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

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

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

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

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

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

INSTRUMENTAL: [12-Bar]

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

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

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