Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard
Difficulty: Novice
Twisting by the Pool, Dire Straits
A augmentedA
We're going on a holiday, now
D MajorD E MajorE
Gonna take a villa or a small chalet
A augmentedA
Costa Del (?), magnifico,
D MajorD E MajorE
You know the cost of living's so low
CHORUS :
D MajorD E MajorE
Yeah, gonna be so neat
D MajorD E MajorE
Dance, to the Euro-beat
D MajorD E MajorE
Yeah, gonna be so cool
E MajorE
Twistin' by the (twisting-by-the)
E MajorE A augmentedA
Twistin' by the (twisting-by-the), by the pool
A augmentedA D MajorD
Twistin' by the pool
A augmentedA D MajorD
Twistin' by the pool (twistin' by the pool)
A augmentedA D MajorD
Twistin' by the pooooool
Verse 2 :
Sitting in a small cafe now
Swing-swing-swinging to the cabaret
Wanna see a movie, take in a show
Meet new people at the disco, yeah
Repeat chorus
B minorBm
And we can still get information
F#F#
Reading all about inflation
B minorBm D/ED/E
And you're never gonna be out of reach
E MajorE
There's a clubhouse on the beach
E MajorE
A augmentedA one, A augmentedA two, A-one-A-two-A-three-A-four
Solo : Same chords as verse
A augmentedA C# minorC#m
Mmmm, you're gonna look so cute
D MajorD E MajorE
Sunglasses, bathing suit
A augmentedA C# minorC#m
Be the lady of my dreams
D MajorD E MajorE
Like the ladies in the magazines
Repeat chorus and fade
Note : I use a regular D MajorD chord with the first E MajorE string open for
D/ED/E - sounds close, anyway.