Chords for Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells and Three Stooges

Tempo:
122.5 bpm
Chords used:

F

Dm

C

D

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells and Three Stooges chords
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[D] [Cm]
[D] [C]
[F] [C] [Dm]
[F] [Dm]
[F] [C] Hi, everybody.
[Bb] I'm Archie Bales of [F] the 12th of Houston, Texas.
[Dm]
We don't only sing, but we dance just as good as we want.
In Houston, [F] we just started a new dance called the [Dm] Tighten Up.
This is the [D] music we tighten up with.
[Bb] [F] [Dm] First, tighten up on the drum.
[D] Come on now, drummer.
I want you to tighten it [C] up for me now.
[Eb] Oh, yeah.
Tighten up on that bass now.
[F] Tighten it up.
[C] Yeah.
Now let that guitar fall in.
Oh, yeah.
[Dm]
[C] Tighten up on your [Dm] organ now.
[F] [C] [Bb] You do [F] the tighten up.
[D] Yeah, [Dm] now.
I said if you [F] can do it now, you sure will be [F] tough.
Now look here.
[C] [Dm] Come on now.
Now make it [Am] level.
[Ab]
[Gm] Tighten [F] it up now.
Do [Dm] the tighten up.
[F] Everybody can do it now.
[Dm] So get to it.
Keep on [F] the tighten up.
Let's do [Dm] the tighten up.
Who can do it now?
[Dm] So baby get to it.
Let's do [F] your left now.
[C] Let's do your right.
[Bb] [F] Everybody can do it.
[Dm] But don't you get too tight.
Come [F] on and tighten up.
[Dm] Tighten it up now.
[Bb] [F] Tighten it up now.
[Dm] Tighten it up.
[F] [Dm] Let's do the tighten up.
Come [F] on and tighten it up.
[Dm] Tighten it up now.
Come on now, Billy.
Tighten it up.
[G] Oh, yeah.
Now look here.
Now look here.
Tighten it up.
[Fm] Come on.
Tighten up there, baby.
[C] Oh, yeah.
Now look here.
I want that guitar to [F] fall in on there.
[D] Tighten it up now.
[Dm] Oh, yeah.
[D] Now [Dm] tighten it up.
[F] [C] Yeah, now everybody [Bb] tighten it up now.
[F] Now look here.
[Dm] We're going to make it mellow for you now.
We're going to make it mellow now.
[Am] [Ab]
[F] [Dm]
[F] [Dm]
[F]
But tighten it up.
You can do it.
Move to your left.
Move to your right.
Tighten it up now.
Everything will be out of sight.
Come on and tighten it up.
Tighten it up
Key:  
F
134211111
Dm
2311
C
3211
D
1321
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
Dm
2311
C
3211
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] Hi, everybody.
[Bb] I'm Archie Bales of [F] the 12th of Houston, Texas.
[Dm] _
We don't only sing, but we dance just as good as we want. _
In Houston, [F] we just started a new dance called the [Dm] Tighten Up.
This is the [D] music we tighten up with. _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] First, tighten up on the drum.
_ _ _ [D] Come on now, drummer. _
I want you to tighten it [C] up for me now.
_ [Eb] _ Oh, yeah.
_ _ Tighten up on that bass now. _
_ [F] Tighten it up.
_ [C] _ _ Yeah.
_ Now let that guitar fall in. _ _ _
_ _ Oh, yeah.
_ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] Tighten up on your [Dm] organ now.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] You do [F] the tighten up.
_ [D] Yeah, [Dm] now.
I said if you [F] can do it now, _ _ you sure will be [F] tough.
Now look here.
[C] _ [Dm] Come on now.
Now make it [Am] level.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Gm] Tighten [F] it up now.
Do [Dm] the tighten up.
_ [F] Everybody can do it now.
[Dm] So get to it.
Keep on [F] the tighten up.
Let's do [Dm] the tighten up.
Who can do it now?
[Dm] So baby get to it.
Let's do [F] your left now.
[C] Let's do your right.
[Bb] _ [F] Everybody can do it.
[Dm] But don't you get too tight.
Come [F] on and tighten up.
[Dm] Tighten it up now.
[Bb] _ [F] Tighten it up now.
[Dm] Tighten it up.
_ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] Let's do the tighten up.
Come [F] on and tighten it up.
[Dm] Tighten it up now.
Come on now, Billy.
Tighten it up.
_ [G] Oh, yeah.
_ Now look here.
Now look here.
_ Tighten it up.
[Fm] Come on.
Tighten up there, baby.
[C] _ Oh, yeah. _
_ _ _ Now look here.
I want that guitar to [F] fall in on there.
[D] Tighten it up now. _
[Dm] Oh, yeah.
_ _ [D] Now [Dm] tighten it up. _
_ _ [F] _ [C] Yeah, now everybody [Bb] tighten it up now.
_ _ [F] Now look here.
[Dm] _ We're going to make it mellow for you now.
_ _ We're going to make it mellow now.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ But tighten it up.
You can do it.
_ Move to your left.
Move to your right.
Tighten it up now.
Everything will be out of sight.
Come on and tighten it up.
Tighten it up

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