Bela Lugosis Dead Chords
by Bauhaus
Bela Lugosis Dead by Bauhaus is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords D5, C#5, B5, F#5, D, C#, B, F#, A and A#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
(distorsion noises, pick scrapes, various noises...)
(play only the fundamental string)
D5 D5
(in the following lines, play one string, then two, then three)
D5 C#5 B5
D5 C#5 B5
D5 F#5 B5
D5 C#5 B5
D5 C#5 B5
D5 C#5 B5
D5 F#5 B5
D5 C#5 B5
(first strokes of each chord on loud strings, then on all the strings)
D C# B
D C# B
D C# B
D C# B
D F# B
D C# B
D C# B
D C# B
D C# B
D F# B
D C# B
D C# B
D C# B
verse 1
D C# B
White on white translucent black capes Back on the rack
D C# B
Bela Lugosi's dead
D C# B
The bats have left the bell tower The victims have been bled, red velvet
D F# B
lines the black box Bela Lugosi's dead
Chorus 1
A A# B (eight regular down strokes for the last chord)
A A# B
Bela Lugosi's dead
D C# B
D C# B
Undead undead undead
D C# B
D C# B
Undead undead undead !
verse 2
D C# B
The virginal brides file past his tomb
D C# B
Strewn with time's dead flowers bereft in deathly bloom
D C# B
Alone in a darkened room The Count
D F# B
Bela Lugosi's dead
Chorus 2
A A# B
Bela Lugosi's dead
A A# B
Bela Lugosi's dead
D C# B
Undead undead undead
D C# B
Undead undead undead
D C# B
Undead
D C# B
Outro
(distorsion noises, pick scrapes, various noises…)
D5 F#5
(distorsion noises, pick scrapes, various noises…)
D5 F#5 B5
D5 C#5 B5
D5 C#5 B5
D5 F#5 B5
D5 C#5 B5
D C# B
D C# B
(sing crescendo)
D5 C#5 B5
Oh Be la
D5 C#5 B5
Be la's undead
D C# B
Oh Be la
D F# B
Be la's undead
D C# B
Be la's undead
D C# B
Oh Be la
D C# B
Be la's undead
D C# B D C# B
Oh Be la
D C# B
D C# B
D C# B
D5 F#5
Undead
D5 F#5
D5
D5 (pick scraping) F#5
Undead
(pick scraping)