Dance hall days   (1984)        (video)

 

    F - C - G (4x)

 

      F                      C                - G          F                     C                      - G  

1. Take your baby by the hand,     and make her do a high hand stand,

      F                      C              - G         F                           C               - G

    take your baby by the heel,     and do the next thing that you feel.

 

                 F C     G                 F       C     G

We were so in phase in our dance hall days,

                 F    C    G               F   C           D#                    G

we were cool on craze, when I, you, and everyone we knew,

               F       E            Am                        C

could believe, do, and share in what was true. I said :

F - C - G

               Dance hall days, love !

 

+   F - C - G

 

      F                      C              - G 

2. Take your baby by the hair,  

             F                            C                           - G

    and pull her close and there, there, there.

      F                      C                - G           F                    C                  - G 

    Take your baby by the ears,       and play upon her darkest fears.

 

                 F C     G                 F       C     G

We were so in phase in our dance hall days,

                 F    C    G               F   C           D#                    G

we were cool on craze, when I, you, and everyone we knew,

               F       E            Am                        C

could believe, do, and share in what was true. I said :

F - C - G

               Dance hall days, love !

 

   F - C - G

+                 Dance hall days !

F - C - G

               Dance hall days, love !

 

+  F - C - G

 

       F                     C                - G       F                        C              - G 

3. Take your baby by the wrist,     and in her mouth an amethyst,

           F                         C                    - G 

    and in her eyes two sapphires blue,  

             F                            C                     - G

    and you need her and she needs you !

              F                          C                      - G

    And you need her and she needs you !

              F                          C                       - G

    And you need her and she needs you !  

              F                          C                      - G

    And you need her and she needs you !  

              F                 - C - G

    And you need her             and she needs you.

 

                 F C     G                 F       C     G

We were so in phase in our dance hall days,

                 F    C    G               F   C           D#                    G

we were cool on craze, when I, you, and everyone we knew,

               F       E            Am                        C

could believe, do, and share in what was true. I said :

F - C - G

               Dance hall days, love !

 

+  F - C - G

 

     F - C - G

+                   Dance hall days, love !

    F - C - G

                   Dance hall days !

    F - C - G

                   Dance hall days, love !

    F - C - G

                   Dance hall days !

    F - C - G

                   Dance hall days, love….

 

 

    (Wang Chung)