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Mess Around Chords

Music by: Ray Charles · 1957
Genre Blues Views 493
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[Intro 1]
[D][D][D][D]
[G][G][D][D]
[A][D][D][D]

[Verse 1]
Ah, you can [D]talk about the pit, barbecue
The band was jumpin', the people too
Ah, [G]mess around
They doin' the [D]mess around
They doin' the [A]mess around
[D]Everybody doin' the mess a[D]round

[Verse 2]
Ah, [D]everybody was juiced,
you can, bet your soul
They did the boogie-woogie,
with a steady roll
They [G]mess around
They doin' the [D]mess around
They doin' the [A]mess around
[D]Everybody doin' the mess a[D]round

[Verse 3]
Now, [D]ah, when I say stop
don't you move a peg
When I say go, just ah, shake your leg
And do the [G]mess around
I declare, do the [D]mess around
Yeah do the [A]mess around
[D]Everybody doin' the mess around
[D](Now let me have it there boy)

[Solo 1]
[D][D][D][D]
[G][G][D][D]
[A][D]
[D](No[D]w you got it boy)

[Solo 2]
[D](Ye[D]ah)
[D](Ah, mess aro[D]und, go on mess around)
[G][G][D][D]
[A](Mess around, boy[D])[D][D]

[Verse 4]
Now this [D]band's goin' to play from,
nine to one
Everybody here's gonna have some fun
Doin' the [G]mess around
Ah, doin' the [D]mess around
They doin' the [A]mess around
[D]Everybody doin' the mess a[D]round

[Verse 5]
Now you [D]see that girl,
with that, diamond ring
She knows how to, shake that thing
[G]Mess around
I declare, she can m[D]ess around
Ah, [A]mess around
[D]Everybody doin' the mess around
[D][Eb][D]
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