INTRO:
FDm
Bout this dance called the Mess Around..
BbC
Baby, dig what I'm puttin' down.
#1.
FF7
You can Pony with Tony, Twist with Mr. Lee,
BbC
but if you're gonna Mess Around, Mess Around with me.
#2.
FF7
Do the Shimmy with Jimmy, Hucklebuck with Dee,
BbCF
but if you're gonna Mess Around, oh, baby, Mess Around with me.
CHORUS:
Bb
All the other dances you are free,
GC
but you better save, the last dance for me.
#3.
FF7
You can Cha Cha with Charlie, Stroll with Stagger Lee,
BbCF
but if you're gonna Mess Around, Mess Around with me.
#4.
F
You can Pony with Tony..boogety, boogety, boogety shoot.
(INTERLUDE:SAX:)
#5.
CFF7
Hey, do the Twist with Mr. Lee..round and around and around.
Bb
Round and around and around and around..
F
Round and around and around and around..hey!
Bb
but if you're gonna Mess Around, you better,
CF
Mess Around with me.
CHORUS:
Bb
All the other dances you are free,
GC
but you better save, the last dance for me.
#6.
FF7
Hully Gully with Harry, Slop for Pop, or flee..
BbCF
but if you're gonna Mess Around, hear me? Mess Around with me.
OUTRO:
F
Do the Birdland with Birdie, do the Birdy with Ernie..
BbF
Watusi with Susie, Twist with my little Sis..(Fade.)