(Ooh ^D#m7ooooo,^G#7 Ooh ooh ^D#m7ooooo,^G#7 Ooh ^D#m7ooooo,^C#

^D#7hoot, hoot, hoot, hoot!)

^G#7Ev'ry afternoon when the ^C#7clock strikes four ^G#7 (bop bee ba, ba ^G#7ba ba ba ba, bee ba) A ^C#7crazy bunch of kids crash ^C#7through that door^G#7 (bop bee ba, ba ^G#7ba ba ba ba, bee ba)

They ^D#throw off their coats And leave the ^C#squares behind And then they ^D#shake it, shake it, shake it Like they're ^C#losing their mind You'll never ^D#see them frown C# B C#/G# G#7 'Cause they're the nicest kids in town

(Ooh ^D#m7ooooo^G#7, Ooh ooh ooo^E7)

^A7Every afternoon you turn your ^D7T.V. on (^A7na, na, na, na, na^A7, na na na na) And we ^D7know you turn the sound up when your parents are gone, yeah! (^A7na, na, na, na, na^A7, na na na na)

And then you ^Etwist and shout For your ^Dfavorite star And once you've ^Epracticed every step That's in your ^Drepertoire You better ^Ecome on down And meet the ^Dnicest ^Ckids ^D/Ain to^A7wn

^D7Nice white kids who like to lead the way And ^Aonce a month we have our "negro day!" And ^F#mi'm the man who keeps it ^Bspinnin' round Mr. ^DCorny Collins with the latest^B, Greatest Baltimore^E Sound^F!!

So ^A#7every afternoon drop ^D#7everything ^A#7 (bop bee ba, ba ba ba ba ba, bee ba) Who need^D#7s to read and write when you can dance and sing^A#7? (bop bee ba, ba ^A#7ba ba ba ba, bee ba)

For^Fget about your algebra And ^D#calculus You can ^Falways do your homework On the ^D#morning bus Can't tell a ^Fverb from a noun D# C# D#/A# A#7 They're the nicest kids in town Fm7 D#/G# (Ooh ooooo)

So, if ^B7every night you're shaking as you ^E7lie in bed ^B7 (mony mony, ah ooh, mony mony) And the ^E7bass and drums are pounding in your head^B7 (mony mony, ah ooh, mony mony)

Who ^F#7cares about sleep when you can ^E7snooze in school? ^FThey'll ^F#7never get to college But they ^E7sure look cool Don't need a ^F#7cap and a gown 'Cause they're the ^Enicest ^Dkids^E/B in t^B7own

(Ooh oo^F#m7ooo, etc.) They're the ^E/Anicest^B7. Nicest^F#m7 They're the ^E/Anicest^B7. Nicest ^E/AThey're the ^B7sugar 'n' spicest, ^F#m7The nicest kids ^E/Ain... B7(#9) Kids in town! Hoot!