-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.
