Dance Stance chords by Dexys Midnight Runners

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: C#m

Intro:


|E
E   A   |E   A   |E   A   :E   A
E   A   :E   A

Verse 1:

E          D
 I'll only ask you once more

C#m     |B       |C#m7    :B

E         D
 You only want to believe

C#m     |B       |C#m7    :B

C#m          A               B               F#
 This man is looking for someone to hold him down
C#m                    A              B       F#
 He doesn't quite ever understand the meaning

Chorus:

                   C#m
Never heard about Os(car Wilde)
                    A
don't know about Bren(dan Behan)
                       B
Know anything about Sean (O'Casey)
                       F#
Or care about about Geor(ge Bernard Shaw)
      C#m
Or Samu(el Beckett)
                   A
Won't talk about Euge(ne O'Neill)
                     B
He won't talk about Ed(na O'Brien)
                         F#
Or know anything about Lau(rence Sterne) - uh!

A       |E       |F#m     :%
A       :E

Bridge:

     D             F#
Shut it! You don't understand it
     D                  F#
Shut it! That's not the way I planned it
     D             F#                      B         N.C.
Shut it! Shut your mouth 'til you know the tru-u-u-u-uth

Interlude:

|E
E   A   |E   A   |E   A   :E   A
E   A   :E   A

Verse 2:

E          D
 I'll only ask you once more

C#m     |B       |C#m7    :B

E           D
 It must be so hard to see

C#m     |B       |C#m7    :B

C#m          A               B               F#
 This man is looking for someone to hold him down
C#m                   A              B       F#
 He doesn't yet fully understand the meaning

Bridge:

     D             F#
Shut it! You don't understand it
     D                  F#
Shut it! That's not the way I planned it
     D             F#                      B         N.C.
Shut it! Shut your mouth 'til you know the tru-u-u-u-uth

Interlude:

A       |E       |F#m     :%
A       :E

C#m     |A       |B       :F#

Chorus:

  C#m               A
(Oscar Wilde and Brendan Behan)
                       B
Know anything about Sean (O'Casey)
                       F#
Or care about about Geor(ge Bernard Shaw)
      C#m
Or Samu(el Beckett)
                   A
Won't talk about Euge(ne O'Neill)
                     B
He won't talk about Ed(na O'Brien)
                         F#
Or know anything about Lau(rence Sterne) - Now, listen:

Outro:

C#m                     A
All these other people, they don't mean a thing
       B
And no less than what you said
                    F#
Makes no difference at all
     C#m
If I knew it, I would tell
A
Give you anything
     B
I'll listen to what you said
        F#
But you must

C#m     |A       |B       :F#