Biography:
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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Other songs:
- A Change Is Gonna Come
- Another Saturday Night
- Bring It On Home To Me
- Twistin' The Night Away
- Wonderful World
- You Send Me
- Aint That Good News
- Blowin In The Wind
- Chain Gang
- Cupid
- Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
- Farewell My Darling
- Good Times
- Having A Party
- Ill Come Running Back To You
- Its All Right
- Just For You
- Keep Movin On
- Little Red Rooster
- Mean Old World
- Meet Me At Marys Place
- Nothing Can Change This Love
- Only Sixteen
- Out In The Cold Again
- Rome Wasnt Built In A Day
- Sad Mood
- Send Me Your Lovin
- Shake
- She Was Only Sixteen
- Sugar Dumpling
- Summertime
- Teenage Sonata
- Tennessee Waltz
- Thats It I Quit Im Movin On
- Thats Where Its At
- The Bells Of St Marys
- The Gypsy
- Try A Little Love
- Twistin The Night Away
- Twisting The Night Away
- What A Wonderful World
- Win Your Love For Me
- Working In A Coal Mine
- You Belong To Me
- You Were Made For Me
- Your Always On My Mind
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...TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY... by Sam Cooke
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*from 'Twistin' the Night Away' (1962)*
Intro:
A
Verse 1:
A F#m
Let me tell ya 'bout the place, somewhere up New York way.
D E7
Where the people are so gay; Twisting the night away.
A F#m
Here they have a lot of fun; putting trouble on the run.
D
Man, you find the old and young;
E7 A
Twisting the night a-way. They're...
Chorus 1:
A
Twisting, Twisting, everybody's feeling great.
D E7 A
Twisting, Twisting, they're Twisting the night a-way.
Verse 2:
A F#m
Here's a man in evening clothes; how he got here I don't know.
D E7
Man, you gotta see him go; Twisting the night away.
A
He's dancing with a chick in slacks;
F#m
She's moving up and back.
D
Oh man, there ain't nothing like;
E7 A
Twisting the night a-way. They're...
Chorus 2:
A
Twisting, Twisting, everybody's feeling great.
D E7 A
Twisting, Twisting, they're Twisting the night a-way. Let's Twist awhile;
Break:
A F#m D E7
(Lean up, lean back, lean up, lean back).
A F#m D E7 A
(Wa-tusi, now Fly, now Twist), they're Twisting the night a-way.
Verse 3:
A F#m
Here's a fella in blue jeans, dancing with an older queen.
D E7
Who's dolled up in a diamond ring and Twisting the night away.
A F#m
Man, you gotta see her go; Twisting to the Rock 'n' Roll.
D
Here you find the young and old,
E7 A
Twisting the night a-way. They're...
Chorus 3:
A
Twisting, Twisting, man, everybody's feeling great.
D E7 A
They're Twisting, Twisting, they're Twisting the night a-way.
One more time...
Coda:
A F#m D E7
(Lean up, lean back, lean up, lean back).
A F#m D E7
(Wa-tusi, now Fly, now Twist)...
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
A F#m D E7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
-----------------------------.............
*from 'Twistin' the Night Away' (1962)*
Intro:
A
Verse 1:
A F#m
Let me tell ya 'bout the place, somewhere up New York way.
D E7
Where the people are so gay; Twisting the night away.
A F#m
Here they have a lot of fun; putting trouble on the run.
D
Man, you find the old and young;
E7 A
Twisting the night a-way. They're...
Chorus 1:
A
Twisting, Twisting, everybody's feeling great.
D E7 A
Twisting, Twisting, they're Twisting the night a-way.
Verse 2:
A F#m
Here's a man in evening clothes; how he got here I don't know.
D E7
Man, you gotta see him go; Twisting the night away.
A
He's dancing with a chick in slacks;
F#m
She's moving up and back.
D
Oh man, there ain't nothing like;
E7 A
Twisting the night a-way. They're...
Chorus 2:
A
Twisting, Twisting, everybody's feeling great.
D E7 A
Twisting, Twisting, they're Twisting the night a-way. Let's Twist awhile;
Break:
A F#m D E7
(Lean up, lean back, lean up, lean back).
A F#m D E7 A
(Wa-tusi, now Fly, now Twist), they're Twisting the night a-way.
Verse 3:
A F#m
Here's a fella in blue jeans, dancing with an older queen.
D E7
Who's dolled up in a diamond ring and Twisting the night away.
A F#m
Man, you gotta see her go; Twisting to the Rock 'n' Roll.
D
Here you find the young and old,
E7 A
Twisting the night a-way. They're...
Chorus 3:
A
Twisting, Twisting, man, everybody's feeling great.
D E7 A
They're Twisting, Twisting, they're Twisting the night a-way.
One more time...
Coda:
A F#m D E7
(Lean up, lean back, lean up, lean back).
A F#m D E7
(Wa-tusi, now Fly, now Twist)...
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
A F#m D E7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02220 244222 xx0232 020100
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
