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           I Can't Dance – Genesis
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Writtten by: Banks/Collins/Rutherford
From: "I Can't Dance" (1991)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

All the chords in intro, verse and chorus must be played without the 3rd, 
they are neither major nor minor. The middle 8 has regular major and 
minor chords.

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capo: 1st fret
play: A
key: Bb

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[Main riff]
  A           
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|------------
B|------------
G|2---2-------
D|2---2-------
A|0---0-------
E|------------

  A  G/A A    
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|---------
----|---------
--2-|--0-2----
--2-|--0-2----
--0-|--0-0----
----|---------

   G/A  A     
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-------|------
-------|------
---0-0-|2---2-
---0-0-|2---2-
---0-0-|0---0-
-------|------

        G    C
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
----------|---
----------|--1
--------0-|--0
--------0-|---
----------|--3
--------3-|---

   D     G/A
 2 + 3 + 4 +
-------------|
---3---------|
---2-----0-0-|
---0-----0-0-|
---------0-0-|
-------------|

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CHORDS
     E-A-D-G-B
A    x-0-2-2-x
G/A  x-0-0-0-x
G    3-x-0-0-x
C    x-3-x-0-1

-e
-x
-x
-x
-x

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[Intro]

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|               |          |               |            |
|               |          |               |            |


[Verse]

          
 Hot sun beati

 
ng  down
          
    Burning my

             
 feet just wal

     
king around
         
     Hot sun m

   
aking me sweat
          
   'Gators get

              
ting close, ha

          
sn't got me ye

t


[Chorus]

             
I can't dance,

   
 I can't talk
          
 The only thin

              
g about me is 

        
the way I walk
             
I can't dance,

   
 I can't sing
          
    I'm just s

             
tanding here s

         | 
elling everyth

 | % |
ing


[Verse]

             
 Blue jeans si

         
tting on   the

  beach
          
  Her dog's ta

              
lking to me, b

            
ut she's out o

  
f reach
             
 She's got a b

      
ody under that

 shirt
          
  But all she 

              
wants to do is

            
 rub my face i

      
n the dirt


[Chorus]

             
I can't dance,

   
 I can't talk
          
 The only thin

              
g about me is 

        
the way I walk
             
I can't dance,

   
 I can't sing
          
    I'm just s

             
tanding here s

        
elling   [Oh a

nd ...]


[Middle 8]

             
Oh, and checki

              
ng everything 

      
is in place
         |  |
You never know

              
 who's looking

    |  |
 on


[Interlude]

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|               |          |               |            |


[Verse]

             
 Young punk sp

           
illing beer on

 
  my shoes
          
    Fat guy's 

              
talking to me 

             
trying to stea

    
l my blues
             
 Thick smoke, 

      
see her smilin

g through
          
 I never thoug

              
ht so much cou

              
ld happen just

        
 shooting pool


[Chorus]

             
But I can't da

       
nce, I can't t

alk
          
 The only thin

              
g about me is 

        
the way I walk
             
I can't dance,

   
 I can't sing
          
    I'm just s

             
tanding here s

        
elling   [Oh a

nd ...]


[Middle 8]

             
Oh, and checki

              
ng everything 

      
is in place
         |  |
You never know

              
 who's looking

    |  |
 on
             
 The perfect b

            
ody with a per

     
fect face ...


[Interlude]

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|               |          |               |            |


[Chorus]

             
I can't dance,

   
 I can't talk
          
 The only thin

              
g about me is 

        
the way I walk
             
I can't dance,

   
 I can't sing
          
    I'm just s

             
tanding here s

          
elling everyth

 
ing


[Interlude]

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|               |          |               |            |


[Coda]

|            
  I can’t walk

   |     

     |    

           | 

           

  |
|            
  I can’t danc

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e
|            
  I can’t walk

   |     

     |    

           | 

           

  |
|            
  I can’t danc

   |          |               |            |
e

(repeat and fade)