[Keyboard Intro - Capo 2 - Start melody is root note - in this case G - Capo 6 for original] (Random percussion - then full drums with Wooooh)
[C][C][Am] ([F]([F][G])) - 8 bars (each chord outside of curved brackets = 2 bars) ([C] ([C] x x ([C][G]))) - 2 bars
[Verse 1 - Melody starts on open G string - root note of G chord] [G] Clocks strikes upon the hour, and the [Am] sun begins to fade, [G] still enough time to figure out how to [Am] chase my blues away. [F] I've done alright [G] up 'til now, it's the [C] light of day that [F] shows me how, and [F] when the [C] night [G/A] falls, loneliness calls [F][F][F][F] .. [G][G]
[Chorus] [C] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, [C] I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Am] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [F] with some [Dm] body who [G] loves me. [C] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Am] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [F] with some [Dm] body who [G]loves me. [C]
[Vamp - C9 riff to G] [C][C][C][C] [C][C9][C][C] - [C][G]
[Verse 2] [G] I've been in love and lost my senses, [Am] spinning through the town, [G] soon or later the fever ends, and I [Am] wind up feeling down. [F] I need a man who'll [G] take a chance, on a [C] love that burns hot [F] enough to last. and [F] when the [C] night [G/A] falls, loneliness calls [F][F][F][F] .. [G][G]
[Chorus] [C] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, [C] I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Am] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [F] with some [Dm] body who [G] loves me. [C] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Am] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [F] with some [Dm] body who [G]loves me. [C]
[Bridge] [Am] Somebody who , somebody who, [G] somebody to love me, [Am] Somebody who , somebody who, [G] to hold me in his arms, oh! I [F] need a man who'll take a [G] chance, on a [C] love that burns hot [F] enough to last so [F] when the [C] night [G/A] falls, my lonely heart calls [F][F/E][F][F/E][G]
[KEY CHANGE - Chorus] [D] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, [D] I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Bm] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [G] with some [Em] body who [A] loves me. [D] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, [D] I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Bm] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [G] with some [Em] body who [A] loves me. [D]
[Interlude] x4 [D] oh oh oh oh dance (Dance)
[Bridge - Just strum chords fast same pattern as vocals on first line of each 3] [D] Don't you wanna dance? Say you wanna dance? Don't you wanna dance? (Dance) [D] Don't you wanna dance? Say you wanna dance? Don't you wanna dance? (Dance) [Bm] Don't you wanna dance? Say you wanna dance...(Dance) Uh-huh (slow down to stop) [G] With some[Em] body who [A] loves me [D] (stop)
[End] [Keyboard Intro] [C][C][Am] E 0--03-------0--0------0-0-------0--03-------0--0------0-0-------0--03-------0--0------0-0--- B 1--11-------1---3-1------3-1----1--11-------1---3-1------3-1----1-----------1---3-1------3-1 G 0--00-------0-------------------0--00-------0-------------------2-----------2--------------- D 2--22-------2-------------------2--22-------2-------------------2-----------2--------------- A 3--33-------3-------------------3--33-------3-------------------0-----------0--------------- E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S
