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DOWN AT THE TWIST AND SHOUT (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in A; capo at the 2nd fret]
[Chorus]
C C
Saturday night and the moon is out
G G
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
D D
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
G G
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
C C - D
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
G G
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
D D G G
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight
[Verse 1]
D D
Well I never have wandered down to New Orleans
G G
Never have drifted down a bayou stream
D D
But I heard that music on the radio
G G
And I swore some day I was gonna go
Em Em
Down Highway 10 past Lafayette
A7 A7
To Baton Rouge and I won't forget
D D
To send you a card with my regrets
D G
'Cause I'm never gonna come back home
[Chorus]
C C
Saturday night and the moon is out
G G
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
D D
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
G G
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
C C - D
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
G G
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
D D G G
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight
[Verse 2]
D D
They got an alligator stew and a crawfish pie
G G
A gulf storm blowing into town tonight
D D
Living on the delta's quite a show
G G
They got hurricane parties every time it blows
Em Em
But here up north it's a cold, cold rain
A7 A7
And there ain't no cure for my blues today
D D
Except when the paper says Beausoleil
D G
Is a-coming into town, baby let's go down
[Chorus]
C C
It's Saturday night and the moon is out
G G
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
D D
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
G G
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
C C - D
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
G G
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
D D G G
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight
[Verse 3]
D D
Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring your sister too
G G
They got lots of music and lots of room
D D
When they play you a waltz from a-1910
G G
You're gonna feel a little bit young again
Em Em
Well you learned to dance with your rock and roll
A7 A7
You learned to swing with a do-si-do
D D
But you learn to love at the fais-do-do
D G
When you hear a little Jolie Blon
[Chorus]
C C
Saturday night and the moon is out
G G
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
D D
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
G G
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
C C - D
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
G G
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
D D G G
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight
- Adam Schneider, [email protected]
