Fm       Eb    C#
Turn the beat around
C#     Eb       Fm
Love to hear the percussion
Fm        Eb   C#
Turn it upside down
C#               Eb   Fm
Love to hear the percussion
C#           Eb
Love to hear it
Fm                        Eb
Blow horns you sure sound pretty
                  Fm                  Eb
Your violins keep movin' to the nitty gritty
                   Fm                  Eb
When you hear the scratch of the guitars scratchin'
                        Fm                     Eb
Then you'll know that rhythm carries all the action, so

Woah yeah
Fm         Eb     C#
Turn the beat around
C#       Eb     Fm
Love to hear the percussion
Fm        Eb     C#
Turn it upside down
C#      Eb      Fm
Love to hear the percussion

Love to hear it
Fm        Eb    C#
Turn the beat around
  C#            Eb    Fm
Love to hear the percussion
Fm       Eb     C#
Turn it upside down
 C#      Eb      Fm
love to hear the percussion

Love to hear it
Fm                   Eb
Flute player play your flute 'cause
                   Fm              Eb
I know that you want to get your thing off
                 Fm                 Eb
But you see I've made up my mind about it
                  Fm                  Eb
It's got to be the rhythm, no doubt about it, woah woah
                  Fm
'Cause when the guitar player start playing
                  Eb
With the syncopated rhythm, with the scratch, scratch, scratch
 Fm                         Eb
Makes me wanna move my body yeah, yeah, yeah
    Fm
And when the drummer starts beating that beat
Eb
He nails that beat with the syncopated rhythm
Fm                                        Eb
With the rat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat on the drums, hey
Fm        Eb    C#
Turn the beat around
C#    Eb        Fm
Love to hear the percussion
Fm        Eb    C#
Turn it upside down
C#        Eb        Fm
Love to hear the percussion
C#           Eb
Love to hear it
C#           Eb
Love to hear it
C#           Eb
Love to hear it
C#            Eb
Love to hear it
Fm       Eb    C#
Turn the beat around
C#       Eb        Fm
Love to hear the percussion
Fm        Eb     C#
Turn it upside down
C#         Eb     C#
Love to hear the percussion
C#          Eb
Love to hear it