(as long as you love melody) [F][F9][G][C][C][C9][C][G] E 1--33-----------0---0--3---00--0--03-----------0-----0-----0-3-- B 1---1-----------1-3-1--3---11--1--11-----------1-3-1-1-----1-3- G 2---2-----------2---2--0---00--0--00-----------0-----0-----0-0- D 3---x-----------3---3--0---22--2--22-----------2-----2-----2-0 A 3---3-----------x------x---33--3--33-----------3-----3-----3-2- E 1---1-----------x------3-------------------------------------3- B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B
[Intro BPM 117 - Drum intro xSSxSSxS] Approx chords C D G G (Chug - down strokes - nice and slow - snare on final phrase) E 0--- 32-3 ---- -333 ---- 32-3 ---- -333 B 1--- 33-3 ---- -333 ---- 33-3 ---- -333 G 0--- 22-0 ---- -000 ---- 22-0 ---- -000 D 2--- 00-0 ---- -002 ---- 00-0 ---- -002 A 3--- ---x ---- -x23 ---- ---x ---- -x23 E x--- ---3 ---- -3x- ---- ---3 ---- -3x- DrB-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S-
E ---- 32-3 3--- B ---- 33-3 0--- G ---- 22-0 02-0 D ---- ---0 0-4- A ---- ---x x--- E ---- ---3 3--- DrB-S- B-S- SSSS
[Verse] Well we're [Em7] living here in [Asus4] Allen- [D] town [Dsus2][D] And they're [Am7] closing all the [D7sus4 - xx0213] factories [G] down [Gsus2 - 3x0233][G] Out in [Em7] Bethlehem they're [A] killing [Bm] time [F#m/A] Filling out [G6] forms, [D/F#] standing in [Asus4] line [A]
[Verse] Well our [Em7] fathers fought the [Asus4] Second World [D] War [Dsus2][D] Spent their [Am7] weekends on the [D7sus4] Jersey shore [G][Gsus2][G] Met our [Em7] mothers in the [A] US [Bm] O [F#m/A] Asked them to [G6] dance, [D/F#] danced with them sl- [Asus] ow [A] And we're [Em7] living here in [Asus4] Allentown [D-Dsus4-Dsus2-D] (break)
[Bridge - Snare on &4&] But the [F/A] restlessness was [G/B] handed [C] down [G/C - x30003][C] And it's [Am] getting very [D7sus4] hard [D7] to (backward beat) [Em] stay [G/B] a a ay [C] a a ay [D] a a ay (ays run into intro)
[Intro] (see above) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Verse] Well we're [Em7] waiting here in [Asus4] Allen- [D] town [Dsus2][D] For the [Am7] Pennsylvania [D7sus4] we never [G] found [Gsus2][G] For the [Em7] promises our [A] teachers [Bm] gave [F#m/A] If we worked [G6] hard, [D/F#] if we be [Asus4] haved [A]
[Verse] So the [Em7] graduations [Asus4] hang on the [D] wall [Dsus2][D] But they [Am7] never really [D7sus4] helped us at all [G][Gsus2][G] No they [Em7] never taught us [A] what was [Bm] real [F#m/A] Iron and [G6] coke, [D/F#] chromium ste- [Asus4] el [A] And we're [Em7] waiting here in [Asus4] Allentown [D-Dsus4-Dsus2-D] (break)
[Bridge] But they've [F/A] taken all the [G/B] coal from the [C] ground [G/C][C] And the [Am] union people [D7sus4] crawled [D7] a-way [Em][G/B][C][D]
[Intro] (see above, first half) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Middle 8 - Just bass drum with some snare at end] [F] Every child [G/F] had a pretty [F] good shot [F] To get at least [G/F] as far as their [Bb/F] old man got [F] But something [G/F] happened on the way [F] to that place [F] They threw an [G] American flag in [C] our [C] face (intro intro riff)
[Intro] (see above) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Verse] (variation) Well I'm [Em7] living here in [Asus4] Allen- [D] town [Dsus2][D] And it's [F/A] hard to keep a [G/B] good man [C] down [G/C][C] But I [Am] won't be getting [D7sus4] up [D7] to (backward beat) [Em] stay [G/B] a a ay [C] a a ay [D] a a ay (ays run into intro)
[Intro] (see above, first half) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Middle 8 - Just bass drum with some snare at end] (instrumental) F G/F F F - F G/F Bb/F Bb/F F G/F F F - F G 2/4 C
[Coda] (intro and bridge variation) Approx chords C D G G x 2
And it's [C(add9)] Getting very [D] hard to (backward beat til end) [Em] stay [G/B] ay... [C] .ay [D] ..ay... and we're [Am] living here in [D7sus4] Allentown [G][Gsus4][Gsus2][G]
