Status Quo - Safety Dance: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Safety Dance" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Safety Dance Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Status Quo

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Safety Dance" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

D                                   C
We can dance if we want to, we can leave
                G
your friends behind
                                   C
'Cos your friends don't dance, and if they
don't dance
              D             A
Well they're no friends of mine
      D                                  C
Say, we can go wher we want to, places they
           G
can never find
                                  C
And we can act like we come from out of this world
           D                A
Leave the real world far behind

We can go if we want to, night is young and so was I
And we can dress real neat from our heads
to our feet
And surprise them with a victory cry
I said, we can act if we want to,
if we don't nobody will
And you can act real rude and totally removed
I can act like an imbecile

Chorus:
G             C
We can dance, we can dance,
F                       A#
everything is under control
G             C
We can dance, we can dance,
 F                     A#
doing it from pole to pole
G             C
We can dance, we can dance,
F                      A#
everybody look at your hands
G             C
We can dance, we can dance,
F                       A# D
everybody's taking the chance
 A      E
Safety dance
      B      D      A                E   B D
Woh, safety dance, yeah, the safety dance

We can dance if we want to,
we got all your life to find
As long as we have music, never gonna lose it
Everything will work out right
We can dance if we want to,
we can leave your friends behind
'Cos your friends don't dance,
and if they don't dance
Well they're no friends of mine

Chorus:
We can dance, we can dance,
everything is under control
We can dance, we can dance,
doing it from pole to pole
We can dance, we can dance,
everybody look at your hands
We can dance, we can dance,
everybody's taking the chance
Safety dance
Oh, safety dance, yeah, safety dance
Safety dance, safety dance
Oh, safety dance, safety dance



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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Safety Dance" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Safety Dance" by Status Quo.

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