A 4x

     A                                                                   D

When I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go?

A                                   D                                               E

Straight down the Mississippi river, to the Gulf of Mexico

      A                                                             D

To Lake Charles, Louisiana, little Bessie, girl that I once knew

A                                     D                                           E

She told me just to come on by, if there's anything she could do

A

Up on Cripple Creek she sends me

D

If I spring a leak she mends me

E

I don't have to speak, she defends me

  F#m                   G

A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one

Good luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go

She bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show

The odds were in my favor, I had 'em five to one

When that nag to win came around the track, sure enough we had won

Chorus

I took up all of my winnings, and I gave my little Bessie half

And she tore it up and threw it in my face, just for a laugh

Now there's one thing in the whole wide world, I sure do like to see

That's how that little sweet thing of mine, dips her doughnut in my tea

Chorus

Now me and my mate were back at the shack, we had Spike Jones on the box

She said, "I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk"

Now that just gave my heart a throb, to the bottom of my feet

And I swore as I took another pull, my Bessie can t be beat

Chorus

Do die do’s in A & D

Now there's a flood out in California and up north it's freezing cold

And this living off the road is getting pretty old

So I guess I'll call up my big mama, tell her I'll be rolling in

But you know, deep down, I'm kind of tempted To go and see my Bessie again.

Chorus

A D  A D 4x

G intro    “Get up and dance to the music!  Get on up and dance to the fonky music!”

G                    (G7/ B)                    C               (C7/Bb)

(Bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom) x2

G

Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music

Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music

G                             C                          G                                           C

All we need is a drummer, for people who only need a beat

(Drum Break)

I'm gonna add a little guitar and make it easy to move your feet

(Guitar Solo)

I'm gonna add some bottom, so that the dancers just won't hide

(Bass in G)

You might like to hear my organ playing "Ride Sally Ride"

(Organ Solo)

                                                                                                                 Eb

You might like to hear the horns blowin', Cynthia on the throne.

G                                       C                                              G                                           C

Cynthia & Jerry got a message they're sayin'  All the squares, go home!         

Listen to the Voices!

G                    G7/ B                    C               C7/Bb

(Bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom) x4

G

Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music repeat

All we need is a drummer… repeat verse with longer solos, etc.

Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music repeat