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

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

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

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

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

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

INSTRUMENTAL: [12-Bar]

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

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

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