Chubby Checker, The Hucklebuck (1960)
Key: :[F] (w: Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams, 1949)
INTRO: [C] [A#] [F] //
[C]
VERSE 1:
Now
[F] here's a dance you should know
Ah baby
[A#] when the lights are
[F] down low
I say
[C] grab your baby,
[F] then go
CHORUS 1:
[F] Do the hucklebuck, do the hucklebuck
[F] If you don't know how to do it then you're out of luck
[A#] Shove your baby in, twist her all around
[F] Then you start a twistin' and a movin' all around
[C] Wriggle like a snake,
[A#] waddle like a duck
[F open] That's what you do when you
[C] do the hucklebuck
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE 1] //
[C#]
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [F#]
VERSE 2:
[F#] Now here's a dance you should know
Ah
[B] baby when the lights are
[F#] down
I say
[C#] grab your baby,
[F#] then go
CHORUS 2:
[F#] A little bit of twist, a little bit of this
[F#] If you don't know how to do it ask my little sis
[B] Shove your baby in, twist her all around
[F#] Then you start a shakin' and a movin' all around
[C#] Wriggle like a snake,
[B] waddle like a duck
[F# open] That's what you do when you
[C#] do the hucklebuck
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE 2]
REPEAT VERSE 2:
REPEAT CHORUS 2: 