Intro: Bm Em B
verse 1
Em
Hello
D
Pardon me if I forget your name
C
But not every hollow is sleepy, is this one?
B
The heads loll just the same
verse 2
Em
Oh lord
D
Just like the slough uptown
C
Parade through the ballrooms
B*
Decay in your costumes and dance
C
Until the lights go down
D C
Until the lights go down
D C
Until the lights go down
D C
Until the lights go down
D B
Dance till the lights go down
verse 3
Em
Come now
D
Is that any way to talk to me?
C
Corrupting the young with your uncivil tongue
B
What a shame if you misspeak now
verse 4
Em
Somehow
D
Danced 'til the lights go down
C
It's curtains for you, jump the back of the queue
B C
And they'll break our necks like we do when the lights go down
D C
Until the lights go down
D C
Until the lights go down
D C
Dance till the lights go down
D
(Down, down)
Bridge
Em C B C
Shake like you shake when you shake with me, goes down
Em D C B
Verse 5
Em
Oh no, what have we here?
D
Oh no, the thief of the year!
C
Steal every heart from the boys that you're touching
B*
And dance
C
Until the lights go down
D C
Until the lights go down
D C
Dance 'til the lights go down
D C
Until the lights go down
D
Dance 'til the lights go
Em
Oh no, what have we here?
(Until the lights go down)
D
Oh no, the thief of the year
(Until the lights go down)
C
Steal every heart from the boys that you're touching
B
And dance
C
Until the lights go down