The Big Beat:Fats Domino.
#20 in UK, #15 R&B and #26 USA on BB Hot
100 on IMPERIAL Records in 1958.

INTRO: D#

#1.
D#
The big beat keep you rockin' in your seat.
                                      A#
The big beat keep you rockin' in your sleep.
D#
Clap your hands and stomp yo' feet..
    G#
you got to move when you hear this beat.
D#
The big beat keep you rockin' in your seat.

#2.
D#
Old grandpa just make eighty years old.
                                A#
Man is crazy 'bout the rock an' roll.
    D#                         G#
The big beat get in your soul..make you jump 

and make you roll.
    D#
Old grandpa just make eighty years old.


#3.
D#
Peg Leg Joe, threw his crutches away.
                                A#
The big beat, make you act this way.
D#
Come on gang, let's swing and sway..
    G#
the big beat, make you act this way.
D#
Peg Leg Joe, threw his crutch away.


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

#4.
D#
The big beat keep you rockin' in your seat.
                                      A#
The big beat keep you rockin' in your sleep.
D#
Clap your hands and stomp yo' feet..
    G#
you got to move when you hear this beat.
D#
The big beat keep you rockin' in your seat.


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