Chords for Clay Cole & the Capris - "Twist Around The Clock" DOO-WOP ( 1961 )

Tempo:
87 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

G

F

Eb

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Clay Cole & the Capris - "Twist Around The Clock"  DOO-WOP    ( 1961 ) chords
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[F] 1, 2, [G] 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, [Bbm] 8, 9, 10, 11, [F] 12, twist around the clock!
[Bb]
Come on [G] everybody let's twist!
Hey, [Bb] hey!
Come on everybody [G] let's twist!
Well, [Bb] well, well, everybody, [G] everybody, everybody, [Bb] everybody's [Dm] doing the twist!
[G] Yeah, it goes like this, [Bb] where you shake that thing around and round,
and you [Dm] lift your [Eb] legs up and down, and you twist [E] around [F] the clock!
[Bb] Come on [G] everybody let's twist!
Hey, [Bb] hey!
Come on everybody [G] let's twist!
Well, [Bb] there's a crazy little [G] place in this big town,
[Bb] where [G] everybody, everybody comes around,
[Bb] and they jam [F] the door, [Gm] and they climb the floor,
climb the walls, and they have a ball,
and [Eb] they twist [E] around [G] the clock, around [Bb] the clock!
[Fm] Well, do you want [Eb] to do the flop?
No!
Fish?
No!
[Bb]
Bop?
No!
Slide?
No!
[Eb] Stomp?
No!
Lie?
[Em] No!
[F] Why insist that everybody [Bb] twist?
Come on [G] everybody let's twist!
Hey, [Bb] hey!
Come [A] on everybody [G] let's twist!
Well, [Bb] well, well, everybody, [G] everybody, everybody, [Bb] everybody's doing the twist!
[G] Yeah, it goes like this, [Bb] where you shake that thing [G] around and round,
[Bb] and you lift your [Gm] legs up and down, [Eb] and you twist [F] around the [G] clock!
[Bb] Around the clock!
[G] [Cm] [Bb]
[Cm] Hey!
Why [F]
insist that everybody twist?
[Bb] Come on [G] everybody let's twist!
[Bb] Hey, hey!
Come on [G] everybody let's twist!
Well, [Bb] well, well, everybody, [G] everybody, everybody, [Bb] everybody's doing the [G] twist!
Yeah, it goes like [Bb] this, where you shake that [G] thing around and [Bb] round,
and you lift your legs up and [Eb] down, and you twist [F] around the clock!
[Bb]
Come on everybody [G] let's twist!
[Gm] Hey, hey!
Come on everybody let's twist!
Hey, [Bb] hey!
1, [Gm] 2, 3 o'clock [Dm] 4 o'clock [Gm] 5, 6, 7 o'clock [Bb] 8 o'clock 9, [G] 10, 11 o'clock 12 [Bb] o'clock
1, 2, 3 o'clock 4 o'clock 5, 6, [Gm] 7 o'clock 8 o'clock 9
Key:  
Bb
12341111
G
2131
F
134211111
Eb
12341116
Gm
123111113
Bb
12341111
G
2131
F
134211111
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To start learning Clay Cole - Twist Around The Clock chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - Bb, G and Bb in sequence. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 43 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 87. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: D Minor.

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[F] 1, 2, [G] 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, [Bbm] 8, 9, 10, 11, [F] 12, twist around the clock!
[Bb]
Come on [G] everybody let's twist!
Hey, [Bb] hey!
Come on everybody [G] let's twist!
Well, [Bb] well, well, everybody, [G] everybody, everybody, [Bb] everybody's [Dm] doing the twist!
[G] Yeah, it goes like this, [Bb] where you shake that thing around and round,
and you [Dm] lift your [Eb] legs up and down, and you twist [E] around [F] the clock!
[Bb] Come on [G] everybody let's twist!
Hey, [Bb] hey!
Come on everybody [G] let's twist!
Well, [Bb] there's a crazy little [G] place in this big town,
[Bb] where [G] everybody, everybody comes around,
[Bb] and they jam [F] the door, [Gm] and they climb the floor,
climb the walls, and they have a ball,
and [Eb] they twist [E] around [G] the clock, around [Bb] the clock!
_ [Fm] Well, do you want [Eb] to do the flop?
No!
Fish?
No!
[Bb]
Bop?
No!
Slide?
No!
[Eb] Stomp?
No!
Lie?
[Em] No!
[F] Why insist that everybody [Bb] twist?
Come on [G] everybody let's twist!
Hey, [Bb] hey!
Come [A] on everybody [G] let's twist!
Well, [Bb] well, well, everybody, [G] everybody, everybody, [Bb] everybody's doing the twist!
[G] Yeah, it goes like this, [Bb] where you shake that thing [G] around and round,
[Bb] and you lift your [Gm] legs up and down, [Eb] and you twist [F] around the [G] clock!
[Bb] Around the clock!
_ [G] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Cm] Hey!
Why _ [F] _
insist that everybody twist?
[Bb] Come on [G] everybody let's twist!
[Bb] Hey, hey!
Come on [G] everybody let's twist!
Well, [Bb] well, well, everybody, [G] everybody, everybody, [Bb] everybody's doing the [G] twist!
Yeah, it goes like [Bb] this, where you shake that [G] thing around and [Bb] round,
and you lift your legs up and [Eb] down, and you twist [F] around the clock!
[Bb]
Come on everybody [G] let's twist!
[Gm] Hey, hey!
Come on everybody let's twist!
Hey, [Bb] hey!
1, [Gm] 2, 3 o'clock [Dm] 4 o'clock [Gm] 5, 6, 7 o'clock [Bb] 8 o'clock 9, [G] 10, 11 o'clock 12 [Bb] o'clock
1, 2, 3 o'clock 4 o'clock 5, 6, [Gm] 7 o'clock 8 o'clock 9_ _ _ _ _

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