Twist And Shout - The Beatles

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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
              
Well shake it 

             
up baby, now  

            
(shake it up b

 
aby) 
             
Twist and shou

             
t  (twist and 

 
shout) 
              
C'mon, c'mon, 

             
c'mon, c'mon b

             
aby, now  (c'm

     
on, baby)
              
C'mon and work

            
 it on out  (w

           
ork it on out 

- ooooh)

[Verse 2]
              
Well, work it 

            
on out  (work 

       
it on out) 
              
You know you l

             
ook so good  (

        
look so good) 
              
You know you g

             
ot me goin' no

            
w  (got me goi

n')  
              
Just like you 

             
knew you would

             
  (like I knew

             
 you would - o

 
oooh) 

[Verse 3]
              
Well shake it 

             
up baby, now  

            
(shake it up b

 
aby)
             
Twist and shou

             
t  (twist and 

 
shout) 
              
C'mon, c'mon, 

             
c'mon, c'mon b

             
aby, now  (c'm

     
on, baby) 
              
C'mon and work

            
 it on out  (w

             
ork it on out 

    
- ooooh) 

[Verse 4]
              
You know you t

              
wist you littl

            
e girl  (twist

           
 little girl) 
              
You know you t

             
wist so fine  

          
(twist so fine

) 
              
C'mon and twis

             
t a little clo

             
ser, now  (twi

             
st a little cl

oser) 
              
And let me kno

              
w that you're 

            
mine  (let me 

             
know you're mi

      
ne - ooooh) 


[Interlude]
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Aah, aah, aah,

            
 aah

Aaaah, yeah


[Verse 5]
             
Shake it up Ba

             
by, now  (shak

         
e it up baby) 
             
Twist and shou

             
t  (twist and 

 
shout) 
              
C'mon, c'mon, 

             
c'mon, c'mon b

             
aby, now  (c'm

     
on, baby) 
              
C'mon and work

            
 it on out  (w

             
ork it on out-

    
 ooooh) 

[Verse 6]
              
You know you t

              
wist you littl

            
e girl  (twist

           
 little girl) 
              
You know you t

             
wist so fine  

           
(twist so fine

) 
              
C'mon and twis

             
t a little clo

             
ser, now  (twi

             
st a little cl

oser) 
              
And let me kno

              
w that you're 

            
mine  (let me 

             
know you're mi

      
ne- ooooh) 


[Outro]
              
Well shake it,

              
 shake it, sha

             
ke it baby, no

             
w  (shake it u

      
p baby)    
              
Well shake it,

              
 shake it, sha

             
ke it baby, no

             
w  (shake it u

      
p baby)    
              
Well shake it,

              
 shake it, sha

             
ke it baby, no

             
w  (shake it u

      
p baby)    
             
Aah, aah, aah,

        
 aah          

    
              

      
     x-5-4-5-5

(5)






Basic patterns for rhythm guitar

[Verse]
If that’s too much 7 for your taste, just play a regular A.

  stays in first position                 what Lennon plays
            
  1 + 2 + 3 + 

           
4 +  1 + 2 + 3

              
 + 4 +        

            
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 

    
+  1 + 2 + 3 +

 4 +
e|------------
B|3---3-------
G|2---2---0-0-
D|0---0---0-0-
A|--------x-x-
E|--------3-3-

----|--3-3-3-3
----|--2-2-2-2
--2-|--2-2-2-2
--2-|---------
--0-|---------
----|---------

-3-3---|     |
-2-2---|     |
-2-2---| or  |
-------|     |
-------|     |
-------|     |

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3---3---------
2---2---------
0---0---5-5---
--------5-5---
--------3-3---

--|--x-x-x-x-x
--|--8-8-8-8-8
--|--6-6-6-6-6
--|--x-x-x-x-x
7-|--7-7-7-7-7
5-|--5-5-5-5-5

-x---|
-8---|
-6---|
-x---|
-7---|
-5---|

x = string muted


[Interlude] Aaah-part
  
  *     *     

*
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|2-2-2-2-2-2-
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-
E|------------

4 +
----|
----|
----|
2-2-|
0-0-|
----|

* = accentuate these beats



[Interlude] Riff
            
  1 + 2 + 3 + 

             
4 +  1 + 2 + 3

             
 + 4 +  1 + 2 

          
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +

 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|------------
B|----------3-
G|--------4-4-
D|4-----4-5---
A|5-----5-----
E|------------

----|---------
--2-|------2--
--2-|------2-4
----|--------5
----|---------
----|---------

-------|------
-------|------
---2---|------
---4---|4-----
-------|5-----
-------|------

----------|---
----3---2-|---
--4-4---2-|---
4-5-------|---
5---------|---
----------|---

-------------|
---2---------|
---2-4---2---|
-----5---4---|
-------------|
-------------|
            
  1 + 2 + 3 + 

             
4 +  1 + 2 + 3

             
 + 4 +  1 + 2 

          
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +

 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|------------
B|----------3-
G|--------4-4-
D|4-----4-5---
A|5-----5-----
E|------------

--2-|---------
--2-|------2--
--2-|------2-4
----|--------5
----|---------
----|---------

-------|------
-------|------
---2---|------
---4---|4-----
-------|5-----
-------|------

----------|---
----3---2-|---
--4-4---2-|---
4-5-------|---
5---------|---
----------|---

-------------|
---2---------|
---2-4---2---|
-----5---4---|
-------------|
-------------|

  


Ending
              
e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------

              
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