Sam Cooke – The Twist (Guitar)

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As recorded by Sam Cooke (From the 1962 Album TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY) [Intro] C [Verse 1]

C
Come on baby, let's try that twist

     F                       C
Come on baby, let's try that twist

                       G
Let me take you by the hand honey

F           C
And it goes like this

[Chorus]

C
All you got to do is, go round, go round, honey

F            C
Go round, go round

            G               C
Everybody's doing it, baby, go round

[Verse 2]

C
Mother's just sleeping

C
Daddy ain't around

           F
Mother's upstairs sleeping

      C
Daddy ain't around

                          G
We're gonna twist, that's twistin

F                      C
Till we tear the house down

[Chorus]

C
One more time

C
Go round

C
Oh you're looking good to me, honey

   F         C
Go round, go round, baby

            G
Everybody's twisting

G
Don't be ashamed

   C
Go round

C
One more time

[Sax Solo] C F C G C [Verse 3]

C
You should see my little miss

           F      C
You should see my little sis

          G
She ain't very old

          F            C
But she's trying to do that twist

[Chorus]

C
Look at her trying to go around

C
Oh, she's going around

            F
Everybody's going around and around

          C
Round and round

                 G
Oh, you're going round

            C
Around and around

[Outro] C F C G