(intro 2x) G  D

               G
You should be wilder
                  D
You're no fun at all
                     G
Yeah, thanks for the input
                D
Thanks for the call
                       G
With dull knives and white hands
               D
The blood of stone
             G
Cold to the touch, right
                D
Right down the bone

    G                   F
But you.. give me the electric twist
        C                      D
And it kicks, it kicks like a pony
      G                   F
And true, you might get away with it
        C                       D
It's a risk, it's a risk, yeah

( G  D  G  D ) (2x)
Picked from a hot grove
Packaged for sale
It drips down the sleeve gets
Under your nails
A loss of the senses
A chip off a tooth
The smells of the city
They ride in your suit

          G
He says "don't think, don't talk"
Don't think
 Em
Don't think, Don't talk
Don't think
 G
Don't think, Don't talk
       D
But I don't think I want to

( G  F  C  D ) (2x)
'Cuz you.. give me the electric twist
And it kicks
And it kicks, like a pony
And true.. you might run away with it
It's a risk, it's a risk, yeah

Em
Because it kicks, yeah
D
It really kicks, yeah

( Em  G  D ) (2x)

         Em
And the touch of you lips
         G
It's a shock, not a kiss
       D
It's electric twist, It's electric twist, yeah

( G  Em  G  D )
He says "don't think, don't talk"
Don't think
Don't think, Don't talk
Don't think
Don't think, Don't talk
But I don't think I want to

( G  F  C  D ) (2x)
'Cuz you give.. give me the electric twist
And it kicks
And it kicks, yeah
And true.. letcha get away with it
It's a risk,
It's a risk, yeah

( Em  G  D )
You might get away with it
It's a risk, yeah
But it kicks, yeah
It really kicks, yeah

( G  D )