Key: G
Introduction: G G G D G
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