Come Dancing Chords by Matchbox Twenty

The track was produced by Steve Lillywhite.

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: G
• Chords: G, D, C, Em, D#, Bb
• BPM: 147
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Track Info

• Song: Come Dancing
• Artist: Matchbox Twenty
• Written by Ray Davies
• Produced by Steve Lillywhite
• Album: Exile on Mainstream
• Released Date: 2 October 2007

[Intro]

  G    G    G  
  D    G   
 
 
[Verse]

G
 They put a parking lot on a 

piece of land
D                               G
 When the supermarket used to stand
G
 Before that they put up a 

bowling alley
D                            
 On the site that used to be 
           G
the local palais
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]

C               
 That's where the 
          G
big bands used to 

come and play
D                     G
 My sister went there on a 

Saturday
 
 
[Chorus]

      C
Come dancing
                   G
All her boyfriends used to 

come and call
              D     
Why not come dancing, 
     C         G   D   G
it's only natural?
 
 
[Verse]

G
 Another Saturday, 

another date
D                     
 She would be ready but 
                       G
she's always make him wait
G
 In the hallway, 

in anticipation
D                              
 She didn't know the night would 
                G
end up in frustration
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]

C                       
 He'd end up blowing all 
     G
his wages for the week
D                     
 All for a cuddle and a 
 G
peck on the cheek
 
 
[Chorus]

      C
Come dancing
                          
That's how they did it when 
G
I was just a kid
                         D
And when they said come dancing
    C
My sister always did
 
 
[Instrumental]

G   D   G  
G   D   G 
 
 
[Bridge]


    Em                
My sister should have 
 D            C
come home at midnight
        Em              
And my mom would always 
 D          C
sit up and wait
      Em        D        C
It always ended up in a big fight
         Em           D        C
When my sister would get home late
G              D
 Out of my window I can 

see them in the moonlight
G                                   
 Two silhouettes saying goodnight by 
            D     G
the garden gate
     Em        D               C
The day they knocked down the palais
    Em      D         C
My sister stood and cried
Em              D               C
 The day they knocked down the palais
Em            D        C
 Part of my childhood died, just died
 
 
[Instrumental]

  G   D    D    G   
  G   D    D    G   
 
 
[Verse]

G
 Now I'm grown up and 

playing in a band
D                            
 And there's a car park where 
                     G
the palais used to stand
G
 My sister's married and 

she lives on an estate
D                     
 Her daughters go out, 
                      G
now it's her turn to wait
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
C               
 She knows they 
                G
get away with things 

she never could
D                  
 But if I asked her 
   G
I wonder if she would
 
 
[Chorus]

      C
Come dancing
               
Come on sister, 
 G
have yourself a ball
                         D
Don't be afraid to come dancing
     C
It's only natural
 
 
[Instrumental]

 G   D   G   
 G   D   G 
 
 
[Chorus]

      C
Come dancing
                     G
Just like the palais on a Saturday
                               D
And all her friends will come dancing
           C                      Em
Where the big bands used to play
 
 
[Ending]

D#  Bb    D#  
D#  Bb    D# 

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