The Shag:Billy Graves. #53 on BB Hot 100 on MONUMENT Records in 1959..(It was banned by BBC in UK.) INTRO: D G D G #1. C G Well, I went to the party feeling bad, thinking it D G would be a flop..(flop, flop.) C G My good loving baby had stood me up and I didn't D G D G wanna do The Bop..(bop bop)..I didn't wanna do The Bop. #2. C G D G I stood in a corner all alone, watching 'em do The Drag.. (what a drag!) C G When the queen of the hop Strolled up to me and asked me D G if I knew how to Shag..(knew how to Shag)..asked me if I D G knew how to Shag. #3. C G Well, I knew how to Walk..I knew how to Slop..I knew how to D G Pogo, too (Pogo.) D C G D I could Chicken Hop and Cha Cha Cha, but The Shag was totally G D G new..(shag shag)..The Shag was totally new. #4. C G She said, 'Come on, man, let's burn up the floor..The Shag is D G easy to do..(shag, shag.) C G D G She showed me how, and in no time at all, I was Shagging, too.. D G (me, too)..I was Shagging, too. INTERLUDE: C Am C..G C G..D G C G..C G D G #5. C G Yeah, I'm so glad that I met that doll, now I Shag instead of Bop.. (bop bop.) C G D G I'm her king and she's my queen when we go to The Hop (hop, hop).. D G When we go to The Hop. D G G D G We Shag instead of Bop..(bop, bop)..we Shag instead of Bop. OUTRO: G D G D G The Shag is totally cool..(shag shag)..The Shag is totally cool. D G The Shag is totally cool..(Fade.) A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
