They Dance Alone

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They Dance Alone – Sting
Amazing song by Sting, any comments, suggestions or even mistakes (my first tab)?
Mail: maria.laura.goedecke@googlemail.com
[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 Amaj7 F#m
Why are these women here, dancing on their own.
B A E
Why is there this sadness in their eyes?
A Amaj7 F#m
Why are the soldiers here, their faces fixed like stone?
B Esus E
I can’t see what it is that they despise.
[Chorus]
F#m A F#m A
Dancing with the missing, dancing with the dead.
F#m A F#m A
They dance with the invisible ones, their anguish is unsaid.
G D G D
Dancing with their fathers, dancing with their sons.
E Dm6 E Dm6
Dancing with their husbands, they dance alone.
E
They dance alone.
[Part Two]
A Amaj7 F#m
The only form of protest they’re allowed.
B A E
I’ve seen their silent faces, they scream so loud.
A Amaj7 F#m
If they were to speak these words, they’d go missing too.
B Esus E
Another woman on the torture table, what else can they do?
[Chorus]
F#m A F#m A
Dancing with the missing, Dancing with the dead.
F#m A F#m A
They dance with the invisible ones, their anguish is unsaid.
G D G D
Dancing with their fathers, dancing with their sons.
E Dm6 E Dm6
Dancing with their husbands, they dance alone.
E
They dance alone.
[Chorus 2]
A D Bm F#m
One day we’ll dance on their graves, one day we’ll sing our freedom.
A D Bm F#m
One day we’ll laugh in our joy. And we’ll dance.
A D Bm F#m
One day we’ll dance on their graves, one day we’ll sing our freedom.
A D Bm F#m
One day we’ll laugh in our joy. And we’ll dance.
[Part Three]
A D
Ellas danzan con los desaparecidos, danzan con los muertos
Bm F#m
Danzan con amores invisibles, con silenciosa angustia
A D
Danzan con sus padres, con sus hijos
Bm F#m
Con sus esposos, ellas danzan solas, danzan solas
[Part Four]
A Amaj7 F#m
Hey Mister Pinochet, you’ve sown a bitter crop.
B A E
It’s foreign money that supports you, one day the money’s going to stop.
A Amaj7 F#m
No wages for your tortures, no budget for your guns.
B Esus E
You think of your mother, dancing with her invisible son.
[Chorus]
F#m A F#m A
Dancing with the missing, Dancing with the dead.
F#m A F#m A
They dance with the invisible ones, their anguish is unsaid.
G D G D
Dancing with their fathers, dancing with their sons.
E Dm6 E Dm6
Dancing with their husbands, they dance alone.
E
They dance alone.
[Chorus 2]
A D Bm F#m
One day we’ll dance on their graves, one day we’ll sing our freedom.
A D Bm F#m
One day we’ll laugh in our joy. And we’ll dance.
A D Bm F#m
One day we’ll dance on their graves, one day we’ll sing our freedom.
A D Bm F#m
One day we’ll laugh in our joy. And we’ll dance.
Amaj7 F#m
And we’ll dance, and we’ll dance
Bm A
And we’ll dance, and we’ll dance

They Dance Alone chords and lyrics

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They Dance Alone – Sting
Amazing song by Sting, any comments, suggestions or even mistakes (my first tab)?
Mail: maria.laura.goedecke@googlemail.com
[Chorus]
[Part Two]
[Chorus]
[Chorus 2]
[Part Three]
[Part Four]
[Chorus]
[Chorus 2]

They Dance Alone Chords by Sting

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