CAROLINA SHAG As recorded by John Mellencamp (2022 release of a 1985 recording - From the 1985 Album SCARECROW ’DELUXE EDITION’) Capo 4th fret. If you don’t want to use a capo transpose +4 steps. [Intro]                              [Verse 1] Next time you need a holiday I’ll tell you what me and couple of friends did We got into a van and drove to the Carolina coast Laid on the beach and hid [Verse 2] Well the other guys didn’t notice her I tell you what I sure did Well she asked me to come up and talk to her And up next to her I slid And she said [Pre-Chorus] Do you wanna go down to South America No crazy down there she said Can I show you this little beach town I said Baby I don’t care and she said [Chorus] Do you do the Carolina shag? Dance dance dance Do you do the Carolina shag? Dance dance dance [Verse 3] Down those Carolina beach towns They got a pretty pretty girls They got a hundred beach clubs on every street corner Probably the best in the world [Verse 4] And that ol’ screaming Rock n’ Roll Comes outta ol’ Johnny’s dollars She was the first to arrive the last to leave And man I can hear her holler She said [Pre-Chorus] Are you gonna be down there tonight? Baby you know that I will she said You can come by yourself or you can bring your friends ’cause Everybody’s there yeah [Chorus] Doing the Carolina shag Dance dance dance Doing the Carolina shag Dance dance dance yeah yeah yeah [Interlude]               [Guitar Solo]               [Verse 5] It’s a crazy ol’ world we live in And sometimes you need to relax And when the 9 to 5 is a monkey on your back And your bossman is wielding his big axe [Pre-Chorus] If you don’t like it down there They give you your money back And I’ll bet you one thing that once you leave You can’t wait to get back ’cause they’re [Chorus] Doing the Carolina shag Dance dance dance Doing the Carolina shag Dance dance dance yeah yeah Doing the Carolina shag Dance dance dance yeah yeah Doing the Carolina shag Dance dance dance yeah yeah yeah [Outro]