Matchbox Twenty – Come Dancing (Guitar)

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                                       G
 On the site that used to be the local palais

C                           G
 That's where the big bands used to come and play

D                     G
 My sister went there on a Saturday

      C
Come dancing

                   G
All her boyfriends used to come and call

              D            C         G      D     G
Why not come dancing, it's only natural?

G
 Another Saturday, another date

D                                              G
 She would be ready but she's always make him wait

G
 In the hallway, in anticipation

D                                                G
 She 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

      C
Come dancing

                            G
That's how they did it when I was just a kid

                         D
And when they said come dancing

    C
My sister always did

    Em                 D            C
My sister should have come home at midnight

        Em               D          C
And my mom would always 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                                                D     G
 Two silhouettes saying goodnight by 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

G
 Now I'm grown up and playing in a band

D                                                  G
 And there's a car park where the palais used to stand

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

      C
Come dancing

                 G
Come on sister, have yourself a ball

                         D
Don't be afraid to come dancing

     C
It's only natural

      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