{title: I can't dance}
{artist: Genesis}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 108}
{key: Bb}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[Bb5] [Bb5] [Bb5] [Ab] [Eb]
[Bb5] [Bb5] [Bb5] [Ab] [Eb]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[Bb5] Hot sun, beating down
[Bb5]Burning my feet just [Ab]walking a[Eb]round
[Bb5] Hot sun, makin' me sweat
[Bb5]Gators getting close, hasn't [Ab]got me [Eb]yet
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[Bb5]I can't dance, I can't talk
[Bb5]Only thing about me is the [Ab]way I [Eb]walk
[Bb5]I can't dance, I can't sing
[Bb5]I'm just stan[Eb]ding here [Ab] [Eb]selling [Ab]eve[Eb]ry[Bb5]thing
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[Bb5] Blue jeans sittin' on the beach
Her [Bb5]dog's talking to me, but [Ab]she's out of [Eb]reach
[Bb5]Mhm, she's got a body, under that shirt
But [Bb5]all she wants to do is rub my [Ab]face in the [Eb]dirt
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 2}
'Cause [Bb5]I can't dance, I can't talk
[Bb5]Only thing about me is the [Ab]way I [Eb]walk
[Bb5]I can't dance, I can't sing
[Bb5]I'm just stan[Eb]ding here [Ab] [Eb]selling [Ab] [Eb]
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{start_of_part: Bridge 1}
Oh, and [Gb]checking everything is in [Fm]place
You never [Eb]know who's lookin' on
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{start_of_part: Link}
[Bb5] [Bb5] [Bb5] [Ab] [Eb]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[Bb5] Young punk spillin' beer on my shoes
[Bb5]Fat guy's talkin' to me, tryin' to [Ab]steal my [Eb]blues
[Bb5] Thick smoke, see her smiling through
I never [Bb5]thought so much could happen just [Ab]shootin' [Eb]pool
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{chorus: Chorus 3}
{start_of_part: Bridge 2}
Oh, and [Gb]checking everything is in [Fm]place
You never [Eb]know who's looking on
[Db] A perfect body [B] with a perfect [Ab]face, mhm
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{start_of_part: Link}
[Bb5] [Bb5] [Bb5] [Ab] [Eb]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 4}
No, [Bb5]I can't dance, I can't talk
The [Bb5]only thing about me is the [Ab]way I [Eb]walk
No, [Bb5]I can't dance, I can't sing
[Bb5]I'm just standing here [Ab]selling [Eb]every[Bb5]thing
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Link}
[Bb5] [Bb5] [Bb5] [Ab] [Eb]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Outtro, fade}
No, [Bb5]I can't walk [Bb5] [Bb5] [Ab] [Eb]
No, [Bb5]I can't dance [Bb5] [Bb5] [Ab] [Eb]
No, no, no, [Bb5]I can't dance [Bb5] [Bb5] [Ab] [Eb]
No, I said, [Bb5]I can't sing [Bb5] [Bb5] [Ab] [Eb]
{end_of_part}