No Dancing
Elvis CostelloVersion1
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Chords in this song
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Oh, I kmow that she has made a fool of him,
Like girls have done so many nights before,
Time and time again.
Life is so strange. I don't know why,
But somebody, somebody has to cry.
There's gonna be no dancing when they get home.
There's gonna be no dancing, no,
There's gonna be no dancing,
There's gonna be no dancing when they get home.
Now he's telling her ev'ry little thing he's done.
Once he glanced at the jackets of some paperbacks.
Now he's read ev'ry one.
He's such a drag. He's not insane.
It's just that ev'rybody has to feel his pain.
There's gonna be no dancing when they get home.
He's getting down on his knees.
He finds that her brother's not so easy to please, oh, oh.
After all, his nights were just a paper striptease.
She's caught it like some disease.
Tacit
If he says no dancing, there's gonna be no dancing,
There's gonna be no dancing on my own.
She can't even speak to him. He can't face her now.
He says, "Even though I wanna shake your hand,
All I ever do is bow.
So now you see how it can be.
Why can't you give me ev'rything but sympathy?
There's gonna be no dancing,
There's gonna be no dancing,
There's gonna be no dancing,
There's gonna be no dancing
There's gonna be no dancing
There's gonna be no dancing on my own.
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Readable chord sheet for No Dancing by Elvis Costello
Oh, I km[D]ow that she has made a f[A]ool of him,
Like girls have d[D]one so many nights before,
Time and t[A]ime again.
Life is so str[D]ange. I don't know w[A]hy,
But someb[D]ody, somebody has to c[Gm]ry.
There's gonna be[D] no dan[A]cing when th[G]ey get home[D].
There's gonna be[G] no dan[A]cing, no,
There's gonna be[G] no dan[A]cing,
There's gonna be[G] no dan[A]cing when they get h[Bb]ome. [D]
Now he's telling her ev'ry little thing he's done.
Once he glanced at the jackets of some paperbacks.
Now he's read ev'ry one.
He's such a drag. He's not insane.
It's just that ev'rybody has to feel his pain.
There's gonna be no dancing when they get home.
[Bb]He's getting down on his knees.
[Dm]He finds that her b[Bb]rother's not so easy to please[Dm], oh, oh.
A[Bb]fter all, his nights were just a p[F]aper striptease.
She's [A7Sus4]caught it like some disea[A7]se.
Tacit
If he says no dancing, there's gonna be no dancing,
There's gonna be no[G] danc[A]ing on my [Bb]own. [D]
She can't even speak to him. He can't face her now.
He says, "Even though I wanna shake your hand,
All I ever do is bow.
So now you see how it can be.
Why can't you give me ev'rything but sympathy?
There's gonna be[D] no dan[A]cing,
There's gonna be[D] no dan[A]cing,
There's gonna be[Bb] no dan[F]cing,
There's gonna be[Bb] no dan[F]cing
There's gonna be[Bb] no dan[F]cing
There's gonna be[Bb] no dan[F]cing on my [Eb]own. [D]