Dance To It chords by Shel Silverstein

SimplifiedG · F# · D · C · B

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Well, hey, Miss Go -Go,
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won't you stop for a minute?
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Cause the song you're dancing to,
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it's got something in it
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There's a lot of things
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those long funny words can't teach ya
Yeah, but the words don't reach ya
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And you go and you dance to it,
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you dance to it
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You bop, slop, flop around
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and prance right through it
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When the trouble comes along,
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you say nobody gave you a chance
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But all you wanna do is dance,
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dance, dance, yeah
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Yeah, dance, oh
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Well, I'm not askin' you
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to do things my way
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I'm not tellin' you to do what I say
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I'm not tellin' you to grab
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a lot of things that you're missin'
It would be nice though to listen
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But you go and you dance to it
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You dance to it
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Then you bop, slop, slop around
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and dance right through it
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When the end comes,
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you'll say nobody gave you a  chance
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And all you wanna do is dance,
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dance, dance, dance, dance
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So you dance, dance, mmm
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Why don't you open your ears?
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The man's saying something to you
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Open your eyes
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The man's showin' somethin' to ya,
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open your mind
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The man's tellin' somethin' to you
But what do you do?
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Do it! Dance! Do it! Dance! Do it!
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Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!
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When the end comes along
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You'll say nobody gave ya a chance
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But what you want to do is dance, dance
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Wait a  minute, now wait
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Dance, dance
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Yeah, I   can't see
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My words ain't gonna move you
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I can't see
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My thoughts ain't gonna move you
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You might stop and think for just a minute
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But then
You start swingin' again
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Now you're dance to it
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You dance to it
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You move, move, move around
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and prance to it
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When the end comes along
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You'll say nobody gave you a chance
But what you wanna do is dance, dance, dance,
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dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, yeah
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G 
Hey, wait a minute, yeah, baby, just, I mean, stop for a second,
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I  mean, you know what this guy's saying?
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I mean, you know what those words mean?
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That you gotta do something.
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No, no, just wait, I mean, oh, oh, come on.
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I mean, take off those go -go boots
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for a second.
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I mean, yeah, I mean, wait,
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I mean, oh.
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Okay, but what's that step?
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You mean like this? -huh, yeah!
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Uh -huh, yeah!
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Uh -huh, yeah!
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Shake my head, yeah!
I forgot what I was saying.