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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                                                                                                                             

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Killers-Mr Brightside

[Intro - Drop D - BPM 148] Arpeggio up at 12th fret area - hold heel hard on body to articulate
Bass drum on all quarter notes (as per usual drum beat) - Pick intro for first verse - strum for other parts 
Final arp and snare in
E ---------------0--------------------0-(Snare)
B ------15----15---15--------15----15----------
G ----14---14--------------14---14-------------
D ---------------------------------------------
A -14-------------------14---------------------
E ---------------------------------------------
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[Verse 1 Chords in drop D - Dsus2 xx0230 Dmaj7sus2 xx0220 G - 5x0033] 
[Dsus2] I'm coming out of my [Dmaj7sus2] cage 
And I've been doing just [G] fine
Gotta gotta be down because I want it all
[Dsus2] It started out with a [Dmaj7sus2] kiss 
How did it end up like [G] this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
[Dsus2] Now I'm falling asleep [Dmaj7sus2] 
And she's calling a [G] cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
[Dsus2] Now they're going to [Dmaj7sus2] bed 
And my stomach is [G] sick
And it's all in my head but she's touching his

[Bridge - Chords - drop D - Bm - 9x7777 Asus4 x07750 - make A x07650 G can make G6 5x5430]
[Bm] Chest now, he takes off her [Asus4] dress now let me 
[G] go ..........................
[Bm] And I just can't look its [Asus4] killing me ...And 
[G] taking control

[Chorus 1 - Dsus2 000230 G/A 5x0003 Bm/A 9x7777 Asus4 x07750]
[Dsus2] Jealousy, [G] turning saints in [Bm] to the sea 
[Asus4] Swimming through sick [Dsus2] lullabies
[G] Choking on your [Bm] alibis [Asus4] but it's just the [Dsus2] price I pay
[G] Destiny is [Bm] calling me [Asus4] Open up my [Dsus2] eager [G] eye
[Bm] Cause I'm Mr [Asus4] Brightside (hold note over next riff)

[Intro riff - lots of vibrato - keep low D ringing]
E 0--0----10---
B 15-15---10---
G 14-14---0----
D 12-11-s-9----
A X--X----X----
E 0--0----0----

[Verse 2] 
[Dsus2] I'm coming out of my [Dmaj7sus2] cage 
And I've been doing just [G] fine
Gotta gotta be down because I want it all
[Dsus2] It started out with a [Dmaj7sus2] kiss 
How did it end up like [G] this [##############Scroll###############]
(Stop chords drum phrase 1234 1(&2)3(&4))
(-------------------------------BS---BS)
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
[Dsus2] Now I'm falling asleep [Dmaj7sus2] 
And she's calling a [G] cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
[Dsus2] Now they're going to [Dmaj7sus2] bed 
And my stomach is [G] sick
And it's all in my head but she's touching his

[Bridge]
[Bm] Chest now, he takes off her [Asus4] dress now 
let me [G] go 
[Bm] And I just can't look its [Asus4] killing me
And [G] taking control

[Chorus 2]
[Dsus2] Jealousy, [G] turning saints in [Bm] to the sea 
[Asus4] Swimming through sick [Dsus2] lullabies
[G] Choking on your [Bm] alibis [Asus4] but it's just the [Dsus2] price I pay
[G] Destiny is [Bm] calling me [Asus4] Open up my [Dsus2] eager [G] eye
[Bm] Cause I'm Mr [Asus4] Brightside

[Outro] D G Bm A
Play opening riff slightly quicker - mute strings a bit (predominantly lower)
with just bass then snare back in for next section 
"I never" x 4 over Chorus chords 
Then final phrase is 
A x07650 G6/A x05430 A x02220 
Bass run A - 7 5 4

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