G    = 3-2-0-0-3-3
C    = x-3-2-0-1-0
F5/E = x-7-10-10-x-x
C5/B = 7-10-10-x-x-x
D    = x-5-7-7-7-5
E    = x-7-9-9-9-7

TIME: 4/4

[Intro]
F  C  G  F  C  G  F  C  G  F  C  G 

[Verse 1]
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Take your baby by the hand
 F              C            G
And make her do a high hand stand
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Take your baby by the heel
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And do the next thing that you feel

[Refrain]
        F   C G  
We were so in phase
        F    C    G
In our dance hall days
        F    C   G
We were cool on craze
    F  F5/E         C       C5/B
When I, you, and everyone we knew
        F     E        C       D        E
Could believe, do, and share in what was true
             F  C  G                        F  C  G 
Oh, I said               Dance hall days love

[Verse 2]
  F             C            G           
Take your baby by the hair
  F              C            G
And pull her close and there there there
  F              C            G
Take your baby by the ears
  F              C            G
And play upon her darkest fears

[Refrain]
        F   C G  
We were so in phase
        F    C    G
In our dance hall days
        F    C   G
We were cool on craze
    F  F5/E          C       C5/B
When I, you, and everyone we knew
        F     E        C       D        E
Could believe, do, and share in what was true
             F  C  G                        F  C  G 
Oh, I said            Dance hall days love
                F  C  G                        F  C  G 
Dance hall days            Dance hall days love

[Verse 3]
  F             C            G           
So take your baby by the wrist
  F             C            G           
And in her mouth an amethyst
  F             C            G           
And in her eyes two sapphires blue
  F             C            G           
And you need her and she needs you
  F             C            G           
And you need her and she needs you

[Refrain]
        F   C G  
We were so in phase
        F    C    G
In our dance hall days
        F    C   G
We were cool on craze
    F  F5/E         C       C5/B
When I, you, and everyone we knew
        F     E       C       D        E
Could believe, do, and share in what was true
             F  C  G                        F  C  G 
Oh, I said               Dance hall days love
F  C  G                       F  C  G 
                           Dance hall days love
                F  C  G                        F  C  G 
dance hall days            Dance hall days love

                F  C  G                        F  C  G 
dance hall days            Dance hall days love