The Hucklebuck Chords

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The Hucklebuck by Chubby Checker is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G7, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			The Hucklebuck:Chubby Checker. 
#14 in 1961. 

#1. 
    G                         G7 
Ah, here's a dance you should know. 
         C                   G 
Ah, baby when the lights are down low. 
       D               G 
I say, grab your baby, then go. 

Chorus: 
G 
Do the Hucklebuck, do the Hucklebuck.. 

If you don't know how to do it, man, you're out of luck. 
C 
Push your baby out, then you hunch her back. 
G 
Start a little movement in your sacroiliac. 
D                    C 
Wiggle like a snake, waddle like a duck, 
G                           D            G 
that's what you do when you do the Hucklebuck! 

#2. 
    G                         G7 
Oh, here's a dance you should know. 
         C                   G 
Ah, baby when the lights are down low. 
              D               G 
Oh, won't you grab your baby, then go. 

#3. 
G 
A little bit of Twist, a little bit of this. 

And if you don't know how to do it ask my little sis. 
C 
Push your partner out then you hunch her back. 
G 
Start a little movement in your sacroiliac. 
D                    C 
Wiggle like a snake, waddle like a duck, 
G                           D            G 
that's what you do when you do the Hucklebuck! 

Chorus: 
G 
Do the Hucklebuck, do the Hucklebuck.. 

If you don't know how to do it, man, you're out of luck. 
C 
Push your baby out, then you hunch her back. 
G 
Start a little movement in your sacroiliac. 
D                    C 
Wiggle like a snake, waddle like a duck, 
G                           D            G 
that's what you do when you do the Hucklebuck! 

#4. 
    G                         G7 
Oh, here's a dance you should know. 
         C                   G 
Ah, baby when the lights are down low. 
              D               G 
Oh, won't you grab your baby, then go. 
G 
Do the Hucklebuck, do the Hucklebuck..(Fade.) 


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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