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They Dance Alone

Sting
Chords & TabKeyAadvanced
★4.7(12)

Chords in this song16

Chords

Amaj7 x 0 6 6 5 0 or x 0 2 1 2 0
Asus2/F# 2 x 2 2 0 x
Asus2 x 0 2 2 0 x
Dm6 x 5 7 4 6 x or x x 0 2 0 1
D5 x x 0 2 3 x
F#m/A x 0 4 2 2 0
A6 x 0 2 2 2 2

Intro

e|--------------------------------------|
B|-----0--------------------------------|
G|--------2---2---2---------2---2---2---|
D|--2h4-------2---2---4-0---2---2---2---|  x2
A|--0---------0---0---0-----0---0---0---|
E|--------------------------------------|

Verse 1

Why are these women here,
dancing on their own?
Why is there a sadness in their eyes? 
Why are there soldiers here,
their faces fixed like stone?
I can't see what it is that they despise. 

Chorus

Dancing with the missing,
dancing with the dead.
They dance with the invisible ones,
their anguish is unsaid.
Dancing with their fathers,
dancing with their sons,
dancing with their husbands.
They dance alone. They dance alone.

Interlude

e|--------------------------------------|
B|-----0--------------------------------|
G|--------2---2---2---------2---2---2---|
D|--2h4-------2---2---4-0---2---2---2---|  x2
A|--0---------0---0---0-----0---0---0---|
E|--------------------------------------|

Verse 2

The only form of protest they're alowed 
I've seen their silent faces, they scream so loud.
If they were to speak these words,
they'd go missing too.
Another woman on the torture table, what else can they do?

Chorus

Dancing with the missing,
dancing with the dead.
They dance with the invisible ones,
their anguish is unsaid.
Dancing with their fathers,
dancing with their sons,
dancing with their husbands.
They dance alone. They dance alone.

Post-Chorus

One day we'll dance on their graves.
One day we'll sing our freedom.
One day we'll laugh in our joy. And we'll dance.
One day we'll dance on their graves.
One day we'll sing our freedom.
One day we'll laugh in our joy. And we'll dance.

Bridge Spoken

Ellas danzan con los desaparecidos
Ellas danzan con los muertos
Danzan con amores invisibles,con silenciosa angistia
Danzan con sus padres, con sus hijos
Con sus esposos
Ellas danzan solas
Danzan solas

Verse 3

Hey Mr. Pinochet,
you've sown a bitter crop.
It's foreign money that supports you, one day the money's going to stop.
No wages for your torturers,
no budget for your guns.
You think of your own mother, dancing with her invisible son.

Chorus

Dancing with the missing,
dancing with the dead.
They dance with the invisible ones,
their anguish is unsaid.
Dancing with their fathers,
dancing with their sons,
dancing with their husbands.
They dance alone. They dance alone.

Post-Chorus

One day we'll dance on their graves.
One day we'll sing our freedom.
One day we'll laugh in our joy. And we'll dance.
One day we'll dance on their graves.
One day we'll sing our freedom.
One day we'll laugh in our joy. And we'll dance.

Outro

And we’ll dance (repeat with fade out)
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