Chords for American Bandstand 1968 -’68 Dance Contest- Tighten Up, Archie Bell & The Drells

_ Oh, it's time and there's nothing Mickey Mouse about this show American [Dm] Bandstand _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [A#] I'm Dick Clark and [D] it's time [G] now for American _ [N] Bandstand _ _ _
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Bless _ you one and all it's awfully nice to have you with us
And I think we probably had some interesting doings going on for you this afternoon for the next 60 minutes or so
Incidentally before I forget I want to talk about next week before this week
Next week we'll be picking the finalist, California dancing couple out of the three
We have one more to go today and you'll see the man who's going to leap the Grand Canyon on a motorcycle
Very famous fella man named evil Knievel, but that's next week
And I want to drop it in early because that's one.
I don't want you to miss
He's a fantastic guy our guests today are the collage Tommy James and the Shandells and it all happened in just about 60 seconds _ _ _
Well, there's a little bit of [G] excitement running through the air this afternoon
this is the last day of sort of a preliminary to the dance concert contest always want to say concert and
You're to pick if [E] I may suggest just one [D#] more couple [E] today that will give us three next week
You'll [F#] select one of the three to [G] compete with people coming in from other parts of the country
John [N] Stepin and are you gonna do the thing today Marsha?
You're gonna talk at all?
No, I'm not gonna talk John's gonna do it
You do the thinking and he'll do the talking Marsha Silverman and John if you'll take your spot over there
So you can see and we'll have one more go at it in just a second right now
Look at the thousands of dollars worth of prizes
We have in store the two runner-up [G] boys will receive from Macrina Brothers, Livonia, Michigan
The little Indian minibike measuring only [D#] 41 inches in length the little Indian features two-speed automatic [E] [G] transmission
Travels 35 to 40 miles [C] per hour [A] the two runner [G]-up girls will receive a Zenith solid-state portable stereo [Dm] the Bolero
[C] [E] Tilt down four-speed record changer [B] glide out detachable [D#] speaker units to seven-inch oval speakers all with Zenith [G] quality and the beauty bug a
cleverly designed portable professional hairdryer easy to use fast drying and comfortable to from Carol Richards division ray at Fabergé
Semifinalist boys receive a selection of Levi's trim cuts the slim trim casual slacks with the stay press crease that never needs ironing in Ivy and
[C] continental styling by Levi and
The girls receive [Fm] today's newest [G] fashion excitement from [C] Burlington the cameo keeper holds six [G] glamorous shades of cameo pantyhose
Folds flat or hangs in your closet [Gm] and for the winning couple you and your [B] parent will enjoy an [D#] exciting week's vacation [E] at
Florida Cypress [G] Gardens where you'll receive a pair of Cypress Gardens combination water skis and learn to water ski with the champions and aqua made
with jet transportation arranged by TWA [Fm] if you're aged 12 through 21
[G] The TWA 5050 club is your half-price ticket to all the action coast to coast
You'll be up up and away [D] TWA _
[G] and for the winning couple a boy and girl each receives a beautiful
Pontiac Tempest sports coupe enjoy wide tracking the great American sport in [Bm] this new
68 Pontiac where beauty power and [A#] thrilling performance are [Em] yours to command
Tax and license [D#] not included
[E] Alrighty, this is Archie Dell once again.
This is the record you picked a couple of weeks [F#] ago
And this is the one will use through the contest.
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_ _ [B] Catch your breath a second.
We'll be back with the judges decision right after [N] this work
You look very tired.
It was an exhausting chore, right?
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You still gonna let him do the talking.
[B] Well
_ [F#] Yeah, it's very unusual [G] for a woman.
Take your take your day John.
Who's the select believe me?
They've been working at it and they're very good all of them.
It's very difficult, but they're right over here _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ Oh Congratulations
Like summer 18 _
_ [N] Will you give him the names addresses and what have you?
Thank you.
Congratulations to all of you did very well
Now we'll see what happens next week if you'll excuse me.
Thank you when we
Pick the finalists out of the three and then we'll see how they stack up against the rest of the country _ _