Intro: G  D (2x)

               G 
You should be wilder 
                  D 
You're no fun at all 
                     G 
Yeah, thanks for the input 
                D 
Thanks for the call 
                       G 
With dull knives and white hands 
               D 
The blood of stone 
             G 
Cold to the touch, right 
                D 
Right down the bone 

    G                   F 
But you.. give me the electric twist 
        C                      D 
And it kicks, it kicks like a pony 
      G                   F 
And true, you might get away with it 
        C                       D 
It's a risk, it's a risk, yeah 

( G  D  G  D ) (2x) 
Picked from a hot grove 
Packaged for sale 
It drips down the sleeve gets 
Under your nails 
A loss of the senses 
A chip off a tooth 
The smells of the city 
They ride in your suit 

          G 
He says "don't think, don't talk" 
Don't think 
 Em 
Don't think, Don't talk 
Don't think 
 G 
Don't think, Don't talk 
       D 
But I don't think I want to 

( G  F  C  D ) (2x) 
'Cuz you.. give me the electric twist 
And it kicks 
And it kicks, like a pony 
And true.. you might run away with it 
It's a risk, it's a risk, yeah 

Em 
Because it kicks, yeah 
D 
It really kicks, yeah 

( Em  G  D ) (2x) 

         Em 
And the touch of you lips 
         G 
It's a shock, not a kiss 
       D 
It's electric twist, It's electric twist, yeah 

( G  Em  G  D ) 
He says "don't think, don't talk" 
Don't think 
Don't think, Don't talk 
Don't think 
Don't think, Don't talk 
But I don't think I want to 

( G  F  C  D ) (2x) 
'Cuz you give.. give me the electric twist 
And it kicks 
And it kicks, yeah 
And true.. letcha get away with it 
It's a risk, 
It's a risk, yeah 

( Em  G  D ) 
You might get away with it 
It's a risk, yeah 
But it kicks, yeah 
It really kicks, yeah 

( G  D )