Four Simple Words - Frank Turner Chords by: Neil Wicker E-mail: wicker101@hotmail.co.uk Tuning: Standard C/G: 332010 E: 022100 Am: x02210 C*: 302010 Dm: 000231 D5: 000230 G: 300033 F: x33211 Fm: xx111 C/G~ E~ Because we're all so very 21st century, Am~ C* Dm~ you're probably listening to me on some form of portable stereo. C/G~ Maybe you're sitting at the back of the bus, E~ or it's running up your sleeve and you're across from your boss, Am~ C* Dm~ or you're sitting in your bedroom on your own with the lights down low. D5 G~ I'd like to teach you four simple words, so that next time you come to a show C/G~ F~ you can sing those words back at me, like they're the only words that you know. (start strumming here and pluck alternate bass notes, you can hear this in the song)

I want to d^C/Gance. I want to d^Eance. Am C* Dm I want lust and love and a smattering of romance. But, I'm no good at d^C/Gancing, and yet I have to do s^Eomething. Ton^Amight I'm gonna play it straight, C* Dm I'm gonna take my chance. C/G~ I want to dance.

**Verse: **

Hi ^Amho Hi ho Hi ho We're heading ^Dmout to the punk rock show. Colleagues and f^C/Griends condescend with a smile. Yeah but this is m^Gy culture, man, this is my home. the huddled dark ^Ammasses gathers at the gate, yeah, the doors are at ^Dm7 and the show starts at 8, a few precio^C/Gus hours in a space of our own and when the band comes ^Gon the only thing I really know is that

**Chorus: **

**Solo chords: ** Am Dm C/G G **Verse: **

Is any^Ambody else sick of the music That’s churned out b^Dmy lacklustre scenesters from Shoreditch Oh, it's all ^C/Gsex, drugs and sins, like they're extras from Skins but it's o^Gkay, because they don't really mean it. I want b^Amands who need to work for their keep drove a thousand m^Dmiles and played a show with no sleep. Sleeping on the f^C/Gloor around a strangers place, hungry just to ^Gdo it all again the next day.

**Chrous: **

I want t^C/Go dance. **breakdown: **

Put your hands on your ^Amhips, and bring your knees in t^Amight. Yeah, we do this thing to^Amgether, man. No fists, no f^Amights. We're not trying to change the ^Dmworld. So people think like ^Gus. We just want our own s^C/Gpace to dance man. No favours, no ^Amfuss.

Yeah, on blood, sweat and ^Dmvinyl we have built ourselves a house so if the roof is on fi^Gre then we're gonna put it out. Forget about your b^C/Gitching and remember that you're blessed, punk is for the k^Fids who never fit in with the rest.

Dm~ Somebody told that music with guitars G~ was going out of fashion and I had to laugh. C/G~ This shit wasn't fashionable when I fell in love. F~ Fm If the 'hipsters' move on, why should I give a fuck? ** 3/4 chorus: **

I want to da^C/Gnce. I want to da^Ence. I want me some l^Amust, some love and a smattering of that ol^Dmd-time romance. But, I'm no good at d^C/Gancing, yet I have to do s^Eomething. T^Amonight I'm gonna play it straight, I', gonna take my c^Dmhance.

**Chorus: **

Yeah, I want to d^C/Gance. I want to d^Eance. I want ^Amyou and me both to join hands down at the ^Dmfront. so the next time I ^C/Gsee you, remember these w^Eords We'll ^Amsing like the barricades are down, and we'll d^Dmance like no one's around, singing:

^C/GFour simple words.

Frank Turner - Four simple words