Thanks For The Dance chords by Leonard Cohen

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

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

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
 D MajorD
Thanks for the dance
   G+G      D MajorD
I'm sorry you're tired
   A augmentedA         D MajorD
The evening has hardly begun
 D MajorD
Thanks for the dance
 G+G       D MajorD
Try to look inspired
 A augmentedA              D MajorD
One two three, one two three one

Pre-Chorus:
      A augmentedA
There's a rose in your hair
    D MajorD
Your shoulders are bare
       B minorBm      A augmentedA   G+G    G minorGm
You've been wearing this costume forever

Chorus:
  D MajorD
So turn up the music
 G+G
Pour out the wine
 E7E7
Stop at the surface
   G minorGm
The surface is fine
  A augmentedA      G6G6    D MajorD
We don't need to go any deeper

Verse 2:
 D MajorD
Thanks for the dance
  G+G         D MajorD
I hear that we're married
 A augmentedA              D MajorD
One two three, one two three one
 D MajorD
Thanks for the dance
     G+G     D MajorD
And the baby you carried
     A augmentedA           D MajorD
It was almost a daughter or a son

Pre-Chorus:
        A augmentedA
And there's nothing to do
     D MajorD
But to wonder if you
     B minorBm    A augmentedA
Are as hopeless as me
     G+G   G minorGm
And as decent

Chorus:
    D MajorD
We're joined in the spirit
 G+G
Joined at the hip
 E7E7
Joined in the panic
 G minorGm
Wondering if
    A augmentedA      G6G6
We've come to some sort
   D MajorD    A augmentedA
Of agreement

Interlude:

 D MajorD        A augmentedA A7A7 D MajorD
Dum Dum Dah-Dum
 D MajorD        A augmentedA A7A7 D MajorD
Dum Dum Dah-Dum

Verse 3:

It was fine it was fast
     D MajorD
We were first we were last
  B minorBm      A augmentedA     G+G   G minorGm
In line at the Temple of Pleasure
     D MajorD
But the green was so green
     G+G
And the blue was so blue

Pre-Chorus:
E7E7
I was so I
  G minorGm
And you were so you
   A augmentedA     G6G6
The crisis was light
    D MajorD   A augmentedA A7A7
As a feather

Chorus:
 D MajorD
Thanks for the dance
    A augmentedA      A7A7
It was hell, it was swell
    D MajorD
It was fun
 D MajorD
Thanks for all the dances
 A augmentedA       A7A7      D MajorD
One two three, one two three one

Outro:

 D MajorD        A augmentedA A7A7 D MajorD
Dum Dum Dah-Dum
 D MajorD        A augmentedA A7A7 D MajorD
Dum Dum Dah-Dum

Other versions of Thanks For The Dance

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Thanks for the dance (Ver. 2) by Leonard Cohen