Chords with lyrics
Verse:
C majorC G+G
Took my baby to the hop last night, What to my surprise,
C majorC FF A minorAm G+G C majorC
When we got there she hit me with the news right between the eyes
Chorus:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
She said she couldn't do the cha, cha, cha My baby couldn't do the Cha Cha Cha
F#F# FF A minorAm FF C majorC FF
She couldn't Cha Cha Cha No My baby couldn't do the Cha Cha Cha
Verse:
C majorC G+G
I told her not to worry now, They'd play some other dance
C majorC FF A minorAm G+G C majorC
But we sat there for an hour an a half And we never got a chance
Chorus:
C majorC FF
Cause every song they played Was the Cha, Cha, Cha.
C majorC G+G F#F# FF A minorAm FF
They played nothin' but the Cha Cha Cha, all night long even in that midhight hour
C majorC FF
Every number was the Cha Cha Cha
Verse:
C majorC G+G
I told her not to worry, There's still one thing we can do,
C majorC FF A minorAm G+G C majorC
Let me take you by your hand tonight, I want to teach this dance to you.
Verse:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G F#F# FF
I taught my baby how..... I taught my baby how to cha, cha, cha.
A minorAm FF C majorC FF
That time, Right there, right on the spot I taught my baby how to Cha, Cha, Cha
Verse:
C majorC G+G
We kept on dancing for an hour or two, What do you think I'd see?
C majorC FF A minorAm G+G C majorC
We hadn't practiced for a time or two around, She was doing it better than me.
Chorus:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G F#F# FF A minorAm FF
You know my baby loves to Cha, Cha, Cha. Oh, Oh... There now,,, every night, every day. Ooooo!!
C majorC FF
Taught my baby how to Cha, Cha, Cha
C majorC FF C majorC G+G F#F# FF A minorAm FF
Everybody loves to cha, cha, cha. Little children love to cha, cha, cha. Oh,,, Oh,,, Da da da
C majorC FF C majorC G+G F#F# FF A minorAm FF
My baby loves to Cha Cha Cha, Everybody loves to Cha, Cha, Cha.Come on yourself, come on, come on
Outro:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
Everybody loves to Cha Cha Cha Every body loves the Cha Cha Cha
C majorC FF C majorC C majorC FF
Sam Cooke himself in the midnight hour Everybody loves to Cha, Cha, Cha.