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 (x43121@3)big beat keep you rockin' in your seat.
                                      A#The (x1333x@1)big beat keep you rockin' in your sleep.
D#Clap (x43121@3)your hands and stomp yo' feet..
    G#you (xx1114@1)got to move when you hear this beat.
D#The (x43121@3)big beat keep you rockin' in your seat.

#2.
D#Old (x43121@3)grandpa just make eighty years old.
                                A#Man (x1333x@1)is crazy 'bout the rock an' roll.
    D# (x43121@3)                       G#The (xx1114@1)big beat get in your soul..make you jump

and make you roll.
    D#Old (x43121@3)grandpa just make eighty years old.

#3.
D#Peg (x43121@3)Leg Joe, threw his crutches away.
                                A#The (x1333x@1)big beat, make you act this way.
D#Come (x43121@3)on gang, let's swing and sway..
    G#the (xx1114@1)big beat, make you act this way.
D#Peg (x43121@3)Leg Joe, threw his crutch away.

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

#4.
D#The (x43121@3)big beat keep you rockin' in your seat.
                                      A#The (x1333x@1)big beat keep you rockin' in your sleep.
D#Clap (x43121@3)your hands and stomp yo' feet..
    G#you (xx1114@1)got to move when you hear this beat.
D#The (x43121@3)big beat keep you rockin' in your seat.

A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.