Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha by Sam Cooke, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha

by Sam Cooke

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Samuel Cooke (born January 22, 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi; died December 11, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) was a popular and influential American gospel, R&B, soul and pop singer-songwriter recognized as one of the true founders of soul music. Often referred to as The King of Soul, Cooke had 29 Top 40 hits in the U.S. between 1957 and 1964 including major hits You Send Me, A Change Is Gonna Come, Chain Gang and Wonderful World. Cooke was also

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...EVERYBODY LOVES TO CHA CHA CHA... by Sam Cooke
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*Released 1959*

Chorus 1:

G (n.C) C
Everybody loves to cha cha cha,
G
Little children like to cha cha cha.
D7 C
They like to cha cha cha, they like to cha cha cha. Ooh!
G (n.C) C G
Everybody loves to cha cha cha.

Verse 1:

G
Took my baby to the hop last night,
D7
And what, to my sur-prise.
C
When we got there, she hit me with the news,
D7 G6
Right between the eyes, yeah.

Chorus 2:

G C
She said she couldn't do the cha cha cha,
G
She said she couldn't do the cha cha cha.
D7 C
She couldn't (cha cha cha), no, she couldn't cha cha cha.
G (n.C) C G
My baby couldn't do the cha cha cha.

Verse 2:

G D7
I told her not to worry; they'd play some other dance.
C
But we sat there for an hour and a half,
D7 G6
And we never got a chance. For...

Chorus 3:

G C
Every song they played was the cha cha cha,
G
Every song they played was the cha cha cha.
D7 C
"Tom Dooley", cha cha cha, "Tea For Two", cha cha cha, ooh!
G (n.C) C G
Every number was the cha cha cha.

Verse 3:

G D7
I told her not to worry; there's only one thing we can do.
C
Baby, if you let me take you by the hand,
D7 G6
I'm gonna teach this dance to you. Then, I taught her;

Bridge 1:

G C
One two, cha cha cha, one two, cha cha cha,
G C
And up now, take it back, now.
D7 C
That's right, turn now, alright, let's cross now, ooh!
G (n.C) C G
I taught my baby how to cha cha cha.

Verse 4:

G D7
We kept on dancing, and was I surprised, for you see;
C
After we practiced it for a little while,
D7 G6
She was doing it better than me. Now...

Chorus 4:

G C
My baby loves to do the cha cha cha,
G
She loves to do the cha cha cha.
D7 C
She likes her (cha cha cha), ooh, she likes to cha cha cha, ooh!
G (n.C) C G
Everybody likes to cha cha cha. They do it...

Coda:

G C
One two, cha cha cha, alright, one two, cha cha cha.
G C
And up now, alright back now.
G C
Alright baby let's cross now, mmm, and turn now.
G C
Woah-oh-oh-oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh.

(Fade)

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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])