...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:
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[A] [F#m] [D] [E7]
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
