
(Twistin') oh, yeah, (shake it, shake it, shake it,
Db
shake it, baby.
Gb Db
Do it, do it, do it, do it, Twistin'.
Gb Db
shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby.
Gb Db
Do it, do it, do it, do it, Twistin'.)..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.