Men Without Hats, The Safety Dance (1982)
Key: :[C] (w: Ivan Doroschuk) (BPM: 102)
INTRO: [C] :
[x4]
VERSE 1:
[C] We can dance if we want to, we can
[Bb] leave your friends be-
[F]-hind
Cause your
[F] friends don't dance and
[Bb] if they don't dance, well they're
[C] no friends of
[G] mine
I say,
[C] we can go where we want to, a place where
[Bb] they will never
[F] find
And we can
[F] act like we come from
[Bb] out of this world, leave the
[C] real one far be-
[G]-hind
CHORUS 1:
And we can
[F] dance
[Bb] [Eb] [Ab]
[F] [Bb] [Eb] [Ab]
VERSE 2:
[C] We can go when we want to, the night is
[Bb] young and so am
[F] I
And we can
[F] dress real neat from our
[Bb] hats to our feet, and sur-
[C]-prise 'em with the victory
[G] cry
Say,
[C] we can act if want to, if we
[Bb] don't nobody
[F] will
And you can
[F] act real rude and
[Bb] totally removed, and I can
[C] act like an imbe-
[G]-cile
CHORUS 2:
I say,
[F] we can dance,
[Bb] we can dance,
[Eb] everything's out of con-
[Ab]-trol
[F] We can dance,
[Bb] we can dance,
[Eb] we're doing it from pole to
[Ab] pole
[F] We can dance,
[Bb] we can dance,
[Eb] everybody look at your
[Ab] hands
[F] We can dance,
[Bb] we can dance,
[Eb] everybody takin' the
[Ab] cha-a-a-ance
BREAK:
[C] [G] It's safe to dance,
[D] [A] Oh well it's safe to dance,
[C] [G] Yes it's safe to dance
[D] [A]
REPEAT INTRO:
VERSE 3:
[C] We can dance if we want to, we've got
[Bb] all your life and
[F] mine
As
[F] long as we abuse it,
[Bb] never gonna lose it,
[C] everything'll work out
[G] right
I say,
[C] we can dance if we want to, we can
[Bb] leave your friends be-
[F]-hind
'Cause your
[F] friends don't dance and
[Bb] if they don't dance, well they're
[C] no friends of
[G] mine
REPEAT CHORUS 2:
BREAK:
[C] [G] Well it's safe to dance,
[D] [A] yes it's safe to dance
[C] [G] Well it's safe to dance,
[D] [A] it's a safety dance
[C] [G] Well it's a safety dance,
[D] [A] oh it's a safety dance
[C] [G] Oh it's a safety dance,
[D] [A] well it's a safety dance
OUTRO:
[C] oh it's a safety dance,
[C] oh it's a safety dance
[C] oh it's a safety dance,
[C] oh it's a safety dance
