Key: A
Genre: Soul
Harp Type: Diatonic
Mess Around
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Ah, you can talk a-bout the pit, bar-be-que
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The band was jump-in’ the peo-ple too
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Ah, mess a-round
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They do-in’ the mess a-round
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They do-in’ the mess a-round,
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ev-‘ry-bo-dy do-in’ the mess a-round
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Ah, ev-‘ry-bo-dy was juiced, you can,
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bet your soul they did the boo-gie-woo-gie,
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with a stea-dy roll they mess a-round
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They do-in’ the mess a-round
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They do-in’ the mess a-round,
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ev-‘ry-bo-dy do-in’ the mess a-round
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Now, ah, when I say stop don’t you move a peg
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When I say go, just ah, shake your leg
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And do the mess a-round
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I de-clare, do the mess a-round
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Yeah do the mess a-round,
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ev-‘ry-bo-dy’s do-in’ the mess a-round
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Now let me have it there boy
(Spoken) Now you got it boy
(Yeah, ah, mess around, go on mess around)
(Mess around, boy)
VERSE 3 same as 2
Now this band’s goin’ to play from, 9 to 1
Everybody here’s gonna have some fun
Doin’ the mess around
Ah, doin’ the mess around
They doin’ the mess around,
everybody doin’ the mess around
(CHORUS TO END)
ENJOY!!