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Version 1...EVERYBODY LOVES TO CHA CHA CHA... by Sam Cooke ------------------------------------............. *Released 1959* Chorus 1: G (n.C) C Everybody loves to cha cha cha, G Little children like to cha cha cha. D7 C They like to cha cha cha, they like to cha cha cha. Ooh! G (n.C) C G Everybody loves to cha cha cha. Verse 1: G Took my baby to the hop last night, D7 And what, to my sur-prise. C When we got there, she hit me with the news, D7 G6 Right between the eyes, yeah. Chorus 2: G C She said she couldn't do the cha cha cha, G She said she couldn't do the cha cha cha. D7 C She couldn't (cha cha cha), no, she couldn't cha cha cha. G (n.C) C G My baby couldn't do the cha cha cha. Verse 2: G D7 I told her not to worry; they'd play some other dance. C But we sat there for an hour and a half, D7 G6 And we never got a chance. For... Chorus 3: G C Every song they played was the cha cha cha, G Every song they played was the cha cha cha. D7 C "Tom Dooley", cha cha cha, "Tea For Two", cha cha cha, ooh! G (n.C) C G Every number was the cha cha cha. Verse 3: G D7 I told her not to worry; there's only one thing we can do. C Baby, if you let me take you by the hand, D7 G6 I'm gonna teach this dance to you. Then, I taught her; Bridge 1: G C One two, cha cha cha, one two, cha cha cha, G C And up now, take it back, now. D7 C That's right, turn now, alright, let's cross now, ooh! G (n.C) C G I taught my baby how to cha cha cha. Verse 4: G D7 We kept on dancing, and was I surprised, for you see; C After we practiced it for a little while, D7 G6 She was doing it better than me. Now... Chorus 4: G C My baby loves to do the cha cha cha, G She loves to do the cha cha cha. D7 C She likes her (cha cha cha), ooh, she likes to cha cha cha, ooh! G (n.C) C G Everybody likes to cha cha cha. They do it... Coda: G C One two, cha cha cha, alright, one two, cha cha cha. G C And up now, alright back now. G C Alright baby let's cross now, mmm, and turn now. G C Woah-oh-oh-oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh. (Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- G C D7 G6 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 320003 x32010 xx0212 322000 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ()