Dance Of Death chords by Iron Maiden

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chords:
E5: |-x-7-9-x-x-x-|   G6    : |-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-|   Cmaj7 : |-x-3-5-5-0-0-|      |-0-7-9-0-0-0-|



Intro:
|E5   G5  |D5   C5  |C5   D5  |E5  | 2x

|E5   G5  |D5   A5  |C5   D5  |E5  |


Verse 1:
E5      G5          D5       C5
 Let me tell you a story to chill the bones
         D5           E5
About a thing that I saw
           G5       D5     A5
One night wandering in the Everglades
C5        D5         E5
I'd one drink but no more
       G5         D5          C5
I was rambling, enjoying the bright moonlight
       D5         E5
Gazing up at the stars
     G5          D5         A5
Not aware of a presence so near to me
C5        D5       E5
 Watching my every move

Verse 2:
         G5           D5          C5
Feeling scared and I fell to my knees
                    D5            E5
As something rushed me from the trees
        G5      D5     A5
Took me to an unholy place
     C5           D5           E5
And that is where I fell from grace
           G5         D5       C5
Then they summoned me over to join in with them
        D5           E5
To the dance of the dead
          G5        D5     A5
Into the circle of fire I followed them
C5       D5            Em
Into the middle I was led


Verse 3:
       G6               D6sus2     Asus2
As if time had stopped still I was numb with fear
     Cmaj7   D6sus2   Em
But still I wanted to go
          G6          D6sus2      Asus2
And the blaze of the fire did no hurt upon me
Cmaj7  D6sus2           Em
 As I walked onto the coals
       G6   D6sus2      Asus2
And I felt  I was in a trance
        Cmaj7      D6sus2     Em
And my spirit was lifted from me
         G6   D6sus2           Asus2
And if only  someone had the chance
    Cmaj7        D6sus2     Em
To witness what happened to me


Bridge:
      G6              D6sus2       Asus2
And I danced, and I pranced, and I sang with them
Cmaj7    D6sus2        Em
All had death in their eyes
          G6       D6sus2             Asus2
Lifeless figures - they were undead - all of them
Cmaj7      D6sus2       Em
They had ascended from hell


Instrumental:
|Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  | 3x


Verse 4:
E5           F#5       G5
 As I danced with the dead
            A5      D5          G5       E5
My free spirit was laughing and howling down at me
           F#5  G5
Below my undead body
A5    D5         G5        E5    C5  B5
Just danced the circle of dead
E5               F#5    G5         A5
 Until the time came to reunite us both
    D5     G5        E5
My spirit came back down to me
             F#5  G5              A5
I didn't know if  I was alive or dead
       D5     G5     E5
As the others all joined in with me


Instrumental:
|Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  |


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


Instrumental:
|E5   F#5 |G5   A5 |D5   G5 |E5  | 4x

|F#5   A5 |D5  |E5  |F#5  | 6x

|E5   G5 |C5  |D5   |E5  | 4x


Verse 6:
E5              F#5       G5             A5
 When you know that your time has come around
     D5         G5    E5
You know you'll be prepared for it
               F#5   G5          A5
Say your last good--byes to everyone
         D5       G5    E5
Have a drink and say a prayer for it


Instrumental:
|E5   G5 |C5  |D5   |E5  | 3x

|E5   G5 |C5  |D5   |E5    C5  B5 |

|Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  | 2x


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


Instrumental:
|Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  | 2x

|E5   G5 |E5   C5 |

|E5   G5  |D5   C5  |C5   D5  |E5  |

|E5   G5  |D5   A5  |C5   D5  |E5  |


Outro:
E5       G5          D5          C5
 To this day I guess I'll never know
          D5         E5
Just why they let me go
          G5       D5         A5
But I'll never go dancing no more
C5       D5             Em
 'Til I dance with the dead