^CWell, I went to the party feeling bad, ^Gthinking it would ^Dbe a ^Gflop..(flop, flop.) My ^Cgood loving baby had stood me up and I ^Gdidn't wanna ^Ddo The ^GBop..(bop bop)..I didn't wanna ^Ddo The ^GBop.

I ^Cstood in a corner all alone, ^Gwatching 'em ^Ddo The ^GDrag.. (what a drag!) When the ^Cqueen of the hop Strolled up to me and ^Gasked me if I ^Dknew how to ^GShag..(knew how to Shag)..asked me if I ^Dknew how to ^GShag.

Well, I ^Cknew how to Walk..I knew how to Slop..I ^Gknew how to ^DPogo, ^Gtoo (Pogo.) ^DI could ^CChicken Hop and Cha Cha Cha, but The ^GShag was ^Dtotally ^Gnew..(shag shag)..The Shag was ^Dtotally ^Gnew.

She said, '^CCome on, man, let's burn up the floor..The ^GShag is ^Deasy to ^Gdo..(shag, shag.) She ^Cshowed me how, and in no time at all, ^GI was ^DShagging, ^Gtoo.. (me, too)..I was ^DShagging, ^Gtoo.

Yeah, ^CI'm so glad that I met that doll, now I ^GShag instead of Bop.. (bop bop.) ^CI'm her king and she's my queen when ^Gwe go ^Dto The ^GHop (hop, hop).. When we go ^Dto The ^GHop. We ^DShag instead of ^GBop..(bop, bop)..we ^GShag in^Dstead of ^GBop.

^GThe Shag is ^Dtotally ^Gcool..(shag shag)..The Shag is ^Dtotally ^Gcool. The Shag is ^Dtotally ^Gcool..(Fade.)