The Peppermint Twist:Chubby Checker.
Joey Dee & the Starlighters
made this a big hit in '62.

#1. 
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Well, they've got a new dance and it goes like this..

(Bop shoo..bop, a bop..mm bop..mm shoo..bop)
          G
yeah, the name of the dance is the Peppermint Twist,
D
(Bop, bop shoo..bop, a bop..mm bop..mm shoo..bop)
          A                                 D
well, you like it like this, the Peppermint Twist.
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(Bop bop shoo..bop, a boppa boppa shoo..bop)

CHORUS: 
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You go round and round, up and down,
G                D
round and round, up and down,
A                      G
round and around and...up and down,
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and one, two, three, kick, one, two, three, jump.

#2.
D
Well, meet me, baby, down on 45th Street,

(Bop bop shoo..bop, a boppa boppa shoo..bop)
G
where the Peppermint Twisters meet,
D
(Bop bop shoo..bop, a boppa boppa shoo..bop)
           A                                D
and you'll learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist.

(Bop shoo..bop, boppa boppa shoo..bop)

#3. 
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It's alright, all night, it's alright,

(it's alright, it's alright, it's alright),
     G                   D
it's okay, all day, it's okay

(it's okay, it's okay, it's okay)
       A                                D
you'll learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist.

CHORUS:         

REPEAT #3.



A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.