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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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The Greatest Showman-The Greatest Show - CHECK

 [Intro]
Bm D Bm
Woah
Bm D Bm
Woah
Bm D Bm
Woah
Bm D Bm
Woah
Bm D Bm
Woah
Bm D Bm
Woah
Bm D Bm
Woah
Bm D Bm
Woah
Bm D Bm
Woah
 
[Verse 1]
N.C.
Ladies and gents, this is the moment you've waited for
Bm D Bm
Woah
N.C.
Been searching in the dark, your sweat soaking through the floor
Bm D Bm
Woah
N.C.
And buried in your bones there's an ache that you can't ignore
N.C.
Taking your breath, stealing your mind
                        F#           Bm
And all that was real is left behind
 
[Pre-Chorus]
                     Bm                           Bm
Don't fight it, it's coming for you, running at ya
               Bm                                 Bm
It's only this moment, don't care what comes after
                  Bm                              Bm
Your fever dream, can't you see it getting closer
                          Bm                          Bm
Just surrender 'cause you feel the feeling taking over
                Bm                         Bm
It's fire, it's freedom, it's flooding open
                       Bm                             Bm
It's a preacher in the pulpit and your blind devotion
                                  Bm                               F#
There's something breaking at the brick of every wall it's holding all that you know
                         D
So tell me do you wanna go?
 
[Chorus]
             A                        Bm
Where it's covered in all the colored lights
             G                     D
Where the runaways are running the night
             F#                     Bm
Impossible comes true, it's taking over you
      G                   D
Oh, this is the greatest show
D   A                          Bm
We light it up, we won't come down
         G                 D
And the sun can't stop us now
               F#                   Bm
Watching it come true, it's taking over you
     G
Oh, this is the greatest show
 
[Verse 2]
        Bm
(Woah) Colossal we come these renegades in the ring
 G                Em                     F#                      Bm
(Woah) Where the lost get found and we crown them the circus kings
 
[Pre-Chorus]
                     Bm                           Bm
Don't fight it, it's coming for you, running at ya
               Bm                                 Bm
It's only this moment, don't care what comes after
               Bm                             Bm
It's blinding outside and I think that you know
                              G
Just surrender 'cause you're calling
              D
And you wanna go
 
[Chorus]
             A                        Bm
Where it's covered in all the colored lights
             G                     D
Where the runaways are running the night
             F#               Bm
Impossible comes true, intoxicating you
      G                   D
Oh, this is the greatest show
D   A                          Bm
We light it up, we won't come down
         G                 D
And the sun can't stop us now
               F#                   Bm
Watching it come true, it's taking over you
     G                    Bm
Oh, this is the greatest show
 
[Post-Chorus]
                          G
It's everything you ever want
                          D
It's everything you ever need
                                 A
And it's here right in front of you
                        Bm
This is where you wanna be (This is where you wanna be)
                          G
It's everything you ever want
                          D
It's everything you ever need
                                 A
And it's here right in front of you
                        Bm
This is where you wanna be
N.C.
This is where you wanna be
 
[Chorus]
             A                        Bm
Where it's covered in all the colored lights
             G                     D
Where the runaways are running the night
             F#                     Bm
Impossible comes true, it's taking over you
      G                   D
Oh, this is the greatest show
  A    Bm    G
-Rest-
D   A                          Bm
We light it up, we won't come down
         G                 D
And the sun can't stop us now
               F#                   Bm
Watching it come true, it's taking over you
            G             D
Oh, this is the greatest show
 
[Chorus]
             A                        Bm
Where it's covered in all the colored lights
             G                     D
Where the runaways are running the night
             F#                     Bm
Impossible comes true, it's taking over you
      G                   D
Oh, this is the greatest show
D   A                          Bm
We light it up, we won't come down
         G                   D
And the walls can't stop us now
               F#                   Bm
Watching it come true, it's taking over you
     G                     D
Oh, this is the greatest show
 
[Bridge]
                                       A
'Cause everything you want is right in front of you
         Bm                     G
And you see the impossible is coming true
          D          A            Bm  G     D
And the walls can't stop us (now) now, yeah
 
[Outro]
A                     Bm
This is the greatest show (Oh!)
G                     D
This is the greatest show (Oh!)
A                     Bm
This is the greatest show (Oh!)
G                     D
This is the greatest show (Oh!)
A                     Bm
This is the greatest show (Oh!)
G                     D
This is the greatest show (Oh!)
A                     Bm
This is the greatest show (Oh!)
G                     D
This is the greatest shoooow!

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