• Song:

    You Cant Sit Down

  • Artist:

    The Dovells

You Can't Sit Down:The Dovells.
#3 in 1963.

#1.
FHey, (133211@1)pretty baby..
(You can't sit down.)

A-don't you hear the drummer thumpin'?
(You can't sit down.)
          BbYou (x1333x@1)gotta shake it like a crazy,
(You can't sit down.)
          FCause (133211@1)the band is sayin' something.
(You can't sit down.)
     CEverybody (x32010@1)is a-jumpin'...
(You can't sit down.)
          FYou (133211@1)gotta Slop, Bop, Flip-Flop..

Hip-Hop, all around.

CHORUS:
 F(You (133211@1)can't sit down, you can't sit down.)

You gotta move, move, move, around and 'round.
     Bb(You (x1333x@1)can't sit down, you can't sit down.)
          FYou (133211@1)gotta Fly, Fly, Fly, way off the ground.
        C (x32010@1)             BbThey're (x1333x@1)puttin' down, a crazy sound.
            FNo, (133211@1)no, you can't sit down..
            FNo, (133211@1)no, you can't sit down.

#2.
FWhen (133211@1)you're on South Street..
(You can't sit down.)

And the band is really bootin'.
(You can't sit down.)
             BbYou (x1333x@1)hear the hippy with the back beat..
(You can't sit down.)
        Fand (133211@1)you see the gang a-groovin'.
(You can't sit down.)
      CGotta (x32010@1)get your motor movin'..
(You can't sit down.)
          FYou (133211@1)gotta make it, break it,

shake it all around.

CHORUS:
 F(You (133211@1)can't sit down, you can't sit down.)

You gotta move, move, move, around and 'round.
     Bb(You (x1333x@1)can't sit down, you can't sit down.)
          FYou (133211@1)gotta Fly, Fly, Fly, way off the ground.
        C (x32010@1)             BbThey're (x1333x@1)puttin' down, a crazy sound.
            FNo, (133211@1)no, you can't sit down..
            FNo, (133211@1)no, you can't sit down....Hey!

(INTERLUDE:SAX:) F Bb F C F/////

#3.
FA-yip, (133211@1)yeah, yeah..hey, pretty baby..
(You can't sit down.)

A-don'tcha really dance devine now?
(You can't sit down.)
              BbYou're (x1333x@1)really shakin' like a-crazy..
(You can't sit down.)
           FA-don'tcha (133211@1)never leave the line now.
(You can't sit down.)
        CA-gonna (x32010@1)do it one more time now,
(You can't sit down.)
          FYou (133211@1)gotta Slop, Bop, Flip-Flop..

Hip-Hop, never stop.

CHORUS:
 F(You (133211@1)can't sit down, you can't sit down.)

You gotta move, move, move, around and 'round.
     Bb(You (x1333x@1)can't sit down, you can't sit down.)
          FYou (133211@1)gotta Fly, Fly, Fly, way off the ground.
        C (x32010@1)             BbThey're (x1333x@1)puttin' down, a crazy sound.
            FNo, (133211@1)no, you can't sit down..
            FNo, (133211@1)no, you can't sit down.

OUTRO:
 F(You (133211@1)can't sit down..you can't sit down.)

You gotta move, move, move, around and round.
     Bb(You (x1333x@1)can't sit down, no no, you can't sit down.)
          FYou (133211@1)gotta Fly, Fly, Fly, way off the ground.
        C (x32010@1)             BbThey're (x1333x@1)puttin' down, a crazy sound.
            FNo, (133211@1)no, you can't sit down..
            FNo, (133211@1)no, you can't sit down..(Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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