Bird Dance Beat
The Trashmen
Written by Gary Garrett; released as a single with "A-Bone" as the B-side,
and on the album "Surfin' Bird"
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Oh, well now
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shake your shoulders, and move your feet,
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we're gonna stomp to the Bird Dance Beat, Oh, well now
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flap your arms, and move your hands, oh,
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we're gonna rock to the bird dance band.
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Oh, we're a-
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shakin' and a - movin' with all a - round, oh, we're a-
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dancing with all the boss chicks in town, Oh, well I
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do the bird dance till broad daylight, oh, well,
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that's the way that we spend our night.
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Oh, well it
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gets us here a- wailin', so do it now, 'cause the
let's
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bird - man's singing pa- pa- om- mow - mow-mow, If you've
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heard Surfin' Bird, you can't go wrong, 'cause they're
the
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playin' and a - singin with a bird dance song.
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What's the word?
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Oh, well now
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shake your shoulders, and move your feet,
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we're gonna stomp to the Bird Dance Beat, Oh, well now
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flap your arms, and move your hands, well now
oh,
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we're gonna rock to the bird dance band.
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Oh, we're a-
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Verse:
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shakin' and a - movin' with all a - round, oh, we're a-
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A|6-------6-------------------5--|6-------6---------------6------|
E|----------------6-------6------|----------------6--------------|
dancing with all the boss chicks in town, Oh, well I
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do the bird dance till broad daylight, oh, well,
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that's the way that we spend our night.
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Oh, well it
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Verse:
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gets us here a- wailin', so do it now, 'cause the
let's
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A|6-------6----------------------|6-------6-------5--------------|
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bird - man's singing pa- pa- om- mow - mow-mow, If you've
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A|----------------5--------------|--------3-------4-------5------|
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heard Surfin' Bird, you can't go wrong, 'cause they're
the
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D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|6-------6-------------------5--|6-------6-------6--------------|
E|----------------6-------6------|------------------------8------|
playin' and a - singin with a bird dance song.
Refrain:
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A|------------5---8-------5---8--|-------------------------------|
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oom - mow - mow, pa- pa- oom-mow - mow, pa- pa-
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