Kinks-Come Dancing - sr - 0

[BPM 152 Verse]                                                    
[Intro]G D D G 1 bar each - off beat pattern - &2& &4& pattern)    
                                                                                    
Riff 3x0003 then play 0 1 3 on B string then play D but as xx0202 and play same riff
then final bit is back to G with A played on G then open G to finish                
                                                                                    
 [G] They put a parking lot on a piece of land                                        
 [D] Where the supermarket used to st [G] and. (note G comes back in early by 2 beats)
Be [G] fore that they put up a bowling alley                                          
 [D] On the site that used to be the local [G] Palais.                                
 [C] That's where the big bands us [G] ed to come and play.                           
 [D] My sister went there o[G]n a Saturday.                                           
                                                                                      
[Chorus]                                                                              
Come  [C] dancing,                                                                    
All her boyfriends  [G] used to come and call.                                        
Why not come  [D] dancing? it's o [C] nly n [D] atural                                
                                                                                      
[Riff]                                                                                
[Verse]                                                                               
 [G] Another Saturday, another date.                                                  
 [D] She would be ready but she's always make them  [G] wait.                         
In the  [G] hallway, in anticipation,                                                 
 [D] He didn't know the night would end up in  [G] frustration.                       
 [C] He'd end up blowing all his [G] wages for the week                               
 [D] All for a cuddle and a [G] peck on the cheek.                                    
                                                                                      
[Chorus]                                                                              
Come  [C] dancing,                                                                    
That's how they did it when [G] I was just a kid,                                     
And when they said come  [D] dancing, my  [C] sister [D] always did.                  
                                                                                      
[Riff]                                                                                
                                                                                      
 [Em] My sister should have [D]  come in at mid [C] night, [C9]                       
 [Em] And my mom would always [D] sit up and [C] wait. [C9]                           
 [Em] It always ended [D] up in a [C] big row [C9]                                    
 [Em] When my sister used to [D] get home [C] late. [C9]                              
                                                                                       
(This part is like the intro G D D G played straight 1 bar each - played twice - "ooos"
(spoken) Out of my window I can see them in the moonlight,                             
 Two silhouettes saying goodnight by the garden gate. (Mom yells at them...)           
                                                                                       
 [Em] The day they  [D] knocked down the  [C] pally [C9]                               
 [Em] My sister [D]  stood and  [C] cried. [C9]                                        
 [Em] The day they  [D] knocked down th [C] e pally [C9]                               
 [Em] Part of my  [D] childhood died, [C]  just died. [C9]                             
                                                                                       
(loud) EmEm-- DD-C ---- -DD- X 4                                                       
                                                                                       
(Repeat intro 1 bar each - sort of off beat ish - use ear &1& pattern)                 
G D D G                                                                                
                                                                                       
[Verse]                                                                                
 [G] Now I'm grown up and playing in a band,                                           
 [D] And there's a car park where the pally used to  [G] stand.                        
My sister's  [G] 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,                                     
                                                                                       
[Chorus]                                                                               
Come  [C] dancing,                                                                     
Come on sister,  [G] have yourself a ball.                                             
Don't be afraid to come  [D] dancing, it's o [C] nly na [D] tural.                     
[Riff]                                                                                 
                                                                                       
(The last chorus leads to a key change....)                                            
Come danc [C] ing,                                                                     
 [C] Just like the pallyyyyy o [G] n a Saturday.                                       
And all her friends will come  [D] dancing                                             
Where the bi [C] g bands [D] used to  [Em] 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...                                                                
Eb Bb Bb Eb x4 - Play standard sus4 pattern with x68886 x68896                                  
then Bb barr across middle 4 strings - 688886 688896 come back to Eb 2 beats early 10 to 8 on G 
 for final note of phrase                                                                       
 final run while playing Eb E - 6 8 10 then play Eb at 11th F shape                                                                                                                             

Cure-Love Cats

[Intro - BPM 93]
[Drums first - 4 bars - 2/4 - slap snare - figure BS xS xS xS]
[then Bass + Guitar figure]
D -----Am-x-7------F-x-7-----------
A ------------------------------ x 2
E 3--5--------3--1-------------- (use thumb to clearly articulate)

