The Peppermint Twist:Chubby Checker.
Joey Dee & the Starlighters
made this a big hit in '62.
#1.
D
Well, they've got a new dance and it goes like this..
(Bop shoo..bop, a bop..mm bop..mm shoo..bop)
G
yeah, the name of the dance is the Peppermint Twist,
D
(Bop, bop shoo..bop, a bop..mm bop..mm shoo..bop)
A D
well, you like it like this, the Peppermint Twist.
D
(Bop bop shoo..bop, a boppa boppa shoo..bop)
CHORUS:
D
You go round and round, up and down,
G D
round and round, up and down,
A G
round and around and...up and down,
D
and one, two, three, kick, one, two, three, jump.
#2.
D
Well, meet me, baby, down on 45th Street,
(Bop bop shoo..bop, a boppa boppa shoo..bop)
G
where the Peppermint Twisters meet,
D
(Bop bop shoo..bop, a boppa boppa shoo..bop)
A D
and you'll learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist.
(Bop shoo..bop, boppa boppa shoo..bop)
#3.
D
It's alright, all night, it's alright,
(it's alright, it's alright, it's alright),
G D
it's okay, all day, it's okay
(it's okay, it's okay, it's okay)
A D
you'll learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist.
CHORUS:
REPEAT #3.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.