Sweet - Peppermint Twist Ukulele

Peppermint Twist:The Sweet.
#1 in Australia in 1974 on RCA Records.
(Cover of the Joey Dee And The Starlighters hit..
 #8 in 1962.)

INTRO: (C)...G// F//  (C)...G// F// C

#1.
C
Well, gonna do a dance and it goes like this..

(pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah.)
        F
And the name of the dance is the Peppermint Twist.
 C
(pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah.)
      G            F                    C
Oh, I like it like this, the Peppermint Twist.

(pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah.)

CHORUS:
C
Round and round, up and down..
F                C
Round and round, up and down..
G                        F
Around and around, and a up and down and a
C
one, two, three kick, one, two, three jump.

(INTERLUDE:) C C7 F C G F C

#2.
C
Well, meet me, baby, on a 45th Street..

(pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah.)
   F
To dance to the Peppermint Twist is neat.
 C
(pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah.)
         G           F                    C
Ya gonna learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist.

(pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah.)

#3.
C
It's alright, all night..it's alright..

(alright, alright, alright.)
      F                   C
It's okay..all day..it's okay..

(okay, okay, okay.)
          G           F                    C
You wanna learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist.

(pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah.)

#4.
C
Hey-ey-ey-ey (Hey-ey-ey-ey) Hey-ey-ey-ey (Hey-ey-ey-ey)
          F                           C
Hey-ey-ey-ey (Hey-ey-ey-ey) Hey-ey-ey-ey (Hey-ey-ey-ey)
         G           F                    C
Ya wanna learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist.

(pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah)

#5. (SPOKEN:)
C
Come on everybody, lend a hand..ah, you're looking good.

I'm gonna sing my song and it won't take long..

we're gonna do the Twist and it goes like this.

CHORUS:
C
Round and round, up and down..
F                C
Round and round, up and down..
G                        F
Around and around, and a up and down and a
C
one, two, three kick, one, two, three, go!..


(INTERLUDE:) C C7

F               C              G     F     C
Ooooo, bop-bop..oooo, bop-bop..oooo, oooo, oooo,

bop-bop.

#5.
C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.)
                  F
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.)
                  C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.)
          G           F                    C
I'm gonna learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist.

(pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah.)


#6.
C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.)
                  F
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.)
                  C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.)
          G           F                    C
I'm gonna learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist.
(pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah.)

#7.
C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.)
                  F
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.)
                  C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.)
          G           F                    C
I'm gonna learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist.
(pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah.)

OUTRO:
C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.)
                  F
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.)
                  C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.)
          G           F                    C
I'm gonna learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist.
(pap shoo ah, papa papa shoo ah.) (Fade.)


A sixties/seventies smash from Kraziekhat.