Thanks For The Dance Chords
by Leonard Cohen12,184 views, added to favorites 440 times
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Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | 1st fret |
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[Intro]
D
e|---------------|---2h3p2-----------|---------------|-------|
B|-----------3---|-----------3-------|-----------3---|---3---|
G|-------2-------|---------------2---|-------2-------|---2---|
D|---0-----------|-------------------|---0-----------|---0---|
A|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------|
E|---------------|-------------------|---------------|-------|
[Verse 1]
D
Thanks for the dance
G D
I'm sorry you're tired
A D
The evening has hardly begun
D
Thanks for the dance
G D
Try to look inspired
A D
One two three, one two three one
[Pre-Chorus]
A
There's a rose in your hair
D
Your shoulders are bare
Bm A G Gm
You've been wearing this costume forever
[Chorus]
D
So turn up the music
G
Pour out the wine
E7
Stop at the surface
Gm
The surface is fine
A6 G6 D
We don't need to go any deeper
[Verse 2]
D
Thanks for the dance
G D
I hear that we're married
A D
One two three, one two three one
D
Thanks for the dance
G D
And the baby you carried
A D
It was almost a daughter or a son
[Pre-Chorus]
A
And there's nothing to do
D
But to wonder if you
Bm A
Are as hopeless as me
G Gm
And as decent
[Chorus]
D
We're joined in the spirit
G
Joined at the hip
E7
Joined in the panic
Gm
Wondering if
A6 G6
We've come to some sort
D A
Of agreement
[Interlude]
D A A7 D
Dum Dum Dah-Dum
D A A7 D
Dum Dum Dah-Dum
[Verse 3]
A
It was fine, it was fast
D
We were first, we were last
Bm A G Gm
In line at the Temple of Pleasure
D
But the green was so green
G
And the blue was so blue
[Pre-Chorus]
E7
I was so I
Gm
And you were so you
A6 G6
The crisis was light
D A A7
As a feather
[Chorus]
D
Thanks for the dance
A A7
It was hell, it was swell
D
It was fun
D
Thanks for all the dances
A A7 D
One two three, one two three one
[Outro]
D A A7 D
Dum Dum Dah-Dum
D A A7 D
Dum Dum Dah-Dum
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Thank you for the comment mhc; I play this in C because I have chords for most of the syllable of each word, gives the old 79 year old fingers a good workout. Cheers, John
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THANK YOU, can't wait to get home tonight and play this.
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Excellent, I love playing it. LC got better as he aged. You have captured the mood of the song so well.
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