Mess Around

capo to first fret to play along with Ray



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|G7              |                 |D6                |              |


|A7              |G7               |D6     G6/D Gdim/D|D6
                                                             Ah you can

D6
talk about the pit, barbecue

The band was jumpin', the people too

    G7
Ah, mess around

               D6
They doin' the mess around

               A7
They doin' the mess around,

G7                           D6
    Everybody doin' the mess around


Ah, everybody was juiced, you can, bet your soul


They did the boogie-woogie, with a sturdy roll

     G7
They mess around

               D6
They doin' the mess around

               A7
They doin' the mess around,

G7                           D6
   Everybody doin' the mess around


Now, ah, when I say stop don't you move a peg


When I say go, just ah, shake your leg

           G7
And do the mess around

                  D6
I declare, do the mess around

            A7
Yeah do the mess around,

G7                            D6
  Everybody's doin' the mess around


Now let me have it there boy


[Piano Solo]

|D6           |           |           |                   |


|G7           |           |D6         |                   |


|A7           |G7         |D6          |                   |
                                         Now you got it boy

[Sax Solo]


|D6           |           |           |                 |


|G7           |           |D6         |                 |


|A7           |G7         |D6          |                |
                                                 Now this

D6
band's goin' to play from, 9 to 1


Everybody here's gonna have some fun

           G7
Doin' the mess around

              D6
Ah, doin' the mess around

               A7
They doin' the mess around,

G7                            D6
    Everybody doin' the mess around


Now you see that girl, with that, diamond ring


She knows how to, shake that thing

G7
   Mess around

                   D6
I declare, she can mess around

    A7
Ah, mess around,


                        D6
Everybody do the mess around

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transcription and chart Peter Kruger casparus50@yahoo.ca