The Big Beat:Fats Domino.
#20 in UK, #15 R&B and #26 USA on BB Hot
100 on IMPERIAL Records in 1958.
INTRO: D#
#1.
D#
The big beat keep you rockin' in your seat.
A#
The big beat keep you rockin' in your sleep.
D#
Clap your hands and stomp yo' feet..
G#
you got to move when you hear this beat.
D#
The big beat keep you rockin' in your seat.
#2.
D#
Old grandpa just make eighty years old.
A#
Man is crazy 'bout the rock an' roll.
D# G#
The big beat get in your soul..make you jump
and make you roll.
D#
Old grandpa just make eighty years old.
#3.
D#
Peg Leg Joe, threw his crutches away.
A#
The big beat, make you act this way.
D#
Come on gang, let's swing and sway..
G#
the big beat, make you act this way.
D#
Peg Leg Joe, threw his crutch away.
(INTERLUDE:SAX:) D# A# D# G# D#
#4.
D#
The big beat keep you rockin' in your seat.
A#
The big beat keep you rockin' in your sleep.
D#
Clap your hands and stomp yo' feet..
G#
you got to move when you hear this beat.
D#
The big beat keep you rockin' in your seat.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
