"Twist and Shout"

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A couple days ago I listened to the Tremeloes' version of "Twist and Shout" and thought I could easily figure out the guitar part in the middle of the Beatles' version (which has the same structure).  I ended up getting (I think all of) the guitar parts.  I'm not sure I have the final chord right though.  I was actually surprised at how simple these chords are; they're just tonic, sub-dominant, and dominant.

I'd always thought that the Isley Brothers' version was the original, but apparently not.  For what it's worth, the Isley Brothers' version is in F major (which, based on the other songs I know by them, seems to be their favorite key); the Tremeloes' is in C major; and the Beatles' is in D major, which makes the guitar part in the middle (it's a horn part in the Isleys' version) easy to play.

In my recording, I skipt the first verse entirely because it would have been pretty much the same as the second.