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Song title:       Come Dancing
Original Album:	  State Of Confusion

Words and Music by Raymond Douglas Davies
Copyright © 1983 Davray Music Limited
Published by Davray Music Publishing Limited

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


INTRO:
Notes:
The INTRO figure is played on an organ, here transcribed for guitar.

[play: Guitar Figure 1]  [x2]

Guitar Figure 1

  G
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------3---3-------3--|--------------------------------|
|---------0---4------------------|-----5---5---4---4--------------|
|-----0--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

  D
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------3---3-------3--|--------------------------------|
|-------------2------------------|-----5---5---4---4---4----------|
|-----0---4----------------------|-------------------------7---5--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


VERSE1:
Chords:
G 320033
D xx0232
C x32010

G
  They put a parking lot on a piece of land
D                               G
  Where the supermarket used to stand.
Before that they put up a bowling alley
D                                       G
  On the site that used to be the local Pally.
C                                             G
  That's where the big bands used to come and play.
D                                G
  My sister went there on a Saturday.

 
CHORUS:
Chords:
C/G  332010
G    320033
D    xx0232

     C/G                         G
Come dancing, all her boyfriends used to come and call,
             D             C/G      G
Why not come dancing? It's only natural.


[play: Guitar Figure 1]


VERSE2:
Chords:
G 320033
D xx0232
C x32010

G
  Another Saturday, another date
D                                              G
  She would be ready but she'd always make him wait.
In the hallway, in anticipation,
D                                              G
  He didn't know the night would end up in frustration.
C                                           G
  He'd end up blowing all his wages for the week
D                                    G
  All for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek


CHORUS:
Chords:
C/G  332010
G    320033
D    xx0232

     C/G                                  G
Come dancing, that's how they did it when I was just a kid,
                        D           C/G           G
And when they said come dancing, my sister always did


[play: Guitar Figure 1] [x2]


BRIDGE:
Chords:
Em   022000
D    xx0232
C    x32010

   Em                 D          C
My sister should have come in at midnight,
       Em               D          C
And my mom would always sit up and wait
   Em           D       C
It always ended up in a big row
        Em             D        C
When my sister used to get home late.


[spoken:]
Out of my window I can see them in the moonlight,
Two silhouettes saying goodnight by the garden gate.


    Em       D                C
The day they knocked down the Pally
   Em     D         C
My sister stood and cried.
    Em       D                C
The day they knocked down the Pally
Em         D         C
Part of my childhood died, just died.


[play:]  [x4]

  Em              D           C                        Em
|-7---------------5---5-------3--|---------------------5---5------|
|-8---------------7---7-------5--|---------------------7---7------|
|-9---------------7---7-------5--|---------------------7---7------|
|-9---------------7---7-------5--|---------------------7---7------|
|-7---------------5---5-------3--|---------------------5---5------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


[play: Guitar Figure 1]


VERSE3:
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:
Chords:
C/G  332010
G    320033
D    xx0232

     C/G                      G
Come dancing, come on sister, have yourself a ball
                        D             C/G      G
Don't be afraid to come dancing, it's only natural


[play: Guitar Figure 1]  [x2]


CHORUS:
Chords:
C/G  332010
G    320033
D    xx0232

     C/G                          G
Come dancing, just like the Pally on a Saturday
                               D
And all your friends will come dancing
          C/G                   | Em | % | Eb |
While the big bands used to play


OUTRO:
Notes:
Here modulates to Eb. The guitar figure is played by a brass section.
 
[play: Guitar Figure 2]  [x3]

Guitar Figure 2

  Eb
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------8---11--11------11-|-----9---9---8---8--------------|
|---------8----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----8--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

  Bb
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------11--11------11-|-----9---9---8---8--------------|
|---------7---10-----------------|--------------------------------|
|-----8--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


ENDING:

  Eb
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------8---11--11------11-|-----9---9---8---8--------------|
|---------8----------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----8--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

  Bb
|--------------------------------|-----8---10--11-----------------|
|-----------------11------11-----|-11-----------------------------|
|---------7---10-----------------|--------------------------------|
|-----8--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|