The Twist:Chubby Checker.
#1 on BB Hot 100 on PARKWAY Records
in 1960. (Cover of Hank Ballard's hit in 1958.)
INTRO: B A E
#1.
E
Come on baby, let's do the twist,
A E
come on baby, let's do the twist,
B E
take ya by your little hand and go like this.
CHORUS:
E A E
E-yeah, twist baby, twist. Ooo..yeah...just like this,
B A E
come on, little miss, and do the twist.
#2.
E E
My daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around,
A
yeah, daddy is just sleepin' and mama ain't around,
B A
we're gonna twist n' twist n' twist, 'til we tear the house
E
down.
CHORUS:
E A
Come on and twist, yeah, baby, twist, ooo-oooo, yeah just
E B A E
like this, come on, little miss, and do the twist.
INTERLUDE: E A E B A E
(Round and around and around...)
#3.
E
Yeah, you should see my little Sis,
A E
you should see my, my little Sis,
B A E
she really knows how to rock, she knows how to twist.
E A E
Come on and twist, yeah baby twist, oooo-yeah just like this,
B A E
come on, little miss, and do the twist.
OUTRO:
E
(Round and around and around and around) Yeah.
(Round and around and around and around) that's alright.
A
(Round and around and around and around) Yeah.
E
(Round and around and around and around) Twist so nice.
B
(Round and around and around and around) Twist......
E
(Round and around and around and around)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.