Intro/Outro (can even be interchanged with Chorus)
(|Dm Dm F Dm|C C Dm Dm|Dm Dm F F|Gm Gm F F |)
Or an open Dm chord with the 4th n 5th strings doin' somethin' like this.
D|-0-0-0-0--3-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--3-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--3-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
A|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--3-0-0-0--3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-|
Verse
(|Dm Bb Dm Bb|Dm Bb F Am|)
Pre-Chorus
(|Am Am Am Am|Gm Gm Gm Gm|)
Chorus
(|Dm Dm F F |Dm Dm Gm F |)
F Low F power chord 1st fret, 6th string
F High F power chord 8th fret, 5th string
Intro
Verse
He's at the [Dm]show
talking [Bb]feminism to [Dm]get into your [Bb]pants oh yeah
Well[Dm] he'll quote Emma [Bb]Goldman
but he'll [F]never get up to [Am]dance
And who are[Dm] these kids who [Bb]come to the shows
[Dm]determined [Bb]not to have fun, well
[Dm]I see them every[Bb]where I go with their [F]arms crossed
in the [Am]back the whole night [Dm]long
Intro
Pre-Chorus
[Am]One thing about rock and roll is [Gm]that it's freedom yeah
Intro
Pre-Chorus
[Am]The symbol and the literal and the [Gm]theory and the practice
Chorus
So if you aren't[Dm] dead then you [F]might as well be [Dm]dancing[Gm][F]
and if you aren't[Dm] dancing then you [F]might as well be [Dm]dead[Gm][F]
Intro
Verse
I'm waiting for the [Dm]show to [Bb]end
in [Dm]rioting oh [Bb]yeah
[Dm]to show us life is [Bb]struggle
so we're [F]fighting or we're [Am]dying and my
[Dm]politics of [Bb]dancing is the [Dm]only cause worth [Bb]fighting for
cause[Dm] after the [Bb]revolution every [F]intersection will [Am]be a dance [Dm]floor
Intro
Pre-Chorus
[Am]One thing about rock and roll is [Gm]that it's freedom yeah
Intro
Pre-Chorus
[Am]The symbol and the literal and the [Gm]theory and the practice
Chorus
So if you aren't[Dm] dead then you [F]might as well be [Dm]dancing[Gm][F]
and if you aren't[Dm] dancing then you [F]might as well be [Dm]dead[Gm][F]
yeah if you aren't[Dm] dancing then you [F]might as well be [Dm]dead[Gm][F]
yeah if you aren't[Dm] dancing then you [F]might as well be [Dm]dead[Gm][F]
Intro
[Dm]
(|Dm Dm F Dm|C C Dm Dm|Dm Dm F F|Gm Gm F F |)
Or an open Dm chord with the 4th n 5th strings doin' somethin' like this.
D|-0-0-0-0--3-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--3-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--3-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
A|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--3-0-0-0--3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-|
Verse
(|Dm Bb Dm Bb|Dm Bb F Am|)
Pre-Chorus
(|Am Am Am Am|Gm Gm Gm Gm|)
Chorus
(|Dm Dm F F |Dm Dm Gm F |)
F Low F power chord 1st fret, 6th string
F High F power chord 8th fret, 5th string
Intro
Verse
He's at the [Dm]show
talking [Bb]feminism to [Dm]get into your [Bb]pants oh yeah
Well[Dm] he'll quote Emma [Bb]Goldman
but he'll [F]never get up to [Am]dance
And who are[Dm] these kids who [Bb]come to the shows
[Dm]determined [Bb]not to have fun, well
[Dm]I see them every[Bb]where I go with their [F]arms crossed
in the [Am]back the whole night [Dm]long
Intro
Pre-Chorus
[Am]One thing about rock and roll is [Gm]that it's freedom yeah
Intro
Pre-Chorus
[Am]The symbol and the literal and the [Gm]theory and the practice
Chorus
So if you aren't[Dm] dead then you [F]might as well be [Dm]dancing[Gm][F]
and if you aren't[Dm] dancing then you [F]might as well be [Dm]dead[Gm][F]
Intro
Verse
I'm waiting for the [Dm]show to [Bb]end
in [Dm]rioting oh [Bb]yeah
[Dm]to show us life is [Bb]struggle
so we're [F]fighting or we're [Am]dying and my
[Dm]politics of [Bb]dancing is the [Dm]only cause worth [Bb]fighting for
cause[Dm] after the [Bb]revolution every [F]intersection will [Am]be a dance [Dm]floor
Intro
Pre-Chorus
[Am]One thing about rock and roll is [Gm]that it's freedom yeah
Intro
Pre-Chorus
[Am]The symbol and the literal and the [Gm]theory and the practice
Chorus
So if you aren't[Dm] dead then you [F]might as well be [Dm]dancing[Gm][F]
and if you aren't[Dm] dancing then you [F]might as well be [Dm]dead[Gm][F]
yeah if you aren't[Dm] dancing then you [F]might as well be [Dm]dead[Gm][F]
yeah if you aren't[Dm] dancing then you [F]might as well be [Dm]dead[Gm][F]
Intro
[Dm]