Ballroom Blitz

Intro: 0:01
[Drums]
0:10
Are you ready, Steve? Aha.
Andy? Yeah!
Mick? OK.
Alright, fellas, lets go!
0:21
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Verse 1: 0:29
E   A
Oh, it's been getting so hard,
 A
Living with the things you do
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To me.     Uh huh.
0:38
 E   A
My dreams are getting so strange.
     A
I'd like to tell you everything
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I see.    Mm.     Oh,
0:47
E
I see a man at the back, as a matter of fact.
    E
His eyes are red as the sun.
       E
And a girl in the corner, let no one ignore her,
         E!
'Cause she thinks she's the passionate one.

Pre-chorus: 0:56
E!!                    F#
Oh, yeah. It was like lightning.
                A
Ev'rybody was fright'ning,
                   C
And the music was soothing,
                       E
And they all started grooving.
 E
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Chorus: 1:09
         F#
And the man at the back said,
A
Ev'ryone attack,
        B                       E
And it turned into a ballroom blitz.

         F#
And the girl in the corner said,
 A
Boy I wanna warn ya,
       B                     E
It'll turn into a ballroom blitz.

Post-chorus: 1:18
 D   D#    E     D   D#    E
Ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz,
 D   D#    E     D   D#    E  | E
Ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz.

Instrumental: 1:27
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Verse 2: 1:36
E    A
I'm reaching out for something;
 A
Touching nothing's all I ever
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Do.             Oh,
1:45
E  A
I softly call you over.
      A
When you appear, there's nothing left
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Of you.        Uh huh.
1:54
E
  Now the man at the back is ready to crack,
       E
As he raises his hands to the sky.
         E
And the girl in the corner is ev'ryone's mourner;
           E!
She could kill you with a wink of her eye.

Pre-chorus: 2:03
E!!                F#
Oh, yeah. It was electric,
                A
So frightfully hectic.
                      C
And the band started leaping
                          E
'Cause they all stopped breathing,
 E
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Chorus: 2:16
         F#
And the man at the back said,
A
Ev'ryone attack,
        B                       E
And it turned into a ballroom blitz.

         F#
And the girl in the corner said,
 A
Boy I wanna warn ya,
       B                     E
It'll turn into a ballroom blitz.
 D   D#    E ->
Ballroom blitz.

Instrumental: 2:25
E | E E:D | E | E:D D#  - x4
E | E

Pre-chorus: 2:45
E!!                    F#
Oh, yeah. It was like lightning.
                A
Ev'rybody was fright'ning,
                   C
And the music was soothing,
                       E
And they all started grooving.
 E
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Chorus: 2:58
         F#
And the man at the back said,
A
Ev'ryone attack,
        B                       E
And it turned into a ballroom blitz.

         F#
And the girl in the corner said,
 A
Boy I wanna warn ya,
       B                     E
It'll turn into a ballroom blitz.

Post-chorus: 3:07
 D   D#    E     D   D#    E
Ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz,
 D   D#    E     D   D#    E  | E
Ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz.

Refrain: 3:16
E                           D
It's, it's a ballroom blitz.
E                           D
It's, it's a ballroom blitz.
E                           D
It's, it's a ballroom blitz.
 E
Yeah, it's a ballroom blitz.

Coda: 3:25
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