Roll Back the Rug (and Dance) chords by Scooter lee

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Verse 1
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Mama played
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piano in church
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every Sunday morning
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Daddy worked hard to raise
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all his children right
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They were fine upstanding
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Christian folk
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Didn't tell any lies or dirty jokes
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But strange things happened in our house
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on Saturday night
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Yeah, we'd roll back the rug,
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roll back the rug and dance
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Slippin' and a -slidin' on
the hardwood floor
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Everybody got a chance
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They would rock the whole house,
twist and shout
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Till the strong -tastin' stuff
in the jug ran out
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Roll back the rug,
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roll back the rug and dance
We were too young to bop
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and didn't know the Texas two -step
Bop, bop
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So me and little sister
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would set and run the record machine
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She'd play the songs that
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were soft and sweet
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I'd play the music with
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a rockin' beat
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Those were the happiest times
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I've ever seen
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Yeah, we rolled back the rug,
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rolled back the rug and danced
Rolled back the rug and danced
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Slippin' and a -slidin' on
the hardwood floor
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Everybody got a chance
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Yeah, we rocked the whole house,
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twistin' and shoutin'
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Till the strong -tastin' stuff
in the jug ran out
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Rolled back the rug,
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rolled back the rug and danced
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Every time I'd listen to a rockin' band,
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I wish that things could be
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the way they were back then.
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Those were the happiest times
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I've ever seen.
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Yeah, we'd roll back the rug,
roll back the rug and dance
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Roll back the rug and dance
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Sniffin' and a -slidin' on
the hardwood floor
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Everybody got a chance
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Well, we rocked the whole house,
twist and shout
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Till the strong taste
and stuff
in the jug ran out
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Roll back the rug,
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roll back the rug and dance
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We'd roll back the rug,
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roll back the rug and dance
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Roll back the rug,
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roll back the rug and dance