Dear Lady Twist:Gary (US) Bonds.
#9 on LEGRANDE Records in 1962.

INTRO:
D (xx0232@1)                GGet (320003@1)up a-from your chair..(x4)

(SPOKEN AD LIB:) (By Bonds with INTRO in background.)
Darling, may I have the pleasure of having this next 
Twist with you?
(FEMALE REPLY:) But I don't know how to Twist.
(BONDS:)You don't know how to Twist? Well, let me tell you!

#1.
D (xx0232@1)                                   GWell, (320003@1)now, there's a new dance that's known as the Twist..
     A (x02220@1)                  Dit's (xx0232@1)really not new, it's somethin' you`ve missed.
D (xx0232@1)                             GBut (320003@1)there's a new dance, that's known as the Twist.
     A (x02220@1)                  DIt's (xx0232@1)really not new, it's somethin' you've missed.

Dear lady!!..

CHORUS:
 D (xx0232@1)                G(Get (320003@1)up a-from your chair.) Dear, dear lady..
 D (xx0232@1)                G(Get (320003@1)up a-from your chair.)
G (320003@1)                                 AWell, (x02220@1)now, 'cause doctors agree, so I've been told..
A (x02220@1)                     Ddo (xx0232@1)the Twist an' you'll never grow old.

#2.
D (xx0232@1)                           G (320003@1)            AWell, (x02220@1)one night I happened to go to a dance..believin' 
            DI'd (xx0232@1)find me some romance.
D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)                      AAnd (x02220@1)this old lady I happened to see..I said, come on, baby, 
       Ddo (xx0232@1)the Twist with me.

Dear lady!!..

CHORUS:
 D (xx0232@1)                G(Get (320003@1)up a-from your chair.) Awww, dear lady..
 D (xx0232@1)                G(Get (320003@1)up a-from your chair.)
G (320003@1)                                 AWell, (x02220@1)now, 'cause doctors agree, so I've been told..
A (x02220@1)                     Ddo (xx0232@1)the Twist an' you'll never grow old.

(INTERLUDE:SAX:) D G A D (x2)

(BACKGROUND:) (Get up from your chair.)

(BONDS: (Baby, yeah..C'mon, pretty baby..Get up an' do 
 the Twist now..yes, oh, yes!)

#3.
D (xx0232@1)                                  GWell, (320003@1)I said, I'd love to dance from now until dawn.
          A (x02220@1)                  DShe (xx0232@1)said, crazy, baby, but I'm almost gone.
D (xx0232@1)                       GI (320003@1)said, now the rhythm is getting real sweet..
    A (x02220@1)                Dbut (xx0232@1)this is no time to slow up your feet.

Dear lady!!..

CHORUS:
 D (xx0232@1)                G(Get (320003@1)up a-from your chair.) dear, dear lady..
 D (xx0232@1)                G(Get (320003@1)up a-from your chair.)
G (320003@1)                                 AWell, (x02220@1)now, 'cause doctors agree, so I've been told..
A (x02220@1)                     Ddo (xx0232@1)the Twist an' you'll never grow old.

OUTRO:           
D (xx0232@1)                      
You gotta do the Twist!..yeah, petty baby!
 D (xx0232@1)                G(Get (320003@1)up a-from your chair.)
D (xx0232@1)                         
You gotta do the Twist!..Get up, c'mon, an' get up!
 D (xx0232@1)                G(Get (320003@1)up a-from your chair.)
D (xx0232@1)                
Get up, pretty baby!..Come on! Come on!
 D (xx0232@1)                G(Get (320003@1)up a-from your chair.)
D (xx0232@1)                   
Get up an' do the Twist!..Do the Twist now, baby!
 D (xx0232@1)                G(Get (320003@1)up a-from your chair.)
D (xx0232@1)                               
Get up, dear lady, yeah!..Come, come on!..Dear lady!(Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.