by Sam Cooke

*from 'Twistin' The Night Away' (1962)*


*CAPO 2nd FRET*

(Original Key: A5 )


Verse 1:

G5
 Let me tell ya 'bout the place,
E5
 Somewhere up New York ways.
C5
 where the people are so gay;
D5
 Twisting the night away.

G5
 Here they have a lot of fun,
E5
 Putting trouble on the run.
C5
 Man there ain't nothing like;
D5                    G5
 Twisting the night a-way.

Chorus 1:

G5
 Twisting, twisting,
Everybody's doing great.
C5 
 Twisting, twisting,
        D5                   C5
They're twisting the night a-way.

Verse 2:

G5
 Here's a fella in blue jeans,
E5
 He's dancing with an older queen.
C5
 Chick's dolled up in diamond ring;
D5
 Twisting the night away.

G5
 Man you gotta see her go,
E5
 Twisting to the rock'n'roll.
C5
 Man, there ain't nothing like;
D5                    G5
 Twisting the night a-way.

Chorus 2:

G5
 Twisting, twisting,
Everybody's doing great.
C5
 Twisting, twisting,
        D5                   C5
They're twisting the night a-way.
(Let's twist awhile);

Break:

     G5        E5
Lean up, lean back,
     C5        D5
Lean up, lean back.

   G5     E5
Wa-tusi, Fly,
    C5
Now twist,
        D5                   G5
They're twisting the night a-way.

Verse 4:

G5
 Here's a man in evening clothes,
E5
 How he got here I don't know.
C5
 Man you gotta see him go;
D5
 Twisting the night away.

G5
 He's dancing with a chick in slacks,
E5
 This chick's moving up and back.
C5
 Man, there ain?t nothing like;
D5                    G5
 Twisting the night a-way!.

Chorus 3:

G5
 Twisting, twisting,
Everybody's doing great.
C5
 Twisting, twisting,
        D5                   C5
They're twisting the night a-way.
(Let's twist awhile);

Coda:

     G5        E5
Lean up, lean back,
     C5        D5
Lean up, lean back.

   G5     E5
Wa-tusi, Fly,
    C5
Now twist,
        D5                   G5
They're twisting the night a-way.

(Repeat to Fade)