Em                            Asus2                Bm
These are dangerous times we live in I heard a man once say
          Em                               Asus2           Bm
If you're prone to flights of fancy Your dreams can fly away
          Em                    Asus2          Bm
See the sights around you Of breakdown and decay
          Em                               Asus2           Bm
Wrought by the greed for a better life For which you have to pay


[CHORUS]
         D                                      Bm                   Asus2
Will you dance before the storm, and don't look back to where you've been
       D                              Bm                Asus2
The horizon's getting further, as the sands of time run thin
         D                                 Bm           Asus2
Will you dance before the storm as the machinery breaks down?
    D                                      Bm             Asus2
You watch the sky go black with anger, but no-one makes a sound

[VERSE II]
      Em                       Asus2             Bm
From Glasgow town to London, Down the motorways
         Em                           Asus2            Bm
There's people standing in the rain looking for any way
  Em                                             Asus2            Bm
To take them down to where they're bound, It's part of another way
  Em                Asus2                Bm
The art of survival In a modern age


[CHORUS]
         D                                      Bm                  Asus2
Will you dance before the storm, and don't look back to where you've been
       D                              Bm               Asus2
The horizon's getting further, as the sands of time run thin
         D                                 Bm          Asus2
Will you dance before the storm as the machinery breaks down?
    D                                      Bm            Asus2
You watch the sky go black with anger, but no-one makes a sound


FIDDLE G  O
Em  Em  A   Bm


[VERSE III]
  Em                           Asus2                       Bm
From Albion Hill to the old chain pier You can hear a person say
 Em                                      Asus2                  Bm
'spare some change for all me pains, The world has gone astray
Em                                            Asus2                 Bm
Down the road another flat got burnt Where a friend of mine once stayed
Em                                      Asus2                   Bm
So another squat in Brighton Needs to hide another head
Em                                              Asus2                       Bm
And if your head spins around - go underground Away from the games they play
Em                                                   Asus2                      Bm
There's people down there are trying to care And let each one have their say
Em                                     Asus2             Bm
It's not revolution tactics It's not cause for anarchy
       Em                                         Asus2              Bm
Just a natural fight for a natural life Of which systems are afraid
   Em                               Asus2             Bm
And if it all surrounds you Seems like there's no escape
          Em                                     Asus2               Bm
And there's people stood in front of you Saying do it in their way
Em                                    Asus2                Bm
Turn your eyes towards the tides See how they never change
     Em                                              Asus2         Bm
The sands of time will break their mimd just like riding on a wave

[CHORUS]
         D                                      Bm                   Asus2
Will you dance before the storm, and don't look back to where you've been
       D                              Bm                Asus2
The horizon's getting further, as the sands of time run thin
         D                                 Bm           Asus2
Will you dance before the storm as the machinery breaks down?
    D                                      Bm            Asus2
You watch the sky go black with anger, but no-one makes a sound