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Down At The Twist And Shout - Mary Chapin Carpenter

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

Verse 1:
Well I [D] never have wandered down to New Orleans
[G] Never have drifted down a bayou stream
But I [D] heard that music on the radio
And I [G] swore some day I was gonna go
Down [E] Highway 10 past Lafayette
To [A] Baton Rouge and I won't forget
To [D] send you a card with my regrets
'Cause I'm [D] never gonna come back [G] home

[Chorus]

Verse 2:
They got an [D] alligator stew and a crawfish pie
A [G] gulf storm blowing into town tonight
[D] Living on the delta's quite a show
They got [G] hurricane parties every time it blows
But [E] here up north it's a cold, cold rain
And there [A] ain't no cure for my blues today
Ex[D]cept when the paper says Beausoleil
Is a-[D]coming into town, baby [G] let's go down

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

Verse 3:
Bring your [D] mama, bring your papa, bring your sister too
They got [G] lots of music and lots of room
When they [D] play you a waltz from a-1910
You're [G] gonna feel a little bit young again
Well you [E] learned to dance with your rock and roll
You [A] learned to swing with a do-si-do
But you [D] learn to love at the fais-do-do
When you [D] hear a little Jolie [G] Blon

[Chorus]

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