In the key of D minor. I play these with full power chords
The strumming is slightly more complex, but I listed it as 1234 to get the note changes if needed
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
Dm
He's at the show
Bb Dm Bb
talking feminism to get into your pants oh yeah
Dm Bb
Well he'll quote Emma Goldman
F Am
but he'll never get up to dance
Dm Bb
And who are these kids who come to the shows
Dm Bb
determined not to have fun, well
Dm Bb F
I see them everywhere I go with their arms crossed
Am Dm
in the back the whole night long
Intro
Pre-Chorus
Am Gm
One thing about rock and roll is that it's freedom yeah
Intro
Pre-Chorus
Am Gm
The symbol and the literal and the theory and the practice
Chorus
Dm F Dm Gm F
So if you aren't dead then you might as well be dancing
Dm F Dm Gm F
and if you aren't dancing then you might as well be dead
Intro
Verse
Dm Bb
I'm waiting for the show to end
Dm Bb
in rioting oh yeah
Dm Bb
to show us life is struggle
F Am
so we're fighting or we're dying and my
Dm Bb Dm Bb
politics of dancing is the only cause worth fighting for
Dm Bb F Am Dm
cause after the revolution every intersection will be a dance floor
Intro
Pre-Chorus
Am Gm
One thing about rock and roll is that it's freedom yeah
Intro
Pre-Chorus
Am Gm
The symbol and the literal and the theory and the practice
Chorus
Dm F Dm Gm F
So if you aren't dead then you might as well be dancing
Dm F Dm Gm F
and if you aren't dancing then you might as well be dead
Dm F Dm Gm F
yeah if you aren't dancing then you might as well be dead
Dm F Dm Gm F
yeah if you aren't dancing then you might as well be dead
Intro
Dm
