-INTRO-

  C~                       E~
Because we're all so very 21st century,
         Am~                        Dm~
you're probably listening to me on some form of portable stereo.
              C~
Maybe you're sitting at the back of the bus,
                         E~
or it's running up your sleeve and you're across from your boss,
           Am~                                                      Dm~
or you're sitting in your bedroom on your own with the lights down low.
             Dm~                                  G~
I'd like to teach you four simple words, so that next time you come to a show
         C~                                           F7M~
you can sing those words back at me, like they're the only words that you know.

-INTRO/CHORUS-

           C
I want to dance.
           E
I want to dance.
        Am                                 Dm
I want lust and love and a smattering of romance.
                     C
But, I'm no good at dancing,
                      E
and yet I have to do something.
   Am
Tonight I'm gonna play it straight,
                   Dm
I'm gonna take my chance.
           C
I want to dance.

-VERSE-

      Am
Heigh ho. Heigh ho. Heigh ho.
              Dm
We're heading out to the punk rock show.
                C
Colleagues and friends calmly stand with smile.
                  G
Yeah, this is my culture, man, this is my home.
           Am
_______________ gather at the gate, yeah,
                 Dm
the doors are at 7 and the show starts at 8,
            C
Seven solid hours in a space of my own,
                        G
and when the band comes on the only thing I really know.

-CHORUS-

           C
I want to dance.
           E
I want to dance.
        Am                                 Dm
I want lust and love and a smattering of romance.
                     C
But, I'm no good at dancing,
                      E
and yet I have to do something.
   Am
Tonight I'm gonna play it straight,
                   Dm
I'm gonna take my chance.
           C.C.C.C.C.C.C.C.
I want to dance.

-SOLO-

Am Dm C G

-VERSE-

      Am                                                Dm
Is anybody else sick of the music that's churned out by night clubs and _____________
              C
Oh, it's all sex, drugs and sins,
and erections(?) and skins,(?)
          G
but it's okay, because they don't really mean it.
        Am
I want bands who head to work without a key,
                  Dm
drive a thousand miles and play the show with no sleep.
                 C
Sleeping on the floor around a strangers place,
             G
only just to do it all again the next day.

-CHORUS-

           C
I want to dance.
           E
I want to dance.
        Am                                 Dm
I want lust and love and a smattering of romance.
                     C
But, I'm no good at dancing,
                      E
and yet I have to do something.
   Am
Tonight I'm gonna play it straight,
                   Dm
I'm gonna take my chance.
           
C.C.C.C.C.C.C.C. - XX
I want to dance.

-BREAKDOWN-

                       Am(pm )
Put your hands on your hips,
                    Am(pm )
and bring your knees in tight.
                         Am(pm )
Yeah, we do this thing together, man.
              Am(pm )
No fists, no fight.
                              Dm
We're not trying to save the world.
                       G
Some people think like us.
                      C
We just want our own space to dance man.
             Am
No ____, no fuss.

                          Dm
Yeah, on blood  sweat and bile we're gonna build ourselves a house
                        G
and, if the roof is on fire then we're gonna put it out.
                   C
Forget about your bitching and remember that you're blessed,
                 F7M
punk is for the kids who never fit in with the rest. All right.

Dm~
Somebody told that music with guitars
    G~
was going out of fashion and I had to laugh.
     C
This shit wasn't fashionable when I fell in love.
         F7M
If the 'hipsters' move on, why should I give a fuck?

-'FREDDIE' CHORUS-

            C
I want to dance.
            E    Am
I want to dance.
                                                                    Dm
I want me some lust, some love and a smattering of that all-time romance.
                     C
But, I'm no good at dancing,
                  E
yet I have to do something.
 Am                                                Dm
Tonight I'm gonna play it straight, I', gonna take my chance.

-OUTRO/CHORUS-

                 C
Yeah, I want to dance.
           E
I want to dance.
       Am                                       Dm
I want you and me both joined hands down at the front.
                    C                        E
So, the next time I see you, remember these words.
      Am
Let's say we knock the barriers down, we're all friends.
Dm
________________
C.C.C.C.C.C.C.C.C.
Four simple words.