Dancing In The Street (chromatic)

by Van Halen, David Bowie, Marvin Gaye · posted by WaltP

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DANCING IN THE STREET
By: Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter,
    William Stevenson
Martha & The Vandellas, Van Halen
Mick Jagger, David Bowie
Key: E

-6*  -6* -6*-5   6   -5    7*   
Call-in' out a-round the world
 6  -5    6 -5  6 -5   6    6   7*
Are you read-y for a brand new beat?
 7*  -6*   -6*  6  -5    6  -5   7*
Sum-mer's here and the time is right
-5   6   6-5  6  6    7* 
For danc-in' in the streets
   7*    7* -6* -6*  6  7*-6*6
They're danc-in' in Chi-ca-go
 7* -6*  7* -6*6-6*6
Down in New Or-leans
7* 7* -6*   6   7* 7*
Up in New York Cit-y

-7  -7 7-6* -6* 5* -6*   -7  -6*6-6*
All we need is mus-ic, sweet mus-ic
   5*    6  -7  -7  7  5*   7
There'll be mus-ic ev-‘ry-where
   7*    7*   7* -6*6  -6*   6
There'll be swing-in', sway-in' 
-5  6    6   -6*  6
and re-cords play-in'
-5    6  6-5  6  6     7*
And danc-in' in the streets

7*  7*  7*   7*  7* 7*-6* 7*   7* -6*6 
Oh, it does-n't mat-ter  what you wear
 7* -6*  7* -6*  7* -6* 7*-6*6
Just as long as you are there
6   7*  7* 7*-6*7*-6*-6*-6*6 -7  7*-6*6 
So come on, ev-‘     ry guy grab a girl
-7  -7 7-6*6 -4  -7  -7  7-6*6
Ev-‘ry-where a-round the world
   6    -6*  7* -6*6
There'll be danc-in'
   6      6  -5  6   6  7*-6*7*-8
They're danc-in' in the  street

-8    7  7  7* 7*-6*-6*  6
Oh, this is an in-vi-ta-tion
-5  6   -5  7*  7*
A-cross the na-tion
-5  6 -5  6  -5    6   6   7*
A chance for the folks to meet
    7*   7*   7* -6*     6   6
There'll be laugh-in', sing-in' 
-5   6  6-5  7*   7*
and mus-ic swing-in'
-5    6 6-5  6   6     7*
And danc-in' in the streets

 7*  7* 7* -6*  -6* 7*
Phil-a-del-phia, P. A. 
 7* 7*  7*   7* 7*-6*-6*6-6*6
Bal-ti-more and D  C    now 
 7* 7* 7* 7* -6*  6  7*  7* 7*
And if we get to Mot-or Cit-y 

-7  -7 7-6* -6* 5*6-6*  -7   -6* 6-6*
All we need is mus-ic, sweet mus- ic
   5*    6  -7  -7 7-6*6 5*   7
There'll be mus-ic ev-  ‘ry-where
   7*    7* 7* -6* 6   -6*  6
There'll be swing-in', sway-in' 
-5   6   6   -6*  6
and rec-ords play-in'
-5    6  6-5  6  6     7*  
And danc-in' in the street.

|-5 -55*5* -4..|. -4-4-44|
|-5 -5-55*5*5*-5|-43-3(-3*)-4-3*332|



7*  7*  7*   7*  7* 7*-6* 7*   7* -6*6 
Oh, it does-n't mat-ter  what you wear
 7* -6*  7* -6*  7* -6* 7*-6*6
Just as long as you are there
6   7*  7* 7*-6*7*-6*-6*-6*6 -7  7*-6*6 
So come on, ev-‘     ry guy grab a girl
-7  -7 7-6*6 -4  -7  -7  7-6*6
Ev-‘ry-where a-round the world
   6    -6*  7* -6*6
There'll be danc-in'
   6      6  -5  6   6  7*-6*7*-8
They're danc-in' in the  street

 7* -6* 7* -6*   6  7*
Phil-a-del-phia, P. A. 
 7* 7*  7*  -6* 6 -6*6-5
Bal-ti-more and D  C now 
 7* 7* 7*  7* -6* -6* -6* 6   7* 7*
and if we get to that Mot-or Cit-y 
7*  -8   7* -6* 6 6   6  6 -6* 6  6
Ah, way down in L.A. Cal-i-for-ni-a

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