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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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Lionel Richie-All Night Long

[Intro - BPM 109 - Just bass drum]
[G] [F] x2
 
[Verse - just bass drum ]
[with some percussion on guitar body to get the &4 bit - off beat indie beat]
[G] Well, my friends; the [F] time has come,
[Am] To raise the roof and [G] have some fun.
[G] Throw away, the [F] work to be done;
[Am] let the music p [G] lay on.
[G] Everybody sing, [F] everybody dance;
[Am] Lose your self in [G] wild romance.
We're going to; [G] party, Karamu,
[F] Fiesta, forever;
[Am] Come on and [G] sing along. 
We're going to; [G] party, Karamu,
[F] Fiesta, forever;
[Am] Come on and [G] sing along.
 
[Chorus - Drums in]
[G] All [Am] night [F] long,(all night, all night)
[F] All [Am] night [G] long,(all night, all night)
[G] All [Am] night [F] long,(all night, all night)
[F] All [Am] night [G] long,(all night, all night)

[Verse - Just bass drum]
[G] People dancing, [F] all in the streets,
[Am] See the rhythm flow, in [G] their feet.
[G] Life is cool, [F] wild and sweet;
[Am] let the music [G] play on.
[G] Feel it in your heart and [F] feel it in your soul;
[Am] Let the music [G] take control. 

We're going to; [G] party, Niming,
[F] Fiesta, forever;
[Am] Come on and [G]sing my song.

[Chorus - Drums in]
[G] All [Am] night [F] long,(all night, all night)
[F] All [Am] night [G] long,(all night, all night)
[G] All [Am] night [F] long,(all night, all night)
[F] All [Am] night [G] long,(all night, all night)

[Bridge]
[G] Once you get [C] started,You [G] can't sit [F] down,
[G] Come join the [C] fun,Its a [G] merry-go- [F] round.
[G] Everyones [C] dancing,Their [G] troubles a [F] -way.
[G] Come join our [C] party; [G] See how we [F9] play.

[Horn Section]
[F9] [F9] [F9] [F9] - [F] [F] [F] [F]
[G9] [G]  [G9] [G]  - [G] [G] [G] [G]
[F9] [F9] [G]  [G] 

(just bass drum)
[G] Tom bo li de,Say de moi ya,
Yeah, Jambo Jumbo.
Way to parti',Oh we goin',
Oh, jambali.
Tom bo li de,Say de moi ya,
Yeah, Jambo Jumbo

[Horn bit * Fmaj7 - 8-8-10-9-10-8 -- 8-8-10-9-8-8 lift little finger off to play horn part
** climbing run for woh oh oh - 133211 13x231 587555 587565]

[F*] 
[F **] Wo oh oh [Am] Yeah [G] we're going to have a party

[Chorus - Drums in]
[G] All [Am] night [F] long,(all night, all night)
[F] All [Am] night [G] long,(all night, all night)
[G] All [Am] night [F] long,(all night, all night)
[F] All [Am] night [G] long,(all night, all night)

[Bridge]
[F] Everyone you meet, their jamming in the street
All night [G] long - yeah I said
[F] Everyone you meet, their jamming in the street
All night [G] long - people feel good

[Horns - Play at 8th fret F 8-8-10-10-10-8, G 10-10-12-12-12-10]
[F] [G] repeat
   [F]
E --8--------------------------------------------------------13--
B --10---------------------------------------10--------------13--
G --10-------------------------------12121212--121012-----12-----
D --10-----------------------------------------------------------
A --8------------------------------------------------------------
E --8-8-8-8---8---8-8-8-8-8---8----------------------------------
    1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4

   [G]
E --10----3-----------------3-5-3-5-10----3--------------------
B --12----3-------------------------12----3--------------------
G --12----4-------------------------12----4--------------------
D --12----5-------------------------12----5--------------------
A --10----5-------------------------10----5--------------------
E --10----3-------------------------10----3--------------------
    1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
Repeat

[Outro]
[F] All night All night [G] All night All night
[Fade to end]
[End]

[Earlier Horn Section]
   Fadd
E -3--3-33--3------------------------
B -1--1-11--1------------------------
G -2--2-22--2------------------------
D -3--3-33--3------------------------
A -x--x-xx--x--------10-12--10--10-12-10-12--
E -1--1-11--1--10-12----------12----

   Gadd9
E -5--3-55-3--------33-----3-
B -3--3-33-3--------33-----3-
G -4--4-44-4--------44-----4--
D -5--5-55-5--------55-----5--
A -x--5-xx-5--------55-----5--
E -3--3-33-3--------33-----3-
Dr                  4& 1 2 3

   Fadd9            G
E -3--3-33--3-------33-----3-
B -1--1-11--1-------33-----3-
G -2--2-22--2-------44-----4--
D -3--3-33--3-------55-----5--
A -x--x-xx--x-------55-----5--
E -1--1-11--1-------33-----3-
Dr                  4& 1 2 3

[Other horn section]
[Fmaj7 - 8-8-10-9-10-8 -- 8-8-10-9-8-8 lift little finger off to play horn part]
[F-133211 - climbing run for woh oh oh - 133211 13x231 587555 587565] 

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