• Song:

    Down at the Twist and Shout

  • Artist:

    Mary Chapin Carpenter

  • Album:

    The Essential Collectio...

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DOWN AT THE TWIST AND SHOUT (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in A; capo at the 2nd fret]

C (x32010@1)                    CSaturday (x32010@1)night and the moon is out
        G (320003@1)                 GI (320003@1)wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
       D (xx0232@1)                    DFind (xx0232@1)a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
        G (320003@1)                   GWhen (320003@1)it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
C (x32010@1)                    C (x32010@1)  -    DOut (xx0232@1)in the middle of a big dance floor
       G (320003@1)                    GWhen (320003@1)I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
      D (xx0232@1)                    D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1) GWanna (320003@1)dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight

       D (xx0232@1)                         DWell (xx0232@1)I never have wandered down to New Orleans
G (320003@1)                       GNever (320003@1)have drifted down a bayou stream
      D (xx0232@1)                     DBut (xx0232@1)I heard that music on the radio
      G (320003@1)                  GAnd (320003@1)I swore some day I was gonna go
     Em (022000@1)            EmDown (022000@1)Highway 10 past Lafayette
   A7 (x02020@1)              A7To (x02020@1)Baton Rouge and I won't forget
   D (xx0232@1)                  DTo (xx0232@1)send you a card with my regrets
           D (xx0232@1)                    G'Cause (320003@1)I'm never gonna come back home

Saturday night and the moon is out
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight

They got an alligator stew and a crawfish pie
A gulf storm blowing into town tonight
Living on the delta's quite a show
They got hurricane parties every time it blows
But here up north it's a cold, cold rain
And there ain't no cure for my blues today
Except when the paper says Beausoleil
Is a-coming into town, baby let's go down

It's Saturday night and the moon is out
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight

Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring your sister too
They got lots of music and lots of room
When they play you a waltz from a-1910
You're gonna feel a little bit young again
Well you learned to dance with your rock and roll
You learned to swing with a do-si-do
But you learn to love at the fais-do-do
When you hear a little Jolie Blon

Saturday night and the moon is out
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight


- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com

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