Twist And Shout
The Beatles
Written by Phil Medley and Bert Russel; released on "Please Please Me" album.
This song is reminiscent to "La Bamba"; only the same three chords repeated
endlessly. The Beatles made significant changes to the song, just listen to
the Isley Brothers' original version.
Intro:
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Well, it up, ba-
shake
Verse:
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by now twist and
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shout Come come come come
on, on, on, on
twist and shout
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ba- by now come on and work it on out
come on ba - by
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Well, work it on out,
work it on out, ooh
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ho - ney you know you look so
work it on out
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good You know you got me
look so good
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going now just like I knew you would
got me go - ing
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Well, it up, ba-
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Verse: like I knew you would, ooh
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by now twist and
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shout Come come come come
on, on, on, on
twist and shout
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ba- by now come on and work it on out
come on ba - by
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You know you twist, little girl,
work it on out, ooh
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you know you twist so
twist, little girl
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fine Come on and twist a little
twist so fine
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closer now and let me know that you're
twist a little closer
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mine
let me know you're mine, ooh
Bridge (half-solo):
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Verse:
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by now twist and
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shout Come come come come
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twist and shout
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ba- by now come on and work it on out
come on ba - by
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You know you twist, little girl,
work it on out, ooh
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you know you twist so
twist, little girl
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fine Come on and twist a little
twist so fine
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closer now and let me know that you're
twist a little closer
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mine Well, it, shake shake
shake it, it,
Outro: let me know you're mine, ooh
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ba- by now Well, it, shake shake
shake it, it,
shake it up ba - by
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ba- by now Well, it, shake shake
shake it, it,
shake it up ba - by
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ba- by now
shake it up ba - by
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