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. 


[Refrão]

          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. 


[Refrão]
 
          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. 


[Refrão]

          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. 


[Refrão]

          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. 



[Refrão]

          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. 


[Refrão]

          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.)