Riff: These intro chords repeat with the horn line. This can be easily
climb to G, then B, then D. Play 3 Ds, then 2 Cs, and a B. Then play a
They put a parking lot on a piece of land
Where the supermarket used to stand.
Before that they put up a bowling alley
On the site that used to be the local pally.
That's where the big bands used to come and play.
My sister went there on a Saturday.
Come dancing,
All her boyfriends used to come and call.
Why not come dancing? it's only natural
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My sister should have come in at midnight,
And my mom would always sit up and wait.
It always ended up in a big row
When my sister used to get home late.
(spoken) Out of my window I can see them in the moonlight,
Two silhouettes saying goodnight by the garden gate. (Mom yells at them )
The day they knocked down the pally
My sister stood and cried.
The day they knocked down the pally
Part of my childhood died, just died.
Now I'm grown up and playing in a band,
And there's a car park where the pally used to stand.
Come dancing,
Just like the pally on a Saturday.
And all her friends will come dancing
Where the big bands used to play.
Hold the Em for two measures, then modulate to the key of Eb. This is the