No Dancing

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Oh I know 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

There's gonna be no dancing

There's gonna be no dancing when they get home


Now he's telling her

Every little thing he's done

Once he glanced at the jackets of some paperbacks

Now he's read every one

He's such a drag

He's not insane

It's just that everybody

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 the girl is not so easy to please

Oh oh, after all, his nights were just a paper striptease

She's caught it like some disease


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 can it be.

Why can't you give me anythin' 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 on my own


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Tabbed by Roy M. Randall


       D                       A

Oh, I know that she has made a fool of him,

                D

Like girls have done so many nights before,

         A

Time and time again.

             D                    A

Life is so strange. I don't know why,

        D                     Gm

But somebody, somebody has to cry.

               D      A           G          D

There's gonna be no dancing when they get home.

               G      A

There's gonna be no dancing, no,

               G      A

There's gonna be no dancing,

               G      A                   Bb    D

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.

Bb He's getting down on his knees. Dm Bb Dm He finds that her brother's not so easy to please, oh, oh.

Bb                                F

After all, his nights were just a paper striptease.

     A7sus4                   A7

She's caught it like some disease.

          Tacit

If he says no dancing, there's gonna be no dancing,

                  G    A         Bb   D

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?

               D      A

There's gonna be no dancing,

               D      A

There's gonna be no dancing,

               Bb     F

There's gonna be no dancing,

               Bb     F

There's gonna be no dancing

               Bb     F

There's gonna be no dancing

               Bb     F          Eb    D

There's gonna be no dancing on my own.