Mess Around

MESS AROUND    RAY CHARLES

KEY OF A


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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)

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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!!