- x68686 - x13131 - 464544 G------------| D-1------------| A---4-3-1---------| E---------2-3-2-3-|(4x) | | | | | | Ah you can talk about the pit barbecue The band was jumpin’ the people too Ah mess around They doin’ the mess around They doin’ the mess around Everybody doin’ the mess around Ah everybody was juiced you can bet your soul They did the boogie-woogie with a sturdy roll They mess around They doin’ the mess around They doin’ the mess around Everybody doin’ the mess around Now ah when I say stop don’t you move a peg When I say go just ah shake your leg And do the mess around I declare do the mess around Yeah do the mess around Everybody’s doin’ the mess around Now let me have it there boy | | | | | | | | | Now you got it boy | | | | | | | | | (Yeah ah mess around go on mess around) (Mess around boy) Now this band’s goin’ to play from 9 to 1 Everybody here’s gonna have some fun Doin’ the mess around Ah doin’ the mess around They doin’ the mess around Everybody doin’ the mess around Now you see that girl with that diamond ring She knows how to shake that thing Mess around I declare she can mess around Ah mess around Everybody do the mess around