The Dead Waltz Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][A][Bm][D][G]
[A][Bm][F#m][D]
[G]

[Verse 1]
I saw your daughter [G]yesterday
As I was [A]idle on [Bm]the porch
She [D]slept-walked from [G]from your house
down the walkway
As though she'd [A]done it all before
[Bm]And the moon[D] was out[G]

[Interlude 1]
[G][A][Bm]
[F#m][D][G][A][Bm]
[F#m][G]

[Verse 2]
And in her gown beside [G]the riverbed
She [A]got down on [Bm]her knees
And wrapped her long [A]hair [D]up in [G]vines
And leaves, and branches and with
the wind [A]beneath [Bm]her feet
Oh, [D]she waltzed with [C]the dead

[Interlude 2]
[Em][D][C]
[Em]

[Verse 3]
And everything was [D]bathed
In [C]light [G]white [Em]as milk
As the impossible [G]began
She danced across the [D]water's [C]edge
But [Em]her feet, they didn't [G]sink
as though she [D]flew
[C][Em][D]

[Verse 4]
[G]
[D]I[F#m][Em][F#m][Bm][F#sus4][F#m][G]
[D][G][Bm]
[F#m][G][Bm][F#m]
[G]ran out[Bm] in the water
With a [F#m]lantern in my hand
I was [G]waste deep and shivering
I took her wrist and walked her in
I was loathe to [Bm]interrupt her
But I had to [F#m]get her home
If [G]people were to see this
They'd gather up, raise hell and burn [D]her [G]alive
[D]

[Interlude 3]
[A][G][D][A]
[G][D][A][G]

[Verse 5]
Don't you mind, don't you [G]mind,
she'll be fine
Tie a bell around her ankle
Before she lays down at night
And the sound of her footsteps
Will wake me in time
Don't you mind, don't you mind
I'll watch over her
As though she were mine