This is actually pretty simple to play, assuming that you can play a basic funk beat--even though it is the basic beat for a lot of 60's and 70's soul and pop stuff, I think of it as the "Chain of Fools" groove, because that song is just one chord--

Anyway, Dancin' in the Streets in the key of C:

||:C9:|| 8x (for each verse)
||:F7:|| 4x (for "Music, sweet, sweet, music")
||:E9 E9/E9 E9/Am Am/Am Am/D9 D9/G7 Gsus4:||("It doesn't matter what you wear")
||:C9:|| 8x for last verse, repeat for fade out.

You can substitute a C7, E7 for the ninth chords, if it is easier--but you should play closed position, moveable chords(or barre chords) not open chords, because you'll have trouble getting the right feel with them.

C9:
3-x-2-3-3-x

F7:
1-x-1-2-x-x

E9 is C9 fingering played on the 7th fret

D9 is the C9 fingering on the 5th fret

The Am fingering is like the D9, but with the third string raised a step-

4-x-4-4-4-

G7 is the F7 on the 3rd fret-for the G7 sus4, just move the note on the fourth string up I fret--

You can interchange the seventh and ninths, and you can use just one fingering and slide it up and down the neck--

If you can't play a funk beat, just play one downstroke for each count(four counts to a measure, one measure between each pair of slash marks--


Sorry if I am explaining things that you already know--

Good luck with this, it is one of those songs that everyone loves to hear, and, because most of the song is just one chord, everyone can play along, for most of it, anyway--