Chorus 1:
G (n.C)C
Everybody loves to cha cha cha,
G
Little children like to cha cha cha.
D7C
They like to cha cha cha, they like to cha cha cha. Ooh!
G (n.C)CG
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,
D7G6
Right between the eyes, yeah.
Chorus 2:
GC
She said she couldn't do the cha cha cha,
G
She said she couldn't do the cha cha cha.
D7C
She couldn't (cha cha cha), no, she couldn't cha cha cha.
G (n.C)CG
My baby couldn't do the cha cha cha.
Verse 2:
GD7
I told her not to worry; they'd play some other dance.
C
But we sat there for an hour and a half,
D7G6
And we never got a chance. For...
Chorus 3:
GC
Every song they played was the cha cha cha,
G
Every song they played was the cha cha cha.
D7C
"Tom Dooley", cha cha cha, "Tea For Two", cha cha cha, ooh!
G (n.C)CG
Every number was the cha cha cha.
Verse 3:
GD7
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,
D7G6
I'm gonna teach this dance to you. Then, I taught her;
Bridge 1:
GC
One two, cha cha cha, one two, cha cha cha,
GC
And up now, take it back, now.
D7C
That's right, turn now, alright, let's cross now, ooh!
G (n.C)CG
I taught my baby how to cha cha cha.
Verse 4:
GD7
We kept on dancing, and was I surprised, for you see;
C
After we practiced it for a little while,
D7G6
She was doing it better than me. Now...
Chorus 4:
GC
My baby loves to do the cha cha cha,
G
She loves to do the cha cha cha.
D7C
She likes her (cha cha cha), ooh, she likes to cha cha cha, ooh!
G (n.C)CG
Everybody likes to cha cha cha. They do it...
Coda:
GC
One two, cha cha cha, alright, one two, cha cha cha.
GC
And up now, alright back now.
GC
Alright baby let's cross now, mmm, and turn now.
GC
Woah-oh-oh-oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh.
(Fade)
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