| A-when your hands start clappin'
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| and your fingers start snappin'
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| and your feet start moving around
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| when ya start to swing and sway
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| and the band starts to play
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| with a real cool way out sound
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| Then ya get the «can't help-it's»
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| and ya can’t sit down
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| ya feel like ya gotta move around
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| Chorus:
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| Need a shot of rhythm and blues
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| with just a little rock n' roll on the side
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| just for good measure
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| Get a pair of dancin' shoes
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| with your lover by your side
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| don’t you know you’re gonna get a lot of pleasure
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| Don’t you worry about a thing,
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| when you start to dance and sing
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| the chill bumps come up on you
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| When the rhythm fin’lly hits you,
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| when the beat gets you too
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| here’s the thing for you to do Chorus:
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| Need a shot of rhythm and blues
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| Get a pair of dancin' shoes
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| (Sax solo)
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| Need a shot of rhythm and blues
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| Get a pair of dancin' shoes
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| (Harp solo)
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| Get a shot of rhythm and blues
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| with just a little rock n' roll on the side
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| just for good measure
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| Get a pair of dancin' shoes
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| with your lover by your side
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| don’t ya know you’re gonna get a lot of pleasure
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| Don’t ya worry about a thing,
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| when ya start to dance and sing,
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| the chill bumps come up on you
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| When the rhythm fin’lly hits you,
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| when the beat gets you too,
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| here’s the thing for you to do Chorus:
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| Need a shot of rhythm and blues
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| with just a little rock n' roll on the side
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| just for good measure
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| Get a pair of dancin' shoes
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| with your lover by your side
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| don’t you know you’re gonna get a lot of pleasure
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| Don’t ya worry about a thing,
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| when ya start to dance and sing,
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| the chill bumps come up on you
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| and when the rhythm fin’lly hits you,
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| when the beat gets you too,
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| here’s the thing for you to do
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| (fade out) |