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Down At The Twist And Shout

Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
Saturday  night and the moon  is out
 I wanna head  on over to the Twist  and Shout
 Find a two-step  partner and a Cajun  beat
 When it lifts  me up I'm gonna find  my feet
Out  in the middle of a big  dance floor
 When I hear  that fiddle wanna beg  for more
 Wanna dance  to a band from a-Lou'sian'  tonight
 Well I never  have wandered down to New  Orleans
Never  have drifted down a bayou  stream
 But I heard  that music on the radio
 And I swore  some day I was gonna  go
 Down Highway  10 past Lafayette
 To Baton  Rouge and I won't  forget
 To send  you a card with my  regrets
 'Cause I'm never  gonna come back home
 Saturday night and the moon is out
 I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
 Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
 When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
 Out in the middle of a big dance floor
 When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
 Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight
 They got an alligator stew and a crawfish pie
 A gulf storm blowing into town tonight
 Living on the delta's quite a show
 They got hurricane parties every time it blows
 But here up north it's a cold, cold rain
 And there ain't no cure for my blues today
 Except when the paper says Beausoleil
 Is a-coming into town, baby let's go down
 It's Saturday night and the moon is out
 I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
 Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
 When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
 Out in the middle of a big dance floor
 When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
 Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight
 Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring your sister too
 They got lots of music and lots of room
 When they play you a waltz from a-1910
 You're gonna feel a little bit young again
 Well you learned to dance with your rock and roll
 You learned to swing with a do-si-do
 But you learn to love at the fais-do-do
 When you hear a little Jolie Blon
 Saturday night and the moon is out
 I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
 Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
 When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
 Out in the middle of a big dance floor
 When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
 Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight

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Readable chord sheet for Down At The Twist And Shout by Mary Chapin Carpenter

[C]Saturday night and the [C]moon is out
I wanna [G]head on over to the [G]Twist and Shout
Find a [D]two-step partner and a [D]Cajun beat
When it [G]lifts me up I'm gonna [G]find my feet
[C]Out in the middle of a [C]big dance [D]floor
When I [G]hear that fiddle wanna [G]beg for more
Wanna [D]dance to a band from a-[D]Lou'sian' tonight [G]     [G]

Well I [D]never have wandered down to [D]New Orleans
[G]Never have drifted down a [G]bayou stream
But I [D]heard that music on the [D]radio
And I [G]swore some day I was [G]gonna go
Down [Em]Highway 10 past [Em]Lafayette
To [A7]Baton Rouge and I [A7]won't forget
To [D]send you a card with [D]my regrets
'Cause I'm [D]never gonna come back h[G]ome

Saturday night and the moon is out
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight

They got an alligator stew and a crawfish pie
A gulf storm blowing into town tonight
Living on the delta's quite a show
They got hurricane parties every time it blows
But here up north it's a cold, cold rain
And there ain't no cure for my blues today
Except when the paper says Beausoleil
Is a-coming into town, baby let's go down

It's Saturday night and the moon is out
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight

Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring your sister too
They got lots of music and lots of room
When they play you a waltz from a-1910
You're gonna feel a little bit young again
Well you learned to dance with your rock and roll
You learned to swing with a do-si-do
But you learn to love at the fais-do-do
When you hear a little Jolie Blon

Saturday night and the moon is out
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight

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