Come Dancing by The Kinks

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Artist: The Kinks
Song: Come Dancing
Tabbed By Peter Casey

STANDARD TUNING (EADGBE)
CHORDS USED:

G     =   355433
D     =   X5777X
C     =   X3555X
Em    =   X79987  


verse:
    G                                       D                   G
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|----3---3---3---3--|----3---3---3---3--|----7---7---7---7--|----3---3---3---3--|
G|----4---4---4---4--|----4---4---4---4--|----7---7---7---7--|----4---4---4---4--|
D|----5---5---5---5--|----5---5---5---5--|----7---7---7---7--|----5---5---5---5--|
A|----------5--------|----------5--------|--5----------------|----------5--------|
E|--3----------------|--3----------------|----------5--------|--3----------------|
        t       t           t       t           t       t           t       t

Note: This pattern just repeats itself, just follow the chord changes and don't be
      afraid to variate a little for flavor.    

verse:
G                                    
They put a parking lot on a piece of land
D              G                                  
Where the supermarket used to stand
                                  D
Before that they put up a bowling alley
                                      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

chorus1:
     C
Come dancin'
                   G
All her boyfriends used to come and call
             D              C            G
Why not come dancin',  it's only natural

verse:
G
Another Saturday, another date
D                            G
She would be ready but she'd always make him wait
                         D
In the hallway, in anticipation
                                              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

chorus2:
     C
Come dancin'
                            G
That's how they did it when I was just a kid
                        D           C                 G
And when they said come dancin', my sister always did

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

Note: Here I just softly tap-brush against the muffled strings in twos, 
      playing the chords.
G
Out of my window I can see them in the moonlight
D                                                    G
Two silhouettes saying goodnight by the garden gate

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

then: Em  D  C  D  x3 (hard strums)

verse:
G
Now I'm grown up and playing in a band
D                                G
And there's a car park where the pally used to stand
C                           G
My sister's married and she lives on an estate
D                         G
Her daughters go out, now it's her turn to wait
C                            G
She knows they get away with things she never could
D                    G
But if I asked her I wonder if she would

chorus3:
     C
Come dancin'
                G
Come on sister, have yourself a ball
                        D             C            G
Don't be afraid to come dancin', it's only natural
     C            G
It's only natural  

END WITH A QUICK: D  G (and maybe add a bit of vibrato to the ending G)

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STANDARD TUNING (EADGBE)
CHORDS USED:

G     =   355433
D     =   X5777X
C     =   X3555X
Em    =   X79987