Chubby Checker, The Hucklebuck (1960)
^{Key: :[C#] (w: Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams, 1949)}

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

VERSE 1:
Now [C#] here's a dance you should know
Ah baby [F#] when the lights are [C#] down low
I say [G#] grab your baby, [C#] then go

CHORUS 1:
[C#] Do the hucklebuck, do the hucklebuck
[C#] If you don't know how to do it then you're out of luck
[F#] Shove your baby in, twist her all around
[C#] Then you start a twistin' and a movin' all around
[G#] Wriggle like a snake, [F#] waddle like a duck
[C# open] That's what you do when you [G#] do the hucklebuck

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE 1] // [A]

SONG KEY CHANGE: [+1] [D]

VERSE 2:
[D] Now here's a dance you should know
Ah [G] baby when the lights are [D] down
I say [A] grab your baby, [D] then go

CHORUS 2:
[D] A little bit of twist, a little bit of this
[D] If you don't know how to do it ask my little sis
[G] Shove your baby in, twist her all around
[D] Then you start a shakin' and a movin' all around
[A] Wriggle like a snake, [G] waddle like a duck
[D open] That's what you do when you [A] do the hucklebuck