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{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] {end_of_part} {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 {end_of_verse} {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 {end_of_verse} {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] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Bridge 1} Oh, and [Gb]checking everything is in [Fm]place You never [Eb]know who's lookin' on {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Link} [Bb5] [Bb5] [Bb5] [Ab] [Eb] {end_of_part} {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 {end_of_verse} {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 {end_of_part} {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}