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Intro: C Bb C (x4)
#1.
C
Nickel is a nickel, dime is dime, get you
C7
a girl, you can have a good time.
F C
You gotta step it up and go..you gotta step
it up and go.
G F
Well, you can't stand back, you gotta step
C G
it up and go.
#2.
C
Two old maids, sittin' in the sand, each one
C7
wishin' that the other was a man.
F C
You gotta step it up and go..you gotta step
it up and go.
G F
Well, you can't stand back, you gotta step
C G
it up and go.
#3.
C
Shootin' dice, got your money on the floor.
C7
Up comes the law and knocks on the door.
F C
You gotta step it up and go..you gotta step
it up and go.
G F
Well, you can't stand back, you gotta step
C G
it up and go.
INTERLUDE:........ Db B Db B
#4.
Db
She may be old, ninety years, but she ain't
Db7
too old for to shift her gears.
Gb Db
You gotta step it up and go..you gotta step
it up and go.
Ab Gb
Well, you can't stand back, you gotta step
Db Ab
it up and go.
#5.
Db
Jumped in the river, started to drown, thought
Db7
about my woman and I turned around.
Gb Db
You gotta step it up and go..you gotta step
it up and go.
Ab Gb
Well, you can't stand back, you gotta step
Db Ab
it up and go.
#6.
Db
I knocked on the door about half past ten..
Db7
she said listen here, baby, you can't come in.
Gb Db
You gotta step it up and go..you gotta step
it up and go.
Ab Gb
Well, you can't stand back, you gotta step
Db
it up and go.
OUTRO:
Db
Whoa-ooh-ohh-ohh..whoa-ooh-ohh-ohh..
Gb Db
Whoa-ooh-ohh-ohh..whoa-ooh-ohh-ohh..
Ab Db
Whoa-ooh-ohh-ohh..whoa-ooh-ohh-ohh..(x2)..(Fade.)
Written by Jimmy Howard