...MESS AROUND... by Ray Charles
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*Released 1953*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: [Eb])
Intro:
[D6], [G9] [D6], [A13] [A7] [G9], [D6] D7#9
Verse 1:
[D13]
Ah, you can talk about the pit, barbecue;
The band was jumpin', the people too.
[G9] [D6]
Ah, mess around, they doin' the mess around.
[A9] [G9] [D6]
They doin' the mess around; everybody doin' the mess a-round.
Verse 2:
[D13]
Ah, everybody was juiced you can bet your soul,
They did the Boogie-Woogie with a steady roll;
[G9] [D6]
They mess around, they doin' the mess around.
[A9] [G9] [D6]
They doin' the mess around; everybody doin' the mess a-round.
Verse 3:
[D13]
Now, ah, when I say stop don't you move a peg,
When I say go, just ah, shake your leg;
[G9] [D9]
And do the mess around, I declare; do the mess around.
[A9] [G9] [D6]
Yeah, do the mess around; everybody doin' the mess a-round.
Solo:
[D6] [D] [D9], [G13] [D13], [A13] [A7] [G9] [D6],
[D13] [G9] [D13] [A9], [G9] [D6]
Verse 4:
[D13]
Now this band's goin' to play from, 9 to 1,
Everybody here's gonna, have some fun;
[G9] [D9]
Doin' the mess around, ah doin' the mess around.
[A9] [G9] [D6]
They doin' the mess around; everybody doin' the mess a-round.
Verse 5:
[D13]
Now you see that girl with that diamond ring?
She knows how to, shake that thing;
[G9] [D9]
Mess around, I declare; she can mess around.
[A9] [G9] ([D])
Ah, mess around; everybody do the mess a-round.
Outro:
[D] [D9] [Gm7] [A#dim], [D/A] [D#9] [D9]
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[D6] [G9] [A13] [A7] D7#9 [D13] [A9]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0202 323200 x02022 x02223 x5456x xx7577 5454xx
[G13] [D9] [Gm7] [A#dim] [D/A] [D#9]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
3x345x x5455x 353333 xx2323 x00232 x6566x
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
