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Come Dancing - The Kinks (Backwards Strums)
FThey put a parking lot on a piece of Gland GWhere the supermarket used to stFand. BeFfore that they put up a bowlGing alley GOn the site that used to be the locFal pally. FThat's where the big bands usFed to come and play. GMy sister went there on a FSaturday.
chorus:
Come Fdancing, All her boyfriends Fused to come and call. Why not come Gdancing? it's oFnly nFatural
riff Another Saturday, another date. She would be ready but she's always make them wait. In the hallway, in anticipation, He didn't know the night would end up in frustration. He'd end up blowing all his wages for the week All for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek. chorus: Come dancing, That's how they did it when I was just a kid, And when they said come dancing, My sister always did. riff
AmMy sister should haveG come in at midFnight, AmAnd my mom would alwGays sit up and Fwait. AmIt always enGded up in a bigF row AmWhen my sister useGd to get home lFate.
This part is like the into:
(Fspoken) Out of my window I Gcan see them in the moonlight, GTwo silhouettes saying goodnight by the garden gate. (Mom yelFls at them...) AmThe day they Gknocked down the Fpally AmMy sisterG stood and Fcried. AmThe day they Gknocked down thFe pally AmPart of my Gchildhood died,F just died.
(loud) Am G F G Am G F G Am G F G Am G F G repeat intro: F G G F Now I'm grown up and playing in a band, And there's a car park where the pally used to stand. My sister's married and she lives on an estate. Her daughters go out, now it's her turn to wait. She knows they get away with things she never could, But if I asked her I wonder if she would, chorus: Come dancing, Come on sister, have yourself a ball. Don't be afraid to come dancing, It's only natural. The last chorus leads to a key change....
Come dancFing, FJust like the pally oFn a Saturday. And all her friends will come Gdancing Where the biFg bands used to Amplay.
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... repeat 4 times: G# D# D# G# Chris