Chords for Legendary Stars of Carolina Shag Dancing & Beach Music

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_ _ _ _ I _ _
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_ _ [Bbm] heard the news, there's gonna rock tonight. _ _ _ _ _
_ Call home my [Db] baby Titus Cat, tonight she'll know I'm on my track.
I [Gb] heard the news, there's gonna rock [Db] tonight. _ _ _ _
Have you heard the news, _ everybody's gonna rock [Bbm] tonight. _ _ _ _
_ Call [Dbm] home my baby Titus Cat, [Db] tonight she'll know I'm a mighty man.
Have you heard the news, _ [Gb]
there's gonna rock tonight. _ _ _ _
_ [Db] Oh, meet me in the alley behind the barn, don't be afraid, I'll do you harm.
_ _ Baby, bring my rocking shoes, cause tonight I'm gonna rock [Gbm] away all my blues.
Every spring, as sure as the flowers bloom and swallows [Ebm] return to Capistrano,
a [Db] unique species surfaces [Gb] throughout the United States [Dbm] and begins [Gb] its own legendary migration.
_ Flocking [Db] in droves to an annual rite of reunion at a beautiful coastline corner [F] of South Carolina called [Bbm] Myrtle Beach.
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_ [Ab] They're [Db] definitely a special breed.
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_ [F] _ I got the news, everybody's gonna rock tonight. All [Bbm] ages. _ _ _ _
[Abm] I'm gonna [Gb] hold [Db] my baby Titus Cat, tonight she'll [Gb] know I'm a [C] mighty man.
I got the news, _ _ everybody's rocking [Bbm] tonight.
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_ [Db] Well, Elton Brown, _ _ Deacon Jones, _ [E] _ _ [Ab] David Leth _ and the Happy Family,
_ everybody's gonna rock [Db]
tonight.
[Ab] _ Jumping in the [Db] sand at the jubilee.
[E] _ _ [Gb] _ Panhandle, pan through the rockin' [Bbm] sky.
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_ _ [Db] Sweet Lorraine.
[Bb] _ They have their own music.
Its distinctive beat [Am] instantly recognizable to [Bb] true shagger
[Ab] and identified [D]
almost exclusively with dance pavilions of Myrtle Beach. _
[Bb] They've even named it Beach Music.
[Dm] Be foolish but be [Eb] happy.
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[Bb] _ _ _ Be [Dm] foolish but [Cm] be _ happy.
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[Bb] It's all a [Dm] friend to get you down.
[Cm] Waste of _ [F] _ _ time.
[Bb] Have your fun, [Dm] live a day in [Cm] the bright sunshine.
_ [F] _ [Bb] They have [Gb] their own [Eb] language.
Man, I got [Abm] sand in my [E] shoes. _
_ [C] _ _ _ Every [Bb] beach bunny [C] knows what that means [F] and they have [G] their own lifestyle.
[Gb] _ _ Shaggin' is my life.
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ Now, after almost half a century and many generations,
the shag and [Dm] its music are [E] suddenly grabbing people across [D] the nation.
_ Why?
Let's [Ab] check out this [E] beach phenomenon and find out [G] why everyone wants to go _ [C] shaggin' on the Strand.
[D] The minute I saw you.
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_ _ Every spring, the faithful flock returns to home ground at Myrtle Beach,
proving that all good things do not [F] necessarily have to end.
_ There they renew treasured friendships _ and for [Ab] a memorable while,
[C] put aside the hassle of the outside world,
[A] _ relive days of youth amidst [Db] sun, surf, and the [G] joy [F] of shaggin' on the [Cm] Strand.
_ You know, _ I think they've got [Bb] something.
_ _ I _ love [Eb] beach music.
Every [Bb] single day _ of my life.
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ I love [Cm] beach music.
[Eb] You know that [Bb] I do.
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_ [Cm] Whoa, [Bb] whoa, whoa. _
I love beach music. _ _
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