Down At the Twist and Shout

Intro D G


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

[Verso 1]
       D                           D  
Well I never have wandered down to New Orleans  
G                         G  
Never have drifted down a bayou stream  
      D                       D  
But I heard that music on the radio  
      G                    G  
And I swore some day I was gonna go  
     E              E  
Down Highway 10 past Lafayette  
   A7                A7  
To Baton Rouge and I won't forget  
   D                    D  
To send you a card with my regrets  
           D                      G  
'Cause I'm never gonna come back home  
  

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

C G D G  
             

[Verso 2]
             D 
They got an alligator stew and a crawfish pie  
    G 
A gulf storm blowing into town tonight  
D 
Living on the delta's quite a show  
         G 
They got hurricane parties every time it blows  
    E 
But here up north it's a cold, cold rain  
           A7 
And there ain't no cure for my blues today  
D 
Except when the paper says Beausoleil  
                                  G 
Is a-coming into town, baby let's go down  
  

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

C G D G  
  

[Verso 3]
            D 
Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring your sister too  
           G 
They got lots of music and lots of room  
           D 
When they play you a waltz from a-1910  
       G 
You're gonna feel a little bit young again  
         E 
Well you learned to dance with your rock and roll  
     A7 
You learned to swing with a do-si-do  
        D 
But you learn to love at the fais-do-do  
                              G 
When you hear a little Jolie Blon  


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


C G D G...