{t:Come Dancing}
{st:The Kinks (Ray Davies, 1982)}
{sot}
4/4 | D - D u - u - u |  or even | D - D u - u - u | - u - u - u - u |
      1   2 &   &   &              1   2 &   &   &     &   &   &   &


   G                                   D                         G
A|--------2-5-5--5-|---3-3-2-2-------|-------0-5-5---5-|---3-3-2-2-------|
E|------3----------|-----------------|-----2-----------|-------------5-3-|
C|----2------------|-----------------|---2-------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
{eot}

{c:Intro (Play riff twice)}
[/] [G] [/] [G] [/] [D] [/] [D] [G] [/]
[/] [G] [/] [G] [/] [D] [/] [D] [G] [/] 


[/] [G] . They put a parking lot on [/] . a piece of land [/]
[/] [D] . Where the super- [/] market used to [G] stand. [/]
[/] [G] . Before that they put up [/] [G] . a bowling alley [/]
[/] [D] . On the site that used to [/] be the local [G] palais. [/]
[/] [C] . That's where the big bands [/] [G] used to come and play. [/]
[/] [D] . My sister went there [/] [G] on a Satur- [G7] day


{soc}
Come [/] [C] dancing [/]
[/] [C] . All her boyfriends [/] [G] used to come and call. [/]
[/] [G] . Why not come [/] [D] dancing? It's [/] [C] only natural [/]
{eoc}


{c:Instrumental (Play riff twice)}
[/] [G] [/] [G] [/] [D] [/] [D] [G] [/]
[/] [G] [/] [G] [/] [D] [/] [D] [G] [/]  


[/] [G] . Another Satur- [/] day, another date. [/]
[/] [D] . She would be ready but she'd [/] always make him [G] wait. [/]
[/] [G] . In the hallway [/] in anticipation [/]
[/] [D] . He didn't know the night would [/] end up in frus- [G] tration. [/]
[/] [C] . He'd end up blowing all his [/] [G] wages for the week [/]
[/] [D] . All for a cuddle and a [/] [G] peck on the [G7] cheek.


{soc}
Come [/] [C] dancing [/]
[/] [C] . That's how they did it when [/] [G] I was just a kid [/]
[/] [G] . And when they said come [/] [D] dancing, my [/] [C] sister always did. [/]
{eoc}


{c:Instrumental (Play riff twice)}
[/] [G] [/] [G] [/] [D] [/] [D] [G] [/]
[/] [G] [/] [G] [/] [D] [/] [D] [G]


{c:Bridge}
My [/] [Em] sister should have [D] come in at [/] [C] midnight
And my [/] [Em] mum would always [D] sit up and [/] [C] wait.
It [/] [Em] always ended [D] up in a [/] [C] big row
When my [/] [Em] sister used to [D] get home [/] [C] late. [/]


{c:Interlude (spoken style)}
[/] [G] ... Out of [/] [D] my window I can see them [/] in the moonlight,
Two [/] [G] silhouettes saying good- [/] night by the garden [/] [D] gate. [/] [D] [/] [G]   


{c:Bridge}
The [/] [Em] day they [D] knocked down the [/] [C] palais
My [/] [Em] sister [D] stood and [/] [C] cried. [/]
[/] [Em] . The day they [D] knocked down the [/] [C] palais [/]
[/] [Em] . Part of my [D] childhood [/] [C] died, just died. [/]


{c:Instrumental (Power Chords)}
[/] [Em] [D]  [/] [C]... [D!] [/] 
[/] [Em] [D]  [/] [C]... [D!] [/] 
[/] [Em] [D]  [/] [C]... [D!] [/] 
[/] [Em] [D]  [/] [C]  [/] 


{c:Instrumental (Up strumming)}
[/] [G] [/] [D] [/] [D] [/] [G] [/]  


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


{soc}
Come [/] [C] dancing [/]
[/] [C] . Come on sister, [/] [G] have yourself a ball. [/]
[/] [G] . Don't be afraid to come [/] [D] dancing, it's [/] [C] only natural. [/]


{c:Instrumental (Play riff twice)}
[/] [G] [/] [G] [/] [D] [/] [D] [G] [/]
[/] [G] [/] [G] [/] [D] [/] [D] [G] [/] 


{soc}
Come [/] [C] dancing [/]
[/] [C] . Just like the palais [/] [G] on a Saturday. [/]
[/] [G] . And all your friends will come [/] [D] dancing
Where the [/] [C] big bands used to play. [/] [Em] [/] [Em] [/]   


{c:Instrumental (key change to Eb)}
[/] [Eb] [/] [Eb] [/] [Bb] [/] [Bb] [Eb] [/]   
[/] [Eb] [/] [Eb] [/] [Bb] [/] [Bb] [Eb] [/]   
[/] [Eb] [/] [Eb] [/] [Bb] [/] [Bb] [Eb] [/]   
[/] [Eb] [/] [Eb] [/] [Bb] [/] [Bb] [Eb!] [/]   

{sot}
   Eb                                  Bb                        Eb
A|---1-----1-1---1-|-----------------|---1-----1-1---1-|-----------------|
E|-------3---------|---4-4-3-3-------|-------1---------|---4-4-3-3---1---|
C|-----3-----------|-----------------|-----2-----------|---------------3-|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
{eot}


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