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Version 1 Version 2For acoustic guitar Original key: B [Intro] C*, Dsus4, Em* (x2) [Verse 1] Em Em6 Just a small town girl on a Saturday night Em7 Em(Emaj7) Looking for the fight of her life C Cadd9 in the real time world no one sees her at all Cadd9(Cadd13) B7sus4 B7 they all say she's crazy Em Em6 Locking rhythm to the beat of her heart Em7 Em(Emaj7) Changing movement into light C Cadd9 She had danced into the danger zone Cadd9(Cadd13) B7sus4 B7 When the dancer becomes the dance [Pre-Chorus] A7 B7 C It can cut you like a knife if the fight becomes the fire B7(B13) B7 On the wire between will and what will be [Chorus] C D Em She's a maniac, maniac on the floor C D Em And she's dancing like she's never danced before C D Em She's a maniac, maniac on the floor C D A And she's dancing like she's never danced before [Verse 2] Em Em6 On the ice blue line of insanity Em7 Em(Emaj7) is a place most never see C Cadd9 It's a hard won place of mystery Cadd9(Cadd13) B7sus4 B7 touch it but can't hold it Em Em6 You work all your life, for that moment in time Em7 Em(Emaj7) It could come or pass you by C Cadd9 it's a push shove world but there's always a chance Cadd9(Cadd13) B7sus4 B7 if the hunger stays the night [Pre-Chorus] A7 B7 C There's a cold kinetic heat struggling stretching for the peak B7(B13) B7 Never stopping with her head against the wind [Chorus] C D Em She's a maniac, maniac on the floor C D Em And she's dancing like she's never danced before C D Em She's a maniac, maniac on the floor C D A And she's dancing like she's never danced before [Instrumental] C, B7, Em (x2) [Solo] chords like in verses [Pre-Chorus] A7 B7 C It can cut you like a knife if the fight becomes the fire B7(B13) B7 On the wire between will and what will be [Chorus] C D Em She's a maniac, maniac on the floor C D Em And she's dancing like she's never danced before C D Em She's a maniac, maniac on the floor C D A And she's dancing like she's never danced before [Outro] C D Em maniac, maniac on the floor (I sure know) C D A And she's dancing like she's never danced before