Dance Of Death chords by Iron Maiden

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Chords:
E5: |-x-7-9-x-x-x-|  G6G6  : |-3-2-0-0-0-0-| Em: |-0-2-2-0-0-0-|
 or          D6sus2: |-x-5-7-7-0-0-|  or
  |-0-7-9-9-0-0-|  Cmaj7Cmaj7 : |-x-3-5-5-0-0-|   |-0-7-9-0-0-0-|


Intro:
|E5E5  G5G5 |D5D5  C5C5 |C5C5  D5D5 |E5E5 | 2x

|E5E5  G5G5 |D5D5  A5A5 |C5C5  D5D5 |E5E5 |


Verse 1:
E5E5   G5G5     D5D5    C5C5
 Let me tell you a story to chill the bones
     D5D5      E5E5
About a thing that I saw
      G5G5    D5D5   A5A5
One night wandering in the Everglades
C5C5    D5D5     E5E5
I'd one drink but no more
    G5G5     D5D5     C5C5
I was rambling, enjoying the bright moonlight
    D5D5     E5E5
Gazing up at the stars
   G5G5     D5D5     A5A5
Not aware of a presence so near to me
C5C5    D5D5    E5E5
 Watching my every move

Verse 2:
     G5G5      D5D5     C5C5
Feeling scared and I fell to my knees
          D5D5      E5E5
As something rushed me from the trees
    G5G5   D5D5   A5A5
Took me to an unholy place
   C5C5      D5D5      E5E5
And that is where I fell from grace
      G5G5     D5D5    C5C5
Then they summoned me over to join in with them
    D5D5      E5E5
To the dance of the dead
     G5G5    D5D5   A5A5
Into the circle of fire I followed them
C5C5    D5D5      E minorEm
Into the middle I was led

Verse 3:
    G6G6        D6sus2   Asus2Asus2
As if time had stopped still I was numb with fear
   Cmaj7Cmaj7  D6sus2  E minorEm
But still I wanted to go
     G6G6     D6sus2   Asus2Asus2
And the blaze of the fire did no hurt upon me
Cmaj7Cmaj7 D6sus2      E minorEm
 As I walked onto the coals
    G6G6  D6sus2   Asus2Asus2
And I felt I was in a trance
    Cmaj7Cmaj7   D6sus2   E minorEm
And my spirit was lifted from me
     G6G6  D6sus2      Asus2Asus2
And if only someone had the chance
  Cmaj7Cmaj7    D6sus2   E minorEm
To witness what happened to me


Bridge:
   G6G6       D6sus2    Asus2Asus2
And I danced, and I pranced, and I sang with them
Cmaj7Cmaj7  D6sus2    E minorEm
All had death in their eyes
     G6G6    D6sus2       Asus2Asus2
Lifeless figures - they were undead - all of them
Cmaj7Cmaj7   D6sus2    E minorEm
They had ascended from hell


Instrumental:
|E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm | 3x


Verse 4:
E5E5      F#5F#5    G5G5
 As I danced with the dead
      A5A5   D5D5     G5G5    E5E5
My free spirit was laughing and howling down at me
      F#5F#5 G5G5
Below my undead body
A5A5  D5D5     G5G5    E5E5  C5C5 B5B5
Just danced the circle of dead
E5E5        F#5F#5  G5G5     A5A5
 Until the time came to reunite us both
  D5D5   G5G5    E5E5
My spirit came back down to me
       F#5F#5 G5G5       A5A5
I didn't know if I was alive or dead
    D5D5   G5G5   E5E5
As the others all joined in with me


Instrumental:
|E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |


Verse 5:
E minorEm
By luck then a skirmish started
E minorEm
And took the attention away from me
E minorEm
When they took their gaze from me
E minorEm
Was the moment that I fled
E minorEm
I ran like hell, faster than the wind
E minorEm
But behind I did not glance
E minorEm
One thing that I did not dare
E minorEm
Was to look just straight ahead


Instrumental:
|E5E5  F#5F#5 |G5G5  A5A5 |D5D5  G5G5 |E5E5 | 4x

|F#5F#5  A5A5 |D5D5 |E5E5 |F#5F#5 | 6x

|E5E5  G5G5 |C5C5 |D5D5  |E5E5 | 4x


Verse 6:
E5E5       F#5F#5    G5G5       A5A5
 When you know that your time has come around
   D5D5     G5G5  E5E5
You know you'll be prepared for it
        F#5F#5  G5G5     A5A5
Say your last good--byes to everyone
     D5D5    G5G5  E5E5
Have a drink and say a prayer for it


Instrumental:
|E5E5  G5G5 |C5C5 |D5D5  |E5E5 | 3x

|E5E5  G5G5 |C5C5 |D5D5  |E5E5  C5C5 B5B5 |

|E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm | 2x


Bridge:
       E minorEm
When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed
    E minorEm
And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead
       E minorEm
When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed
    E minorEm
And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead


Instrumental:
|E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm | 2x

|E5E5  G5G5 |E5E5  C5C5 |

|E5E5  G5G5 |D5D5  C5C5 |C5C5  D5D5 |E5E5 |

|E5E5  G5G5 |D5D5  A5A5 |C5C5  D5D5 |E5E5 |


Outro:
E5E5    G5G5     D5D5     C5C5
 To this day I guess I'll never know
     D5D5     E5E5
Just why they let me go
     G5G5    D5D5     A5A5
But I'll never go dancing no more
C5C5    D5D5       E minorEm
 'Til I dance with the dead

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