TAKES TWO TO TANGO
(Dick Manning (m) Al Hoffman (l) 1952)

as recorded by Louis Armstrong
1952


Hey baby, how about this dance?
Why?  'Cause it takes two to do this dance!

Takes two, the tango,
Two, the tango,
Two to really get the feelin' of romance.
Lets do the tango,
Do the tango,
Do the dance of love!

You can sail on a ship by yourself,
Take a nap or a nip by yourself,
You can get into debt on your own,
There's lots of things that you can do alone!

But takes two, the tango,
Two, the tango,
Two to really get the feelin' of romance.
Lets do the tango,
Do the tango,
Do the dance of love!

You can croon to the moon by yourself,
Take a laugh like a loon by yourself,
Spend the lot, go to pot on your own,
There's lots of things that you can do alone!

But listen here, takes two to tango,
Two to tango,
Two to really get the feelin' of romance.
Lets do the tango,
Do the tango,
Do that dance of love, oh zed!

Yeah, they've got some rockin' that time!
Look here, who's gonna dance with me now?

'Cause it takes two, the tango,
Two, the tango,
Two to really get the feelin' of romance.
Lets do the tango,
Do the tango,
Do that dance of love.

(scat)

Takes two to tango
'Cause that's the song of love!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - March 2021)