Dead Mans Dance Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays440

Dead Mans Dance by Bradford Loomis is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Am, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: G|C|G|C|G|Am 

G          C                G       C          G                 Am 
O my love, when my days are done, and my bones have been put to rest 
C               G          Am        Em     D               G 
When my graven stone has found its home, may you not be bereft 
G                            C           Em    
Don't waste your prayers on a wretch like me 
G               C              Am 
My hearts been giv'n to wandering 
C                     G      Am            Em   D                   G 
All the things I've done since the war begun, I could never be free 
G C Em Am 
Ooh 
G C Em Am 
Ooh 
G           C        Em           D       G 
Wait my beleagured love brings hope don't set that stone 
G               C        Em             D                 G 
Though you feel meager, your heart may roam but mine will be your home 
G              C      Em             D         G  
Wake, O you sleeper there is still hope roll away that stone 
G              C      Em             D         G 
Wake, O you sleeper there is still hope roll away that stone 

G            C          Em               D       G 
Come on up, rise on up, get out of that grave my Lazarus 
G            C          Em               D          G 
Come on up, rise on up, get out of that grave sweet Lazarus 

               G                         C 
Go on get up Lazarus go on get out the grave 
               Em         D              G       
Oh you ain't never seen nothing like a dead man dance 

G C Em Am 
Ahh 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante