Dancing Mood Chords by Delroy Wilson
Tempo:
83.5 bpm
Chords used:
G
Am
Em
F#
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] It's Jake Delroy, going night star, ooh, red light.
[Em] [Am]
I may not dance, I may not [Em] dance in the moon.
[Am]
I may not [C] dance, dance [G] in the moon, yeah.
[Am]
Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, [E] yeah.
[G]
All right.
I [E] may not dance [Am] in the moon.
Oh yeah, [G] yeah.
I [Em] may not dance in [Am] the moon.
[G] I may not dance [Am] in the moon.
[G] I may not [D] dance [G] in the moon.
When you feel the beat, you [Am] got to move [D] your feet.
You [G] got to clap [Em] your [Am] hands.
[D] [G] You got all the soul [Am] deep down inside
[G] cause you [Em] can't hide.
[Am]
[D] [G] Yeah.
I may not dance [Am] in the moon.
I may not [G] dance in the moon, yeah.
I may not dance [Am] in the moon.
I may not [G] dance in the moon.
I may not dance [Am] in the moon.
All right, [G] yeah.
I may not dance in the moon.
Yeah.
[Am]
I may not dance in the [G] moon.
[Am] I've been a dancing, dancing, [G] dancing moon, yeah, [Am] yeah.
[G] [Am]
[G] [Em] [Am]
All right, all [G] right, yeah.
[Em] [Am]
[G] [Em] [Am]
[G] When you feel the [Em] beat, [Am] you got to move your feet.
[G] You got to clap your hands, clap your [Am] hands.
You [Em] got all the soul, [C] deep down inside.
[G] Cause you can't hide, [C] you can't hide, you can't [G] hide.
I've been a dancing [Am] moon.
Oh, let me [G] thank you
I've been a dancing [Am] moon, yeah, [G] yeah.
[D] I've been a dancing, [Em] dancing, dancing moon, yeah.
I've been a dancing moon, [Am] I've been a dancing moon.
[G] [Em] [Am]
[C] [G] [Am]
[G] [C] [E]
[F] [G] [Em] [Am] [C]
[G] [Am]
[G] [Am]
I feel [Em] like dancing all night long.
I feel like standing alone.
[C#m] [E] I'm in a reggae [G] mood.
I'm in a [A#] reggae mood.
[F] I'm in a dancing, dancing, [G] dancing, dancing.
Yeah.
[N] I'm in a dancing mood, y'all.
I'm in a dancing mood, yeah.
I'm in a dancing.
What was it like at that time?
It was always nice.
[C#] But Mento was the [G] chief.
Remember [F#] any Mento [N] songs?
In the old days, we called it first, we called it Quadril.
[C] You know, but now they call [G#m] it Mento.
Quadril is a set dance form from 18th century [F#] French ballrooms
[G#m] borrowed by the English [F#] court and [C#] brought to Jamaica by English [F#] plantation owners.
[G#m] It filtered down to the slaves who transformed it by adding a distinctive [D#m] African bounce quality
and lively folk [G#] Mento style music.
[F#] They used to nice it up, them style, you know.
[G#m]
[F#] [G#m] [Bm]
[F#] [G#m] [F#] [G#] [C#m] You used to go out dancing?
Yeah, I love dancing, I love [N] music.
So that's where Fanny gets his love of music.
Did you play music when you was a child?
Yes.
I give [B] anything for music.
[E] The magic word is more from the
[Em] [Am]
I may not dance, I may not [Em] dance in the moon.
[Am]
I may not [C] dance, dance [G] in the moon, yeah.
[Am]
Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, [E] yeah.
[G]
All right.
I [E] may not dance [Am] in the moon.
Oh yeah, [G] yeah.
I [Em] may not dance in [Am] the moon.
[G] I may not dance [Am] in the moon.
[G] I may not [D] dance [G] in the moon.
When you feel the beat, you [Am] got to move [D] your feet.
You [G] got to clap [Em] your [Am] hands.
[D] [G] You got all the soul [Am] deep down inside
[G] cause you [Em] can't hide.
[Am]
[D] [G] Yeah.
I may not dance [Am] in the moon.
I may not [G] dance in the moon, yeah.
I may not dance [Am] in the moon.
I may not [G] dance in the moon.
I may not dance [Am] in the moon.
All right, [G] yeah.
I may not dance in the moon.
Yeah.
[Am]
I may not dance in the [G] moon.
[Am] I've been a dancing, dancing, [G] dancing moon, yeah, [Am] yeah.
[G] [Am]
[G] [Em] [Am]
All right, all [G] right, yeah.
[Em] [Am]
[G] [Em] [Am]
[G] When you feel the [Em] beat, [Am] you got to move your feet.
[G] You got to clap your hands, clap your [Am] hands.
You [Em] got all the soul, [C] deep down inside.
[G] Cause you can't hide, [C] you can't hide, you can't [G] hide.
I've been a dancing [Am] moon.
Oh, let me [G] thank you
I've been a dancing [Am] moon, yeah, [G] yeah.
[D] I've been a dancing, [Em] dancing, dancing moon, yeah.
I've been a dancing moon, [Am] I've been a dancing moon.
[G] [Em] [Am]
[C] [G] [Am]
[G] [C] [E]
[F] [G] [Em] [Am] [C]
[G] [Am]
[G] [Am]
I feel [Em] like dancing all night long.
I feel like standing alone.
[C#m] [E] I'm in a reggae [G] mood.
I'm in a [A#] reggae mood.
[F] I'm in a dancing, dancing, [G] dancing, dancing.
Yeah.
[N] I'm in a dancing mood, y'all.
I'm in a dancing mood, yeah.
I'm in a dancing.
What was it like at that time?
It was always nice.
[C#] But Mento was the [G] chief.
Remember [F#] any Mento [N] songs?
In the old days, we called it first, we called it Quadril.
[C] You know, but now they call [G#m] it Mento.
Quadril is a set dance form from 18th century [F#] French ballrooms
[G#m] borrowed by the English [F#] court and [C#] brought to Jamaica by English [F#] plantation owners.
[G#m] It filtered down to the slaves who transformed it by adding a distinctive [D#m] African bounce quality
and lively folk [G#] Mento style music.
[F#] They used to nice it up, them style, you know.
[G#m]
[F#] [G#m] [Bm]
[F#] [G#m] [F#] [G#] [C#m] You used to go out dancing?
Yeah, I love dancing, I love [N] music.
So that's where Fanny gets his love of music.
Did you play music when you was a child?
Yes.
I give [B] anything for music.
[E] The magic word is more from the
Key:
G
Am
Em
F#
C
G
Am
Em
[G] It's Jake Delroy, going night star, ooh, red light. _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
I may not dance, I may not [Em] dance in the moon.
_ _ [Am] _
I may not [C] dance, dance [G] in the moon, yeah.
_ [Am] _
Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, [E] yeah.
_ [G] _
All right.
_ I [E] may not dance [Am] in the moon.
Oh yeah, [G] yeah.
I [Em] may not dance in [Am] the moon. _
_ _ [G] I may not dance [Am] in the moon.
_ _ [G] I may not [D] dance [G] in the moon.
When you feel the beat, you [Am] got to move [D] your feet.
You [G] got to clap [Em] your _ [Am] hands.
[D] _ [G] You got all the soul [Am] deep down inside
[G] cause you [Em] can't hide.
[Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] Yeah.
I may not dance [Am] in the moon.
I may not [G] dance in the moon, yeah.
I may not dance [Am] in the moon.
I may not [G] dance in the moon.
I may not dance [Am] in the moon.
All right, [G] yeah.
I may not dance in the moon.
Yeah.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
I may not dance in the [G] moon.
_ _ [Am] I've been a dancing, dancing, [G] dancing moon, yeah, [Am] yeah. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
All right, all [G] right, yeah.
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] When you feel the [Em] beat, [Am] you got to move your feet.
[G] You got to clap your hands, clap your [Am] hands. _
You [Em] got all the soul, _ [C] deep down inside.
[G] Cause you can't hide, [C] you can't hide, you can't [G] hide.
I've been a dancing [Am] moon.
Oh, let me [G] thank you
I've been a dancing [Am] moon, yeah, [G] yeah.
[D] I've been a dancing, [Em] dancing, dancing moon, yeah.
I've been a dancing moon, [Am] I've been a dancing moon.
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [E] _
_ [F] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
I feel [Em] like dancing all night long.
