Mess Around — Ray Charles
Chords and lyrics for Mess Around by Ray Charles (key of A#).
Verse 1
...MESS AROUND... by Ray Charles
*Released 1953*
(Original Key: Eb)
Intro
D6, G9 D6, A13 A7 G9, D6 D7#9
Verse 1
Ah, you can [D13]talk about the pit, barbecue;
The band was jumpin', the people too.
Ah, [G9]mess around, they doin' the [D6]mess around.
They doin' the [A9]mess around; [G9]everybody doin' the mess [D6]a-round.
Verse 2
Ah, [D13]everybody was juiced you can bet your soul,
They did the Boogie-Woogie with a steady roll;
They [G9]mess around, they doin' the [D6]mess around.
They doin' the [A9]mess around; [G9]everybody doin' the mess [D6]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;
And do the [G9]mess around, I declare; do the [D9]mess around.
Yeah, do the [A9]mess around; [G9]everybody doin' the mess [D6]a-round.
Solo
D6 D D9, G13 D13, A13 A7 G9 D6,
[D13] [G9] [D13] [G9] [D6]
Verse 4
Now this [D13]band's goin' to play from, 9 to 1,
Everybody here's gonna, have some fun;
Doin' the [G9]mess around, ah doin' the [D9]mess around.
They doin' the [A9]mess around; [G9]everybody doin' the mess [D6]a-round.
Verse 5
Now you [D13]see that girl with that diamond ring?
She knows how to, shake that thing;
[G9] Mess around, I declare; she can[D9] mess around.
A9 G9 (D)
Ah, mess around; everybody do the mess a-round.
Outro
[D] [D9] [Gm7] [D/A] [D#9] [D9]
[D6] [G9] [A13] [A7] [D7#9] [D13] [A9]
[G13] [D9] [Gm7] [A#dim] [D/A] [D#9]
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