Come Dancing

Kinks

 GDG
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|----3---3---3---3--|----3---3---3---3--|----7---7---7---7--|----3---3---3---3--|
G|----4---4---4---4--|----4---4---4---4--|----7---7---7---7--|----4---4---4---4--|
D|----5---5---5---5--|----5---5---5---5--|----7---7---7---7--|----5---5---5---5--|
A|----------5--------|----------5--------|--5----------------|----------5--------|
E|--3----------------|--3----------------|----------5--------|--3----------------|

t t t t t t t t

Note: This pattern just repeats itself, just follow the chord changes and don't be
afraid to variate a little for flavor.

verse:
 G
 They put a parking lot on a piece of land
 DG
 Where the supermarket used to stand
 D
Before that they put up a bowling alley
 G
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

chorus1:
 C
Come dancin'
 G
All her boyfriends used to come and call
 DCG
Why not come dancin',  it's only natural  

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

chorus2:
 C
Come dancin'
 G
That's how they did it when I was just a kid
 DCG
And when they said come dancin', my sister always did  

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

Note: Here I just softly tap-brush against the muffled strings in twos,
playing the chords.
 G
 Out of my window I can see them in the moonlight
 DG
 Two silhouettes saying goodnight by the garden gate   

 EmDC
The day they knocked down the pally
 DEmDC
 My sister stood and cried
 DEmDC
 The day they knocked down the pally
D Em D C (tacet)
Part of my childhood died, just died.

then: Em D C D x3 (hard strums)

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

chorus3:
 C
Come dancin'
 G
Come on sister, have yourself a ball
 DCG
Don't be afraid to come dancin', it's only natural  
 CG
It's only natural  

END WITH A QUICK: D G (and maybe add a bit of vibrato to the ending G)

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 STANDARD TUNING (EADGBE)
CHORDS USED:

G = 355433
D = X5777X
C = X3555X
Em = X79987


C D Em G
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