Turn the Beat Around
Gerald Jackson, Peter Jackson / Vickie Sue Robinson: Never Gonna Let You Go (1976)
| F#m | E | D | D | E | F#m | |
| Turn the | beat a | round, | Love to hear | per | cussion. |
| F#m | E | D | D | E | F#m | D | E | |
| Turn it | upside | down, | Love to hear | per | cussion, | Love to hear | it. |
| F#m | E | |
| Blow horns you sure sound | pretty. |
| F#m | E | |
| Your violins keep | movin' to the nitty | gritty. |
| F#m | E | |
| When you hear the | scratch of the guitars | scratchin', |
| F#m | E | |
| Then you'll know that | rhythm carries all the | action -Woah! |
| F#m | E | D | D | E | F#m | |
| Turn the | beat a | round, | Love to hear | per | cussion. |
| F#m | E | D | D | E | F#m | D | E | |
| Turn it | upside | down, | Love to hear | per | cussion. | Love to hear | it. |
| F#m | E | D | D | E | F#m | |
| Turn the | beat a | round, | Love to hear | per | cussion. |
| F#m | E | D | D | E | F#m | D | E | |
| Turn it | upside | down, | love to hear | per | cussion. | Love to hear | it. |
| F#m | E | |
| Flute player play your | flute 'cause |
| F#m | E | |
| I know that you want | to get your thing | off. |
| F#m | E | |
| But you see I've | made up my mind about | it, |
| F#m | E | |
| It's got to be the | rhythm, no doubt about | it. Woah woah! |
| F#m | |
| 'Cause when the | guitar player start playing |
| E | |
| With the syncopated | rhythm, with the scratch, scratch, scratch. |
| F#m | E | |
| Makes me wanna move my body: | Yeah, yeah, yeah. |
| F#m | |
| And | when the drummer starts beating that beat, |
| E | |
| He nails that beat with the syncopated rhythm. |
| FM | E | |
| With the rat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat on the | drums, hey! |
| F#m | E | D | D | E | F#m | |
| Turn the | beat a | round, | Love to hear | per | cussion. |
| F#m | E | D | D | E | F#m | |
| Turn it up | side | down, | Love to hear | per | cussion. |
| D | E | D | E | |
| Love to hear | it, | Love to hear | it, |
| D | E | D | E | |
| Love to hear | it, | Love to hear | it. |
Solo 1
| |: | F#m | E | D | D | E | F#m | |
| |: | Turn the | beat a | round, | Love to hear | per | cussion. |
| F#m | E | D | DB | E | D | D | E | :| | |
| Turn it | upside | down, | Love to hear | per | cussion. | Love to hear | it! | :| |
Solo 2
| 'Cause when the guitar player start playing |
| With the syncopated rhythm, with the scratch, scratch, scratch. |
| Makes me wanna move my body: Yeah, yeah, yeah. |
| And when the drummer starts beating that beat, |
| He nails that beat with the syncopated rhythm. |
| With the rat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat on the drums, hey! |
| |: | F#m | E | D | D | E | F#m | |
| |: | Turn the | beat a | round, | Love to hear | per | cussion. |
| F#m | E | D | DB | E | D | :| | |
| Turn it | upside | down, | Love to hear | per | cussion. | :| |