I feel like standing alone.
[C#m] _ [E] I'm in a reggae [G] mood.
I'm in a [A#] reggae mood.
[F] I'm in a dancing, dancing, [G] dancing, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ dancing.
Yeah.
[N] I'm in a dancing mood, y'all.
I'm in a dancing mood, yeah.
_ _ I'm in a dancing.
What was it like at that time?
It was always nice.
_ _ [C#] But Mento was the [G] chief.
Remember [F#] any Mento [N] songs?
_ In the old days, we called it first, we called it Quadril.
[C] You know, but now they call [G#m] it Mento.
_ Quadril is a set dance form from 18th century [F#] French ballrooms
[G#m] borrowed by the English [F#] court and [C#] brought to Jamaica by English [F#] plantation owners.
[G#m] It filtered down to the slaves who transformed it by adding a distinctive [D#m] African bounce quality
and lively folk [G#] Mento style music.
[F#] They used to nice it up, them style, you know.
_ [G#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _ [G#] [C#m] You used to go out dancing?
Yeah, I love dancing, I love [N] music.
_ So that's where Fanny gets his love of music.
Did you play music when you was a child?
Yes.
I give [B] anything for music.
_ [E] The magic word is more from the
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
I may not dance, I may not [Em] dance in the moon.
_ _ [Am] _
I may not [C] dance, dance [G] in the moon, yeah.
_ [Am] _
Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, [E] yeah.
_ [G] _
All right.
_ I [E] may not dance [Am] in the moon.
Oh yeah, [G] yeah.
I [Em] may not dance in [Am] the moon. _
_ _ [G] I may not dance [Am] in the moon.
_ _ [G] I may not [D] dance [G] in the moon.
When you feel the beat, you [Am] got to move [D] your feet.
You [G] got to clap [Em] your _ [Am] hands.
[D] _ [G] You got all the soul [Am] deep down inside
[G] cause you [Em] can't hide.
[Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] Yeah.
I may not dance [Am] in the moon.
I may not [G] dance in the moon, yeah.
I may not dance [Am] in the moon.
I may not [G] dance in the moon.
I may not dance [Am] in the moon.
All right, [G] yeah.
I may not dance in the moon.
Yeah.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
I may not dance in the [G] moon.
_ _ [Am] I've been a dancing, dancing, [G] dancing moon, yeah, [Am] yeah. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
All right, all [G] right, yeah.
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] When you feel the [Em] beat, [Am] you got to move your feet.
[G] You got to clap your hands, clap your [Am] hands. _
You [Em] got all the soul, _ [C] deep down inside.
[G] Cause you can't hide, [C] you can't hide, you can't [G] hide.
I've been a dancing [Am] moon.
Oh, let me [G] thank you
I've been a dancing [Am] moon, yeah, [G] yeah.
[D] I've been a dancing, [Em] dancing, dancing moon, yeah.
I've been a dancing moon, [Am] I've been a dancing moon.
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [E] _
_ [F] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
I feel [Em] like dancing all night long.
I feel like standing alone.
[C#m] _ [E] I'm in a reggae [G] mood.
I'm in a [A#] reggae mood.
[F] I'm in a dancing, dancing, [G] dancing, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ dancing.
Yeah.
[N] I'm in a dancing mood, y'all.
I'm in a dancing mood, yeah.
_ _ I'm in a dancing.
What was it like at that time?
It was always nice.
_ _ [C#] But Mento was the [G] chief.
Remember [F#] any Mento [N] songs?
_ In the old days, we called it first, we called it Quadril.
[C] You know, but now they call [G#m] it Mento.
_ Quadril is a set dance form from 18th century [F#] French ballrooms
[G#m] borrowed by the English [F#] court and [C#] brought to Jamaica by English [F#] plantation owners.
[G#m] It filtered down to the slaves who transformed it by adding a distinctive [D#m] African bounce quality
and lively folk [G#] Mento style music.
[F#] They used to nice it up, them style, you know.
_ [G#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _ [G#] [C#m] You used to go out dancing?
Yeah, I love dancing, I love [N] music.
_ So that's where Fanny gets his love of music.
Did you play music when you was a child?
Yes.
I give [B] anything for music.
_ [E] The magic word is more from the