Tom: F
INTRO:
F Dm
Bout this dance called the Mess Around..
Bb C
Baby, dig what I'm puttin' down.
#1.
F F7
You can Pony with Tony, Twist with Mr. Lee,
Bb C
but if you're gonna Mess Around, Mess Around with me.
#2.
F F7
Do the Shimmy with Jimmy, Hucklebuck with Dee,
Bb C F
but if you're gonna Mess Around, oh, baby, Mess Around with me.
CHORUS:
Bb
All the other dances you are free,
G C
but you better save, the last dance for me.
#3.
F F7
You can Cha Cha with Charlie, Stroll with Stagger Lee,
Bb C F
but if you're gonna Mess Around, Mess Around with me.
#4.
F
You can Pony with Tony..boogety, boogety, boogety shoot.
(INTERLUDE:SAX:)
#5.
C F F7
Hey, do the Twist with Mr. Lee..round and around and around.
Bb
Round and around and around and around..
F
Round and around and around and around..hey!
Bb
but if you're gonna Mess Around, you better,
C F
Mess Around with me.
CHORUS:
Bb
All the other dances you are free,
G C
but you better save, the last dance for me.
#6.
F F7
Hully Gully with Harry, Slop for Pop, or flee..
Bb C F
but if you're gonna Mess Around, hear me? Mess Around with me.
OUTRO:
F
Do the Birdland with Birdie, do the Birdy with Ernie..
Bb F
Watusi with Susie, Twist with my little Sis..(Fade.)
