You Can't Sit Down:The Dovells.
#3 in 1963.
#1.
F
Hey, pretty baby..
(You can't sit down.)
A-don't you hear the drummer thumpin'?
(You can't sit down.)
Bb
You gotta shake it like a crazy,
(You can't sit down.)
F
Cause the band is sayin' something.
(You can't sit down.)
C
Everybody is a-jumpin'...
(You can't sit down.)
F
You gotta Slop, Bop, Flip-Flop..
Hip-Hop, all around.
CHORUS:
F
(You can't sit down, you can't sit down.)
You gotta move, move, move, around and 'round.
Bb
(You can't sit down, you can't sit down.)
F
You gotta Fly, Fly, Fly, way off the ground.
C Bb
They're puttin' down, a crazy sound.
F
No, no, you can't sit down..
F
No, no, you can't sit down.
#2.
F
When you're on South Street..
(You can't sit down.)
And the band is really bootin'.
(You can't sit down.)
Bb
You hear the hippy with the back beat..
(You can't sit down.)
F
and you see the gang a-groovin'.
(You can't sit down.)
C
Gotta get your motor movin'..
(You can't sit down.)
F
You gotta make it, break it,
shake it all around.
CHORUS:
F
(You can't sit down, you can't sit down.)
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You gotta move, move, move, around and 'round.
Bb
(You can't sit down, you can't sit down.)
F
You gotta Fly, Fly, Fly, way off the ground.
C Bb
They're puttin' down, a crazy sound.
F
No, no, you can't sit down..
F
No, no, you can't sit down....Hey!
(INTERLUDE:SAX:) F Bb F C F/////
#3.
F
A-yip, yeah, yeah..hey, pretty baby..
(You can't sit down.)
A-don'tcha really dance devine now?
(You can't sit down.)
Bb
You're really shakin' like a-crazy..
(You can't sit down.)
F
A-don'tcha never leave the line now.
(You can't sit down.)
C
A-gonna do it one more time now,
(You can't sit down.)
F
You gotta Slop, Bop, Flip-Flop..
Hip-Hop, never stop.
CHORUS:
F
(You can't sit down, you can't sit down.)
You gotta move, move, move, around and 'round.
Bb
(You can't sit down, you can't sit down.)
F
You gotta Fly, Fly, Fly, way off the ground.
C Bb
They're puttin' down, a crazy sound.
F
No, no, you can't sit down..
F
No, no, you can't sit down.
OUTRO:
F
(You can't sit down..you can't sit down.)
You gotta move, move, move, around and round.
Bb
(You can't sit down, no no, you can't sit down.)
F
You gotta Fly, Fly, Fly, way off the ground.
C Bb
They're puttin' down, a crazy sound.
F
No, no, you can't sit down..
F
No, no, you can't sit down..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
