Come Dancing

Kinks
 GD
 They put a parking lot on a piece of land
 DG
 Where the supermarket used to stand.
 GD
Before that they put up a bowling alley
 DG
 On the site that used to be the local pally.
 CG
 That's where the big bands used to come and play.
 DG
 My sister went there on a Saturday.

chorus:
 C
Come dancing,
 G
All her boyfriends used to come and call.
 DCG
Why not come dancing? it's only natural

riff

Another Saturday, another date.
She would be ready but she's always make them wait.
In the hallway, in anticipation,
He didn't know the night would end up in frustration.
He'd end up blowing all his wages for the week
All for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek.

chorus:

Come dancing,
That's how they did it when I was just a kid,
And when they said come dancing,
My sister always did.

riff

 EmDC
 My sister should have come in at midnight,
 EmDC
 And my mom would always sit up and wait.
 EmDC
 It always ended up in a big row
 EmDC
 When my sister used to get home late.

This part is like the into:
 GD
(spoken) Out of my window I can see them in the moonlight,
 DG
 Two silhouettes saying goodnight by the garden gate. (Mom yells at them...)
 EmDC
 The day they knocked down the pally
 EmDC
 My sister stood and cried.
 EmDC
 The day they knocked down the pally
 EmDC
 Part of my childhood died, just died.

(loud) Em D C D Em D C D Em D C D Em D C D

repeat intro: G D D G

Now I'm grown up and playing in a band,
And there's a car park where the pally used to stand.
My sister's married and she lives on an estate.
Her daughters go out, now it's her turn to wait.
She knows they get away with things she never could,
But if I asked her I wonder if she would,

chorus:

Come dancing,
Come on sister, have yourself a ball.
Don't be afraid to come dancing,
It's only natural.

The last chorus leads to a key change....
 C
Come dancing,
 CG
 Just like the pally on a Saturday.
 D
And all her friends will come dancing
 CEm
Where the big bands used to play.

Hold the Em for two measures, then modulate to the key of Eb. This is the
same riff as before, played in Eb. Perhaps someone out there can write the
notes for the finale...

repeat 4 times: Eb Bb Bb Eb

Chris


C D Em G
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