Mess Around Chords

...MESS AROUND... by Ray Charles
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*Released 1953*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: Eb)


Intro:

D7, G7  D7, A7  G7  D7

Verse 1:

            D7
Ah, you can talk about the pit, barbecue;
The band was jumpin', the people too.
    G7                          D7
Ah, mess around, they doin' the mess around.
               A7
They doin' the mess around;
G7                          D7
 Everybody doin' the mess a-round.

Verse 2:

    C7
Ah, everybody was juiced you can bet your soul,
They did the Boogie-Woogie with a steady roll;
     G7                          D7
They mess around, they doin' the mess around.
               A7
They doin' the mess around;
G7                          D7
 Everybody doin' the mess a-round.

Verse 3:

D7
 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, I declare;
       D7
Do the mess around.
             A7
Yeah, do the mess around;
G7                          D7
 Everybody doin' the mess a-round.

Solo:

D7, G7  D7, A7  G7  D7 (x2)

Verse 4:

         D7
Now this band's goin' to play from, 9 to 1,
Everybody here's gonna, have some fun;
          G7                        D7
Doin' the mess around, ah doin' the mess around.
               A7
They doin' the mess around;
G7                          D7
 Everybody doin' the mess a-round.

Verse 5:

        D7
Now you see that girl with that diamond ring?
She knows how to, shake that thing;
G7                              G7
 Mess around, I declare she can mess around.
    G7
Ah, mess around;
G7                       D7
 Everybody do the mess a-round.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   D7      G7      A7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0212  323000  x02223


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)