Tighten up (1968)   (video) (midi)

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(spoken/shouted) Hi everybody, I'm Archie Bell and the Drells

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from Houston, Texas.

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We don't only sing but we dance just as good as we walk.

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In Houston we just started a new dance called the Tighten Up,

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this is the music we tighten up with.

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1. First tighten up on the drums. Come on now drummer !

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I want you to tighten it up for me now. Oh yeah

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Tighten up on that bass drum, tighten it up, ha ha, yeah.

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Now let that guitar fall in !

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Oh yeah, tighten up on that organ now.

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2. Ya, do the tighten up, yeah, now,

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I said if you can do it now, it sure would be tough.

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Now look here, come on now, make it mellow ! - - -

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Let's tighten up now, do the tighten up,

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everybody can do it now, so let's do it.

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3. We're gonna tighten up, let's do the tighten up,

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you can do it now, so baby, get to it.

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Let's do your left now, let's do your right,

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everybody can do it, but don'tcha just do it light.

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Come on, and tighten up, tighten it up now,

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tighten it up now, tighten it up,

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do the tighten up now ......

(orig. = capo 4th) (Archie Bell & The Drells)