D7 G7 3x

G7 D7  A7 G7 D7

                            D7
Ahhh you can talk about the pit
     D
barbeque
             D7
the band was jumping
           D
the people too

           G     G7
ahhh mess around
               D          D7
they doin' the mess around
               A          A7
they doin' the mess around
G7                          D7
everybody's doin' the mess around

                   D7
ahhh everybody was juiced
                 D
you can bet your soul
                    D7
they did the boogie woogie
              D
with a steady roll

           G     G7
they mess around
               D          D7
they doin' the mess around
               A          A7
they doin' the mess around
G7                          D7
everybody's doin' the mess around

                   D7
now uh, when I say stop 
                 D
don't you move a peg
           D7
when I say go 
                    D
just uh, shake your leg

                 G     G7
And do the mess around
               D          D7
they doin' the mess around
                  A          A7
I declare, do the mess around
G7                          D7
everybody's doin' the mess around

verse over piano solo

verse over saxaphone solo


Mess around boy 

                      D7
Now this band's gonna play from 
     D
9 to 1
                 D7
everybody here's gonna 
          D
have some fun

               G     G7
Doin the mess around
               D          D7
ahhh doin' the mess around
               A          A7
they doin' the mess around
G7                          D7
everybody's doin' the mess around

        D7
Now you see that girl
                  D
with that diamond ring
          D7
she knows how to 
           D
shake that thing

           G     G7
ahhh mess around
                  D          D7
I declare she can mess around
     A          A7
ahhh mess around
G7                          D7    A A7 G7 G D7
everybody's doin' the mess around