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I Can't Dance

by Phil Collins & Genesis · posted by WaltP

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I CAN’T DANCE
By: Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins,
    Tony Banks
Genesis
Key: Bb

-3* -3*  3*  -3* 4*-3*
Hot sun beat-ing down
 -5*  5* -5* -5*  -5*  -6  -5*-5* 5*-3*
Burn-ing my feet just walk-ing a-round.
-3* -3*  3* -3* -3*  4*
Hot sun mak-ing me sweat
-5* 5*  -5*  5*   -5*
ga-tors get-ting close, 
-5*  5* -6-5*5* -5*5*-3*
Has-n’t  got me  yet

-7* -3*   -3* -7* -3*   -3*
I can’t dance, I can’t talk.
-5* -5*5*  -5*  5* -5* 5*
The on-ly thing a-bout me 
-5* 5* -6  5*-5*5*-3*
is the way I walk.
-7* -3*  -3*  -7* -3*  -3*
I can’t dance, I can’t sing
-5*5* -5*  -5*   5*  -5*
I’m  just stand-ing here 
-5*  -5* -5* -5* 5*-3*
Sell-ing ev-‘ry-thing.

-3*   -3*  -3* -3*  3* -3* 4*-3*
Blue jeans sit-tin’ on the beach,
-5*  5*  -5*  -5*-5* -5*
Her dogs talk-ing to me, 
-6   -5*   5* -5* 5*-3*
but she’s out of reach.
-3*   -3*-3*-3*-3*3* -3*  -3*   4*
She’s got a bod-y un-der that shirt,
-5* -5*  5*  -5*  5*-5*
But all she wants to do 
-5*-5* 5*  -6 -5*  5* -5*5*-3*
is rub my face in the   dirt.

 -7* -7* -3*   -3* -7* -3*   -3*
Cause I can’t dance, I can’t talk.
-5* -5*5*  -5*  5* -5* 5*
The on-ly thing a-bout me 
-5* 5* -6  5*-5*5*-3*
is the way I walk.
-7* -3*  -3*  -7* -3*  -3*
I can’t dance, I can’t sing
-5*5* -5*  -5*   5*  -5* -5*  -5*
I’m  just stand-ing here sell-ing

-5*-5*   5*  -3* 5*-3*  5*  -5* 5*   5
Oh and check-ing ev’ry-thing is in place,
 3*  5 -3*  5*  -3* 3  -3*  5* -3*
You nev-er know who’s look-ing on.

 -3*   -3*  -3*  -3*  3*  -3*-3* 4*-3*  
Young punk spill-ing beer on my shoes,
-5*  5*    -5* -5* -5*-5*
Fat guy’s talk-ing to me 
-5*   -6  -5*  5* -5*5*-3*
Try’n to steal my  blues.
 -3*   -3*   -3* -3*  -3* -3*   5* 
Thick smoke, see her smil-ing through.
-6 -6 -6   -6    5*  -5*   5*  -5* -5*
I nev-er thought so much could hap-pen 
-5*5* -6-5* 5* -5*5*-3*  
just shoot-ing   pool.

-7* -7* -3*   -3*  -7* -3*   -3*
But  I can’t dance, I can’t talk.
-5* -5*5*  -5*  5* -5* 5*
The on-ly thing a-bout me 
-5* 5* -6  5*-5*5*-3*
is the way I walk.
-7* -3*  -3*  -7* -3*  -3*
I can’t dance, I can’t sing
-5*5* -5*  -5*   5*  -5* -5*  -5*
I’m  just stand-ing here sell-ing

-5*-5*   5*  -3* 5*-3*  5*  -5* 5*   5
Oh and check-ing ev’ry-thing is in place,
 3*  5 -3*  5*  -3* 3  -3*  5* -3* 
You nev-er know who’s look-ing on
3* 3*  3*   3* 3* -2*-2*-2*  3*   3*
A per-fect bod-y with a per-fect face – 

-7* -7* -3*   -3*  -7* -3*   -3*
Now, I can’t dance, I can’t talk.
-5* -5*5*  -5*  5* -5* 5*
The on-ly thing a-bout me 
-5* 5* -6  5*-5*5*-3*
is the way I walk.
-7* -3*  -3*  -7* -3*  -3*
I can’t dance, I can’t sing
-5*5* -5*  -5*   5*  -5*
I’m  just stand-ing here 
-5*  -5* -5* -5* 5*-3*
Sell-ing ev-‘ry-thing.

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