• Song:

    They Dance Alone

  • Artist:

    Sting

  • Album:

    Best Ballads

Amazing song by Sting, any comments, suggestions or even mistakes (my first tab)?
Mail: maria.laura.goedecke@googlemail.com


They dance alone - Sting

Part one:                      Part two:
e|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|------0--0-------0-------2--|------0--------------------0--------------|
G|----2--------2-------2------|--------2--------------------2------------|
D|--2------------2-------2----|--2-4--------4-0-2-----2-4--------4-0-2---|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|

A (x02220@1)           Amaj7 (x02120@1)     F#mWhy (244222@1)are these women here, dancing on their own.
B (x2444x@1)                                       A (x02220@1)EWhy (022100@1)is there this sadness in their eyes?
A (x02220@1)             Amaj7 (x02120@1)    F#mWhy (244222@1)are the soldiers here, their faces fixed like stone?
B (x2444x@1)                                 Esus (022200@1)EI (022100@1)can't see what it is that they despise.

Chorus:
F#m (244222@1)                    A (x02220@1)      F#m (244222@1)                    AThey're (x02220@1)dancing with the missing, they're dancing with the dead.
F#m (244222@1)                 A (x02220@1)           F#m (244222@1)              AThey (x02220@1)dance with the invisible ones, their anguish is unsaid.
G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)                        DThey're (xx0232@1)dancing with their fathers, they're dancing with their sons.
E (022100@1)                        dm6       E (022100@1)         dm6
They're dancing with their husbands, they dance alone.
            EThey (022100@1)dance alone.

Repeat Part two

A (x02220@1)                 Amaj7 (x02120@1)               F#mThe (244222@1)only form of protest they're allowed.
B (x2444x@1)                                A (x02220@1)       EI've (022100@1)seen their silent faces, they scream so loud. 
A (x02220@1)                         Amaj7 (x02120@1)F#mIf (244222@1)they were to speak these words, they'd go missing too.
B (x2444x@1)                                 Esus (022200@1)             EAnother (022100@1)woman on the torture table, what else can they do?

Chorus

Chorus 2:
A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)                    Bm (x24432@1)          F#mOne (244222@1)day we'll dance on their graves, one day we'll sing our freedom.
A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)               Bm (x24432@1)      F#mOne (244222@1)day we'll laugh in our joy. And we'll dance.
A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)                    Bm (x24432@1)          F#mOne (244222@1)day we'll dance on their graves, one day we'll sing our freedom.
A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)               Bm (x24432@1)      F#mOne (244222@1)day we'll laugh in our joy. And we'll dance.


A (x02220@1)        Amaj7 (x02120@1)   F#mHey (244222@1)Mister Pinochet, you've sown a bitter crop. 
B (x2444x@1)                                   A (x02220@1)                 EIt's (022100@1)foreign money that supports you, one day the money's going to stop.
A (x02220@1)               Amaj7 (x02120@1)   F#mNo (244222@1)wages for your tortures, no budget for your guns.
B (x2444x@1)                       Esus (022200@1)             EYou (022100@1)think of your mother, dancing with her invisible son.


Chorus + Chorus 2


          Amaj7 (x02120@1)          F#mAnd (244222@1)we'll dance, and we'll dance
          Bm (x24432@1)             AAnd (x02220@1)we'll dance, and we'll dance 

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