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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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Specials-Ghost Town

[Intro - Easier version of G7b9 so lower G really rings - 3x3004 - not 353434 
Start just drums - half time Bxxx SxxB Bxxx Sxxx]


Cdim then up 1 fret for each of next chords
E -----------------------------------
B -4-5-6-7-8-9----------------------
G -5-6-7-8-9-10-----------------------
D -4-5-6-7-8-9-----------------------
A -3-4-5-6-7-8-----------------------
E -----------------------------------

[Cdim-x3454] [Cdim] [C#dim] [C#dim]
[Ddim]  [D#dim]  [Edim]  [Fdim] 

[Vamp]
[Cm]  [G7b9-3x3004] [Cm]  [G7b9-3x3004]

[follow horn line for these]
[Cm] x [D] [D] - x x x x - x x x [G7b9] - x x [Gsus4] x 
[Csus2] x x x  - x x x x - [G] x x x    - x x x x

[Vamp]
[Cm]  [G7b9-3x3004] [Cm]  [G7b9-3x3004]
[Bbm6-x13023]  [Bbm] [Bbm] [Bbsus2]  [E]

[Keyboard parts]
[Bbm6] [Bbm][Bsus2]   [E]
E 3-----1--------------0-----------------------------
B 2-------2-1----------0------00-9----------------------
G 0--------------------1----11---9--------------------
D 3--------------------2--22-----9--------------------
A 1--------------------2---------7-------------------
E ---------------------0----------------------------
  
[Verse 1 - Place the first finger first on the G7 so can really make bass note ring] 
[Cm]  This town, [G7b9-3x3004]  is coming like a  [Cm] ghost town. [G7b9]     
[Cm]  All the clubs are  [G7b9] being closed  [Cm] down. [G7b9]     
[Cm]  This place, [G7b9]  is coming like a  [Cm] ghost town. [G7b9]     

(*think like Bm7 but don't barre at the first fret and add little finger at 3rd fret on high E)   
[Bbm6-x13023*] Bands [Bbm]won't  
[Bbm]play [Bsus2]no  [E]more 
too much fighting on the dance floor.
  
[Interlude] 
[Cm]  La... la la la  [Cmmaj7-x35443] la... la la la,        
[Cm7] la la la la la la la la  [Cm6-8x7888] la.       
La  [Bdim7-x2434x] la...  [Bb7]  la la la la la la,  [Cm] la.  [G7b9]  
 
[Cm]  La... la la la  [Cmmaj7] la... la la la, 
[Cm7] la la la la la la la la  [Cm6] la.
La  [Bdim7] la...  [Bb7]  la la la la la la,  [Cm] la.  [G7b9]     
  
[Break] 
Cdim  C#dim  Ddim  D#dim  Edim  Fdim
  
[Bridge 1] 
[F#/C#]  Do you re- [C#] member the  [F#/C#] good old  [C#] days before the  [F#] ghost town?
We  [F#/C#] danced and  [C#] sang as the  [F#/C#] music  [C#] played in our dear  [F#] boom town. [G7]   
  
[Interlude] 
Cm  G7b9 (x2), Cm  D  G7b9  Csus2  G
Cm  G7b9 (x2), Bbm6  Bbm  E
  
[Verse 2] 
[Cm]  This town, [G7b9]  is coming like a  [Cm] ghost town.
Why must the  [G7b9] youth fight against them- [Cm] selves?  [D]     [G7b9]     
[Csus2]  Government leaving the  [G] youth on the shelf.
[Cm]  This place, [G7b9]  is coming like a  [Cm] ghost town.
No job to be  [G7b9] found in this country.
[Bbm6]Can't  [Bbm]go [Bbm]on [Bsus2]no  [E] more; the people getting angry.
  
[Interlude] 
[Cm]  La... la la la  [Cmmaj7] la... la la la,  [Cm7] la la la la la la la la  [Cm6] la.
La  [Bdim7] la...  [Bb7]  la la la la la la,  [Cm] la.  [G7#9]     
 
[Cm]  La... la la la  [Cmmaj7] la... la la la,  [Cm7] la la la la la la la la  [Cm6] la.
La  [Bdim7] la...  [Bb7]  la la la la la la,  [Cm] la.  [G7b9]     
  
[Coda] 
[Cm]  This town.. [G7b9] . is comin' like a  [Cm] ghost town.
[Cm]  This town.. [G7b9] . is comin' like a  [Cm] ghost town.
[Cm]  This town.. [G7b9] . is comin' like a  [Cm] ghost town.
[Cm]  This town... [N.C.]  is comin' like a ghost town.

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