Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells (1968) (HD Quality) Chords

_ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ [F#] Hi _ [D#] _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D#m] everybody, _ I'm Archie [F#] Bales of the Thrills of [D#] Houston, Texas.
[B] We don't only [F#] sing, but we dance [D#m] just as good as we want.
In [F#] Houston, we just started a [D#] new dance called [D#m] the Tighten Up.
[F#] This is [D#] the music we [C#] tighten up with.
[D#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D#] First, [D#m] tighten up on the drum.
_ [F#] _ [D#] Come on now, drummer.
[D#m] _
I want you to tighten [D#] it up for me now.
_ _ Oh yeah.
_ _ Tighten up on that bass [F#] now. _
_ Tighten it [C#] up.
_ _ Yeah.
[D#m] _ Now let [C#] that guitar fall in. _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] Oh yeah.
_ [D#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ [B] Tighten up on that organ [D#m] now.
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] Yeah, you do [F#] the tighten up.
[D#] _ Yeah now, [D#m] _
[F#] I said if you can [C#] do it now, _ [D#m] _ you sure will [F#] be tough.
[C#] Now look here.
[D#m] Come on now.
Now make it [A#m] metal.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[B] _ [F#] Tighten it up now.
Do [D#m] the tighten up.
_ [F#] Everybody can do it now.
So get [D#m] into it.
Keep [F#] on the tighten up.
Do [D#m] the tighten up.
[F#] You can do it [D#] now.
So [D#m] baby get to it.
To [D#] your left now.
To [C#] your right.
[B] _ [F#] Everybody can do it.
But don't [D#m] you get too tight.
Come [F#] on and tighten [C#] up.
Tighten it up [B] now.
[F#] Tighten it up now.
[D#m] Tighten it up.
_ [F#] _ _ _ [D#m] Do the tighten up.
[F#] Come on and tighten up.
[D#m] Tighten it up now.
Come on now, baby.
[D#] Tighten it up.
Oh yeah.
I can tell you now.
[C] _ _ Tighten it [F#m] up.
Come on.
[F#] Tighten up that bass.
[C#] _ Oh yeah. _
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] Now look here.
I want that guitar to [F#] fall in on that.
[D#] Tighten it up now.
[D#m] _
Oh yeah.
[F#] _ _ [C#] Now tighten it up.
[D#m] _
_ _ [F#] _ [C#] Yeah, now everybody [D#m] tighten it up now.
Now [F#] look here.
[D#m] _ We're going to make it mellow for you now.
_ _ We're going to make it mellow now.
_ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
_ Come on, tighten it up.
You can do this.
[D#] Move to your left.
Move [D#m] to your right.
[F#] Tighten it up now.
Everything will [D#m] be out of sight.
[F#] Come on and tighten it up.
Tighten it up now.
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