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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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Olly Murs-Dance With Me

[Intro - Capo 2nd Fret - Just drums to start - BPM 82]
[Go to Runaround Sue at some point in the song - chords same - C Am F G - Bridge F C F G]
Bass on C only
Ladies and Gentlemen we've got a special treat for tonight,
I'm gonna call my friend Olly up here to sing to you ladies,
Olly!
Let's go man
 
[Verse 1 - Chords just at start of each phrase] 
[C] My name is Olly, nice to meet you, can I tell you baby.
[Am] Look around there's a whole lot of pretty ladies.
[F] But none like y [G] ou, you shine so [C] bright, yeah.
(Oh, Oh, Oh, Yeah!) 
[C] I was wondering if you and me could spend a minute.
[Am] On the floor up and close getting lost in it.
[F] I won't give [G] up without a [C] fight. I just wanna,
 
[Chorus - Chords rings out]
[C] ooh, oh [Am] baby,
[F] just want you to [G] dance with me to [C] night, So come on
[C] ooh, oh [Am] baby,
[F] just want you to [G] dance with me to [C] night
 
[Verse 2] 
[C] We're getting sweaty, hot and heavy in the crowd now,
[Am] Loosen up and let your hands go down, down,
[F] Go with it girl, [G] yeah just close your [C] eyes, yeah. 
[C] I feel the music moving through your body,
[Am] Looking at you I can tell you want me,
[F] Don't stop, keep [G] going till the morning [C] light, yeah. 

[Middle Eight]
When I [F] saw you there,
[Am] Sitting all alone in the dark acting like you didn't [F] have a care,
[G] knew right then, [G] you'd be mine, and [G] we'd be 
[G] dancing the [G] whole [G] damn [G] night [G] right,
 
[Chorus] 
[C] Ooh, oh [Am] baby,
[F] I just want you to [G] dance with me to [C] night, So come on,
[C] ooh, oh [Am] baby,
[F] I just want you to [G] dance with me to [C] night,
 
[Verse 3 - Just drums really - chords very faint] 
Break it down now,
[C] Yeah Yeah Yeah YEAH yeah (shake it like that)
[Am] Yeah Yeah Yeah YEAH yeah (now bring it all back),
[F] To [G] dance with me to [C] night,
 
One more time, one more time, come on now. 
[C] Yeah Yeah Yeah YEAH Yeah (Do your thing)
[Am] Yeah Yeah Yeah YEAH Yeah (everybody sing),
[F] just want you to [G] dance with me to [C] night, yeah
 
[Chorus x forever] 
[C] Ooh, oh [Am] baby,
[F] I just want you to [G] dance with me to [C] night, So come on,
[C] ooh, oh [Am] baby,
[F] I just want you to [G] dance with me to [C] night

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