Come dancing    (video)    (midi)

 

    G - D - D7 - G (2x)

 

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1.      They put a parking lot on a piece of land, 

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    where the supermarket used to stand.

G                                  D

    Before that they put up a bowling alley,

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    on the side that used to be the local pally.

C                                               G

    That’s where the big bands used to come and play,

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    my sister went there on a Saturday.

 

             C                                       G

Come dancing, all her boyfriends used to come and call,

                         D                C            G

why not come dancing, it’s only natural.

 

+ G - D - D7- G

 

    G                         D

2.    Another Saturday, another date,

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    she would be ready but she’s always make him wait.

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    In the hallway, in anticipation,

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    he didn’t know the night would end up in frustration.

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    He’d end up blowing all his wages fort the week,

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    all for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek.

 

             C                                                    G

Come dancing, that’s how they did it when I was just a kid,

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and when they said come dancing, my sister always did.

 

+  G - D - D7 - G  (2x)

 

           Em                         D               C

+  My sister should have come in at midnight,

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    and my mum would always sit  up and wait.

       Em                  D          C

    It always ended up in a big brawl,

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    when my sister used to get home late.

 

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+    Out of my window I could see them in the moonlight,

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    two silhouettes saying good night by the garden gate.

 

            Em             D                         C           Em       D             C

+  The day they knocked down the pally, my sister stood and cried,

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    the day they knocked down the pally,       part of my childhood died,

 

    just died.

 

+  Em - D - C - D (3x)    + Em - D - C     - G - D - D7  - G

 

   G                                          D

3.     Now I’m grown up and playing in a band,

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    and there’s a carpark where the pally used to stand.

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    My sister’s married and she lives on an estate,

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    her daughters go out, now it’s her turn to wait.

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    She knows they get away with things she never could,

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    but if I asked her, I wonder if she would.

 

             C                                             G

Come dancing, come on sister have yourself a ball,

                                        D                C             G

don’t be afraid to come dancing, it’s only natural.

 

+  G - D - D7 - G (2x)

 

            C                                      G

Come dancing, just like the pally on a Saturday,

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and all her friends will come dancing

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where the big bands used to play.

 

+  D - A - A7 - D (4x)

 

(orig.=capo 1st; midi=no capo; video=no capo)    (The Kinks)