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

INTRO: [D] [C] [G] [G open]

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

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

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

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