[Then just Bass]
A --7-5-3-3-----5--3---3--3------ x 2
E 5--------3--1------------3--5--
 
[Verse 1 - Bass drum just on 1, slap snare]
[Am] We move like cagey tig [G] ers Oh, [G] we
[F] couldn't get closer than this [G] The   
[Am] way we walk, the way we talk [G] The 
[F] way we stalk, the way we kiss [G] We 
[Am] slip through the streets while everyone sleeps [G] Getting 
[F] bigger and sleeker and whiter and brighter [G] We 
[Am] bite and scratch and scream all night [G] Let's 
[F] go and throw all the songs we know
 
[Chorus - Strum on all beats]
[C] Into the sea, you and me ... All these 
[Dm] years and no one heard ......I'll 
[C] show you in spring, it's a treacherous thing We 
[Dm] missed you, hissed the (full drums)
[Am] Lovecats                     [G]    we  [F] missed you,   hissed the  [G] 
  (Bah da bah bah bah bah bada,   Bah ba bah, bah ba ba  bada)
[Am] Lovecats                     [G]        [F] 
  (Bah da bah bah bah bah bada,   Bah ba bah, bah ba ba  bada)
[G] You're so 

[Verse 2 - Back to slap snare but now full bass drum]
[Am] wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderful [G] ly 
[F] pretty ..............Oh,  [G] you 
[Am] know that I'd do anything  [G] for  
[F] you  ......We [G] should  
[Am] have each other to tea, huh? We [G] should 
[F] have each other with cream  [G] Then 
[Am] curl up [####Stop for scroll - keep bass drum going####]
in the fire and sleep for a while It's [G] the 
[F] grooviest thing, it's the perfect dream
 
[Chorus - slap snare]
[C] Into the sea, you and me ... All these 
[Dm] years and no one heard ......I'll 
[C] show you in spring, it's a treacherous thing We 
[Dm] missed you, hissed the (just bass - just one strum and sustain on each main chord)
[Am] Lovecats                     [G]    we  [F] missed you,     hissed the  [G] 
[Am] Lovecats                     [G]    we  [F] missed you,     hissed the (full drums)
[Am] Lovecats                     [G]    we  [F] missed you,     hissed the  [G] 
  (Bah da bah bah bah bah bada,   bah ba bah, bah ba ba bada)
[Am] Lovecats                     [G]    we  [F] missed you,     hissed...
[G] You're so 
 
[Verse 3 - Back to slap snare]
[Am] wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderfully, wonderful [G] ly 
[F] pretty ..............Oh,  [G] you 
[Am] know that I'd do anything  [G] for  
[F] you  ...We  [G] should  
[Am] have each other to tea, huh? We  [G] should 
[F] have each other with cream   [G] Then 
[Am] curl up in the fire and sleep for a while  It's  [G] the 
[F] grooviest thing, it's the perfect dream
 
[Bridge - slap snare]
[Em] Hand in hand is the only way to land And 
[F] always the right way round .... Not 
[Em] broken in pieces like hated little meeces  How 
[F] could we miss someone as dumb as...
(Drums and bass only)
[Am] This? (how can we miss someone as dumb as)  [G] We 
[F] missed you, hissed the  [G] 
[Am] Lovecats     [Fmaj7]      
 
[Refrain - Guitar back in - Full drums]
[Am]   (Bah da bah bah bah bah ba [G] da,  [F] bah ba bah, bah ba ba bada [G] 
[Am]                              [G]      [F]        I        love you, let's go
  (Bah da bah bah bah bah bada, bah ba bah, bah ba ba bada)
 
[Bass Instrumental - slap snare]
[Am]       [F]   (ooh, solid  [Am] gold)   [F] 
 
[Instrumental - Jazz Scat - slap snare]
| Am    | Am   G | F    | F    G | x4
 
[Outro - Bring back full drums towards end]
The  [Em] love cats.. [F] .     [Em] love. [F] ..    
[Em] love...  [F]  (hold long time)         huh,  
[Am] lovecats 

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