Dance the Mess Around — Chubby Checker
Chords and lyrics for Dance the Mess Around by Chubby Checker (key of F).
Verse 1
Dance the Mess Around:Chubby Checker.
#24 in 1961.
Intro
[F]Bout this dance called the [Dm]Mess Around..
[Bb]Baby, dig what I'm [C]puttin' down.
#1.
You can [F]Pony with Tony, Twist with Mr. Lee,[F7]
but [Bb]if you're gonna Mess Around, [C]Mess Around with me.
#2.
Do the [F]Shimmy with Jimmy, Hucklebuck with Dee,[F7]
but [Bb]if you're gonna Mess Around, oh, baby, [C]Mess Around with [F]me.
Chorus
All the [Bb]other dances you are free,
but you [G]better save, the last dance for [C]me.
#3.
You can [F]Cha Cha with Charlie, Stroll with Stagger Lee,[F7]
but [Bb]if you're gonna Mess Around, [C]Mess Around with [F]me.
#4.
[F]You can Pony with Tony..boogety, boogety, boogety shoot.
#5.
[C]Hey, do the [F]Twist with Mr. Lee..round and around and [F7]around.
[Bb]Round and around and around and around..
[F]Round and around and around and around..hey!
but [Bb]if you're gonna Mess Around, you better,
[C]Mess Around with [F]me.
Chorus
All the [Bb]other dances you are free,
but you [G]better save, the last dance for [C]me.
#6.
[F]Hully Gully with Harry, Slop for Pop, or [F7]flee..
but [Bb]if you're gonna Mess Around, hear me? [C]Mess Around with [F]me.
Outro
[F]Do the Birdland with Birdie, do the Birdy with Ernie..
[Bb]Watusi with Susie, [F]Twist with my little Sis..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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