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

INTRO: [A#] [G#] [D#] [D# open]

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

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

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

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

INSTRUMENTAL: [12-Bar]

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

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

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