True Spin - the story behind Love Shack Chords

[G] Songs you [A] know by heart.
_ [E] _ Outrageous myths you [G] can't believe.
[C] I heard it was about [Eb] a [Bm] brothel.
_ [E] The myth is that it's an anti-Reagan [Am] song.
[D] It was [Ebm] about [Am] women pleasuring themselves.
_ There were theories that the song was about the murder of John Lennon.
[G] We'll separate fact from [E] fiction as the artists give you the true spin.
[Dm] If you didn't know what it was about, [G] then maybe you wanted the sharpest tool in the shed.
[A] It's not that deep.
It's all about [N] hustlers, pimps and prostitutes.
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[Bb] One [Gm] of the [Ab] myths of hip _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -hop.
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_ _ _ _ [N] It's hip.
Fred and I said it was going to be a hit.
It's fun.
It still gets me going every time I hear it.
_ _ _ _ It's _ sexy.
I love rules for Love Shack.
Love Shack is the B-52's most popular song.
It still rocks just as much as it did 20 years ago. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Fiction [Eb] and uncover the [C] true spin on the Shack-de [Gm]-moore.
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[E] Myth number one.
Rumor has it Love Shack is about a whorehouse.
I heard it [D] was about a [B] _ _ _
brothel.
[D] There was one in Athens.
The building's [E] still there and they still have band [Gm] parties there.
[C] People believe that this [Gm] Love Shack [Cm] influenced the B-52's because it was [Gm] open for business near the rehearsal space.
[C] The lyrics support this myth. _ _
[Gm] _ _ Glitter was a [C] euphemism for the [Gm] love juice.
_ If [F] you follow that, [Cm] there's just [Gm] glitter on the mattress, [Cm] glitter on the highway, [C] glitter on the front porch, glitter [Bb] everywhere.
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ Sounds [F] _ [Ab]
like a [Gm] fun place.
We'll soon find out if a whorehouse is truly Love Shack's inspiration. _ _ _ _
[Cm] Myth [Bb] number two.
[N] Many believe Love Shack is about getting knocked up.
The Chrysler is as big as a whale.
That's a man's private parts.
And then the Love Shack is the woman.
Fans believe the key lyric supporting this [Gm] myth is the song's most mysterious one.
_ [D] I know Fred goes, you're [N] what?
And she says, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ ten roof rustic.
There you go.
Another [G]
mysterious thing.
What does that mean?
I'm pregnant.
Let's do one of those _ Georgia things.
[Cm] _ So [Gm] Love Shack could be about getting [C] knocked up or it may be [Eb] about a whorehouse.
But there's another possibility.
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Myth [Dm] number three.
Love Shack is also [Db] believed to be a [Eb] celebration of the band's early [C] years.
The myth is that Love Shack is their fond [Dm] reminiscence about these past experiences that they [Gm] used to play.
It's well documented that they [C] played parties that were crazy parties.
Love Shack was one of these [Dm] songs that celebrated their early days [Eb] playing clubs and crashing parties.
[C] They focused more on just the joy [Dm] of the friendship they [Cm] had, the fun they were having before they became this big band. _ _
[A] _ [C] So which myth do you [A] believe?
[Dbm] Is Love Shack about [C] a whorehouse, [A] _ getting knocked up, [Am] or is it a celebration of the band's early [A] years?
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Well, [N] if you chose the whorehouse, you need to go back to the Shack [Bb] and think again.
[Ab] No, it's not about a whorehouse.
It's not [Bb] whorehouse, it's Love Shack.
[Eb] Our next album will be a song about a [C] whorehouse.
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[Gm] _ _ if [N] _ you chose myth number two, getting knocked up, then you'd be wrong.
[Eb] _
_ _ _ Tin Roof Rusted had nothing to do with being pregnant.
It was just a random thought.
Here's what happened in the recording session.
I had the music on tape and I was playing [Gb] guitar along with her.
_ And the music [F]
stopped and Cindy just kept [E] singing Tin Roof.
And she just finished her _ _ line, which was,
Rusted!
_ _ [D] There's only one choice left.
It's time for the true spin.
Love Shack is based on the clubs and joints the band partied at in their early days.
But the song was actually inspired by the death of a band member.
_ [E] Cosmic Thing was the first album [D] that they had embarked upon since Ricky Wilson, [N] Cindy's brother, had passed away.
You know, they say when you die, your life passes before your [Eb] eyes.
And I think when you lose [D] somebody very close to you, like we lost Ricky, [Ebm] we were revealing [D] their lies in a sense.
It's just four friends reminiscing on the five of us were just running around [E] being crazy and storming Athens.
_ _ These _ [Bb] memories brought the band back to the bars and [Db] clubs.
They played with Ricky and the Love Shack was born.
[Dbm] It was really just kind of in our imagination, the Love Shack.
You open the door and all of a sudden it's a blast of energy and fun.
And Love Shack is a track I think that kind of captured that vibe.
[A] Music and liquor and_
Just dance forever and really get down.
Glitter [Bb] everywhere.
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] Love Shack is [Gm] a celebration [D] of the band's early years [Gm] when there were five, not four, B-52s [C] to share the love.
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_ [Db] And that's the [D] True Spin on Love Shack.