Dance the Mess Around:Chubby Checker. #24 in 1961. INTRO: F Dm Bout this dance called the Mess Around.. Bb C Baby, dig what I'm puttin' down. #1. F F7 You can Pony with Tony, Twist with Mr. Lee, Bb C but if you're gonna Mess Around, Mess Around with me. #2. F F7 Do the Shimmy with Jimmy, Hucklebuck with Dee, Bb C F but if you're gonna Mess Around, oh, baby, Mess Around with me. CHORUS: Bb All the other dances you are free, G C but you better save, the last dance for me. #3. F F7 You can Cha Cha with Charlie, Stroll with Stagger Lee, Bb C F but if you're gonna Mess Around, Mess Around with me. #4. F You can Pony with Tony..boogety, boogety, boogety shoot. (INTERLUDE:SAX:) #5. C F F7 Hey, do the Twist with Mr. Lee..round and around and around. Bb Round and around and around and around.. F Round and around and around and around..hey! Bb but if you're gonna Mess Around, you better, C F Mess Around with me. CHORUS: Bb All the other dances you are free, G C but you better save, the last dance for me. #6. F F7 Hully Gully with Harry, Slop for Pop, or flee.. Bb C F but if you're gonna Mess Around, hear me? Mess Around with me. OUTRO: F Do the Birdland with Birdie, do the Birdy with Ernie.. Bb F Watusi with Susie, Twist with my little Sis..(Fade.) A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.