Chords for Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten up (1968)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ [D#m] _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
Hi [B] everybody, I'm Archie Bell with [F#] the Thrill of Houston Texas.
[B] _ We don't only sing, [C#] but we dance just as good as [B] we want.
_ In Houston, [F#] we just started a new [C#] dance [B] called the Tighten Up.
Now, [F#] this is the music we tighten [B] up with.
_ _ _ [F#] _ _
First, [D#m] tighten up on the drum.
_ _ [F#] _
Come on now, drummer.
[B] _ I want you to [C#] tighten it up for me now.
_ _ Oh yeah. _ _
Tighten up on that bass now.
_ _ [F#m] Tighten it up.
[C#] _
_ _ [F#] Yeah.
_ Now let that guitar fall in.
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] Oh yeah.
[D#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
Tighten [D#m] up on your organ now.
_ [F#] _ [C#] _ _
_ [D#m] Yeah, you two's are [F#] tight enough. _
[D#m] Yeah now.
I [C#] said if you can do it now, _ [D#m] _ your show will be [F#] tough.
Now look here.
_ [B] Come on now.
Now make [A#m] it mellow. _
[F#] _ [A] _ _ [G#m] _ [B] [F#] Let's tighten it up now.
Do [B] the tighten up.
_ [F#] Everybody can do it now.
So [B] get to it.
We're gonna [F#] tighten up.
Let's do [D#m] the tighten up.
You [C#] can do it now.
So baby [D#m] get to it.
Let's do [C#] your left now.
Let's do [D#m] your right.
Everybody [F#] can do it.
But don't [D#m] you get too tight.
Come [C#] on and tighten up.
Let's [D#m] tighten it up now.
Let's [A#m] tighten it up now.
[D#m] Tighten it [B] up.
_ _ [F#] _ _
Let's [D#m] do the tighten up.
Come [F#] on and tighten up.
Tighten [D#m] it up now.
Come on now, baby.
[F#] [B] Tighten it up.
_ Oh yeah.
I can [N] tell.
_ Tighten it up.
Come on.
Tighten up that bass.
[G] Oh yeah.
Come [D#m] on, tighten it up, baby.
Now look here.
I want that guitar to fall in on [A#m] that.
Tighten it up now.
[B] _ Oh yeah.
[C#] _ _
Now [D#m] tighten it up, all.
_ _ _ [C#] _
Yeah, now everybody [B] tighten it up now.
_ [F#] Now look here.
_ [D#m] We're gonna make it mellow for you now.
_ [F#] _
We're gonna make it mellow [B] now.
_ _ _ [A#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ [A] _ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _ We're [F#] tightening up.
You can [D#m] do it.
_ [F#] Move to your left.
Move [B] to your right.
[C#] Tighten it up now.
_ [D#m] Don't be out of sight.
Come [F#] on and tighten it up.
Tighten it [D#m] up now.
_ You can [F#] do it.
_ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _