Chubby Checker, The Twist (1960)
^{Key: :[F] (w: Hank Ballard) (Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, 1959)}

INTRO: [C] [A#] [F] [F open]

VERSE 1:
Come on [F] baby, let's do the twist
come on [A#] baby, let's do the [F] twist
Take ya by your little [C] hand [A# open]
And go like [F] this

CHORUS 1:
[F] E-yeah, twist, baby, baby, twist
Ooo [A#] yeah, just like [F] this
Come on little [C] miss [A# open]
And do the [F] twist

VERSE 2:
My daddy is [F] sleepin' and mama ain't around
Yeah, daddy is just [A#] sleepin' and mama ain't a-[F]-round
We're gonna twist n' twist n' [C] twistin', [A# open]
'Til we tear the house [F] down

CHORUS 2:
[F] Come on and twist, yeah baby, twist
Ooo [A#] yeah, just like [F] this
Come on little [C] miss [A# open]
And do the [F] twist

INSTRUMENTAL: [12-Bar]

VERSE 3:
Yeah, you should [F] see my little Sis
You should [A#] see my, my little [F] Sis
She really knows how to [C] rock [A# open]
She knows how to [F] twist

CHORUS 3:
[F] Come on and twist, yeah baby, twist
Ooo [A#] yeah, just like [F] this
Come on little [C] miss [A# open]
And do the [F] twist

OUTRO:
[F] Yeah, that's all right
[A#] Yeah, [F] twist so nice
[C] Twist [A# open]
[F] [F open] [F open]