Chord/Tab song: Mess Around

...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:

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

Verse 2:

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

Verse 3:
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/ray_charles/mess_around_crd.html )
[D7] Now, ah, when I say stop don't you move a peg,
When I say go, just ah, shake your leg;
And do the [G7]mess around, I declare;
Do the [D7]mess around.
Yeah do the [A7]mess around;
[G7] Everybody doin' the mess a-[D7]round.

Solo:

D7, G7 D7,
[A7] [G7] [D7]
(x2)

Verse 4:

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

Verse 5:

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

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[D7] [G7] [A7]
[EADGBE]xx0212 [EADGBE]323000 [EADGBE]x02223

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