A                            F#m                      
Let me tell you about a place somewhere up in New York way
D                           E                      
Where the people are so gay twistin' the night away
A                      F#m  
Here they have a lot of fun puttin' trouble on the run
D                                  E                   A
Man you'll find the old and young twistin' the night away

A                                              
They're twistin', twistin' everybody's feeling great
D                                   E                  A
They're twistin' twistin' they're twistin' the night away

[Verse 2]
A                              F#m                     
Here's a man in evening clothes how he got here I don't know but
D                          E                     
Man you wanna see him go twistin' the night away
A                                  F#m    
He's dancing with a chick in slacks she's moving up and back
D                                 E                  A
Oh man there ain't nothing like twistin' the night away

A                                              
They're twistin', twistin', everybody's feeling great
D                                   E                      
They're twistin' twistin', they're twistin' the night let’s twist a while

[Bridge And Saxophone Solo]
      A          F#m       D           E
Lean up   lean back   lean up   lean back
      A        F#m          D
Wa tu si   now fly   now  twist  
             E               A
They’re twistin’ the night away

[Verse 3]
A                           F#m                   
Here's a fella in blue jeans dancing with an older queen
D                                       E                        
Who’s dolled up in the diamond rings twistin' the night away
A                          F#m
Man you oughtta see her go twistin' to the rock and roll
D                                        E                  A
Here you'll find the young and the old twistin' the night away

A                                              
They're twistin', twistin', everybody's feeling great
D                                 E                  A
They're twistin' twistin', they're twistin' the night one more time

[Outro]
     A       F#m           D        E
Lean up   lean back   lean up   lean back
      A        F#m           D
Wa tu si   now fly   now  twist
E                         A
They’re twistin’ the night away