Key: A
Introduction:
D G
C
Saturday night and the moon is out
G
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
D
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
G
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
C D
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
G
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
D G
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight
D
Well I never have wandered down to New Orleans
G
Never have drifted down a bayou stream
D
But I heard that music on the radio
G
And I swore some day I was gonna go
E
Down Highway 10 past Lafayette
A7
To Baton Rouge and I won't forget
D
To send you a card with my regrets
D G
'Cause I'm never gonna come back home
C
Saturday night and the moon is out
G
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
D
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
G
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
C D
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
G
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
D G
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight
C G D G
D
They got an alligator stew and a crawfish pie
G
A gulf storm blowing into town tonight
D
Living on the delta's quite a show
G
They got hurricane parties every time it blows
E
But here up north it's a cold, cold rain
A7
And there ain't no cure for my blues today
D
Except when the paper says Beausoleil
G
Is a-coming into town, baby let's go down
C
Saturday night and the moon is out
G
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
D
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
G
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
C D
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
G
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
D G
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight
C G D G
D
Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring your sister too
G
They got lots of music and lots of room
D
When they play you a waltz from a-1910
G
You're gonna feel a little bit young again
E
Well you learned to dance with your rock and roll
A7
You learned to swing with a do-si-do
D
But you learn to love at the fais-do-do
G
When you hear a little Jolie Blon
C
Saturday night and the moon is out
G
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
D
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
G
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
C D
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
G
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
D G
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight
C G DG...