Mess around

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Eb7 - x68686
Bb7 - x13131
Ab7 - 464544


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E---------2-3-2-3-|(4x)


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Bb7 | Ab7 | Eb7 | Eb7

 D#7
Ah, you can talk about the pit, barbecue

The band was jumpin', the people too
     G#7
Ah, mess around
                D#7
They doin' the mess around
                Bb7
They doin' the mess around,
 G#7                       D#7
Everybody doin' the mess around

 D#7
Ah, everybody was juiced, you can, bet your soul

They did the boogie-woogie, with a sturdy roll
      G#7
They mess around
                D#7
They doin' the mess around
                Bb7
They doin' the mess around,
 G#7                       D#7
Everybody doin' the mess around

 D#7
Now, ah, when I say stop don't you move a peg

When I say go, just ah, shake your leg
            G#7
And do the mess around
                   D#7
I declare, do the mess around
             Bb7
Yeah do the mess around,
 G#7                         D#7
Everybody's doin' the mess around

Now let me have it there boy


[piano solo:]
Eb7 | Eb7 | Eb7 | Eb7
Ab7 | Ab7 | Eb7 | Eb7
Bb7 | Ab7 | Eb7 | Eb7

Now you got it boy

[sax solo:]
Eb7 | Eb7 | Eb7 | Eb7
Ab7 | Ab7 | Eb7 | Eb7
Bb7 | Ab7 | Eb7 | Eb7


(Yeah, ah, mess around, go on mess around)
(Mess around, boy)

 D#7
Now this band's goin' to play from, 9 to 1

Everybody here's gonna have some fun
           G#7
Doin' the mess around
               D#7
Ah, doin' the mess around
                Bb7
They doin' the mess around,
 G#7                       D#7
Everybody doin' the mess around

 D#7
Now you see that girl, with that, diamond ring

She knows how to, shake that thing
 G#7
Mess around
                    D#7
I declare, she can mess around
     Bb7
Ah, mess around,
 G#7                    D#7
Everybody do the mess around