Nobody Listened, But Everybody Danced chords by Jonathan King
Verse 1
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Nobody listened,
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but everybody danced
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Nobody listened,
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everybody danced
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I knew a boy down in Oklahoma City
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Who used to play guitar
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for the enjoyment of friends
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Happy little melodies,
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simple inoffensives
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Went round and round,
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merry tunes without ends
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But the words that he painted with
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drew pictures in the air
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Pretty patterns, lovely images
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to make the world stare
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But when he expected
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to see friends in trance
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Found that nobody listened
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But everybody danced
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Everybody danced to
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the rhythms he played
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Nobody noticed
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the pictures he portrayed
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Moving and grooving
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and ignoring his trade
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Everybody danced to the mu sic he made he went.
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So he picked up his twelfth string
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and slowed the pace down,
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But everybody shuffled
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and boogied along
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As he told tales of heartbreak
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and stories of loving
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They rickled and moved
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to the chords of his song
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So he just shrugged his shoulders
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and strummed on his strings
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And he chanted himself
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with his words that had wings
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He ignored all his audience
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except for a glance
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To see that nobody listened
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But everybody danced
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Everybody danced to
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the rhythms he played
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Nobody noticed
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the pictures he portrayed
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Moving and grooving
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and ignoring his trade
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Everybody danced to the music he made when he went
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His fame reached the ears
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of a New York producer
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who leapt on a jumbo
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and signed him that day.
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He would make him the king
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of the discotheque fever,
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cause the kid really rocked,
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really knew how to play.
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He deserted his lyrics for trivial licks
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and for funky arrangements
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with gimmicky tricks.
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When they rushed out his records,
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it happened by chance
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But everybody listened
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and nobody danced
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Nobody danced to the rhythms he played
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Everybody noticed
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the pictures he portrayed
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Never moving, never grooving,
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appreciating his trade
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But nobody danced
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to the music he made
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He didn't go
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Outro 1
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Nobody Listened, But Everybody Danced
Jonathan King
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