Dance With Death Chords by Hurray For The Riff Raff

Tempo:
101.2 bpm
Chords used:

G

Cm

Eb

D

Fm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Hurray For The Riff Raff - Dance With Death chords
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[D]
[G]
[D]
[Cm]
[Fm] [Ab]
[G]
[Cm] [Eb] [Ebm]
[Fm] [G]
[Eb]
[G] [G]
[Eb] [G]
[D] [Cm]
[G] [Cm]
[Eb] Dance with death you had a dance with death [D] always walking around
in [G] bones, mellow neck, well [Cm] you wrapped yourself in an ivy [G] vine
now you're doomed to the sky always trying to reach a little [Cm] too high
[Eb] [Cm]
[G] oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh [Cm] oh oh oh [Eb]
[Cm] oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
even death has its own shadow [D] [G] so why you trying to burn yours apart
[Cm] maybe the [Cm] moth is drawn to the flame cause [G] it's scared of the dark
Well you [Cm] can build your ladder of chairs up a wall.
You [G] will reach to the sky if
the wind don't blow too [Cm] hard.
[G] Oh, [G] oh,
[C] oh.
[Cm]
Well [Eb] you can send me your letter [B] in [Bb] the mail.
Don't [Eb] have to lie, [B] you're not [Bb] coming home again.
[Eb] And we all look [B] like ants [Bb] from way up in your tower.
But [Eb] I'd rather live [B] like [Bb] a bug down here.
At least something [Cm] can grow.
[G] Oh, oh, oh.
Well,
[Eb]
[G] [D]
[Cm] [D]
well all the king's horses and all the king's men could [G] put you back together
if you [Eb] fell.
[Cm]
Oh, [G]
oh, [G] oh.
Oh, oh, [Eb] oh.
[Cm] [Cm] Well all the king's horses [Fm] and all the king's men [Ab] couldn't put you back [G] together again [Cm] if you fell.
[Ebm] [Fm]
[G]
Key:  
G
2131
Cm
13421113
Eb
12341116
D
1321
Fm
123111111
G
2131
Cm
13421113
Eb
12341116
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To learn Hurray For The Riff Raff - (Australian Edition) Dance With Death chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - G, Cm, G, Eb, Cm, Bb, Eb and B. Ease into the song by practicing at 47 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 95 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of C Minor in mind.

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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _
[Eb] Dance with death you had a dance with death [D] always walking around
in [G] bones, mellow neck, well [Cm] you wrapped yourself in an ivy [G] vine
now you're doomed to the sky always trying to reach a little [Cm] too high
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _
[G] oh oh oh oh _ oh _ oh _ _ _ oh _ oh oh oh oh oh [Cm] oh oh oh _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
even death has its own shadow [D] _ [G] so why you trying to burn yours apart
_ _ _ [Cm] maybe the [Cm] moth is drawn to the flame cause [G] it's scared _ of the dark
Well you [Cm] can build your ladder of chairs up a wall.
You [G] will reach to the sky if
the wind don't blow too [Cm] _ hard. _ _ _ _
[G] Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] oh, _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ oh.
[Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ Well [Eb] you can send me your letter [B] _ in [Bb] the mail. _ _
_ _ _ Don't [Eb] have to lie, _ [B] you're not [Bb] coming home again.
_ _ _ [Eb] And we all look [B] like ants _ [Bb] from way up in your tower.
But [Eb] I'd rather live _ [B] _ _ like [Bb] a bug down here.
_ _ At least something [Cm] can grow.
_ _ _ _ [G] Oh, oh, oh.
_ _ _ _ Well, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
well all the king's horses and all the king's men could [G] put you back together
if you [Eb] fell.
_ _ [Cm] _
_ Oh, [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ oh, _ _ [G] oh.
_ _ Oh, oh, [Eb] oh. _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Cm] Well all the king's horses [Fm] and all the king's men [Ab] couldn't put you back [G] together again [Cm] if you fell. _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song finds its place within the Hurray For The Riff Raff album.

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