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STING (Inghilterra)


They Dance Alone

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Faug4maj7     133200

Eadd6         022120

A       D       A       D       A       D       A       E7

A                  A/G#

Why are these women here,

F#m

dancing on their own?

B                                      Esus4     E

Why is there a sadness in their eyes?

A             A/G#

Why are there soldiers here,

F#m

their faces fixed like stone?

B                                       Esus4     E

Can't see what it is that they despise.

D/F#                       A

Dancing with the missing,

D/F#                     A

dancing with the dead.

D/F#                    A

Dancing with the invisible ones,

D/F#                  A

their anguish is unsaid.

G                     D

Dancing with their fathers,

G                     D

dancing with their sons, E                     Faug4maj7 dancing with their husbands. E              Faug4maj7 They dance alone.

E

They dance alone.

A       D       A       D       A       D       A       E7

A                        A/G#                   F#m

's the only form of protest they're alowed

B                                Esus4           E

Seen their silent faces, they scream so loud.

A                  A/G#

If they were to speak these words,

F#m

they'd go missing too.

B

Another woman on the torture table:

Esus4                    E

what else can they do?

D/F#                       A

Dancing with the missing,

D/F#                    A

dancing with the dead.

D/F#                  A

Dancing with the invisible ones,

D/F#                  A

their anguish is unsaid.

G                      D

Dancing with their fathers,

G                          D

dancing with their sons. E                             Faug4maj7 Dancing with their husbands. E                  Faug4maj7 They dance alone.

E

They dance alone.

A                D

One day we'll dance on their graves.

Bm               F#m

One day we'll sing our freedom.

A                D

One day we'll laugh in our joy:

Bm         Eadd6

when we'll dance.

A                D

One day we'll dance on their graves.

Bm               F#m

One day we'll sing our freedom.

A                D

One day we'll laugh in our joy: Bm         Eadd6        A  (continues through foriegn (Spanish?) bit) when we'll dance.

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

A                 A/G#

Hey Mr. Pinochet,

F#m

you've sown a bitter crop.

B

It's foreign money that supports you,

Esus4                                E

One day the money's going to stop

A                     A/G#

No wages for your torturers,

F#m

no budget for your guns.

B

You think of your own mother,

Esus4                      E

dancing with her invisible son.

D/F#                       A

Dancing with the missing,

D/F#                    A

dancing with the dead.

D/F#                  A

Dancing with the invisible ones,

D/F#                  A

their anguish is unsaid.

G                      D

Dancing with their fathers,

G                         D

dancing with their sons. E                             Faug4maj7 Dancing with their husbands. E              Faug4maj7 They dance alone.

E

They dance alone.

A                D

One day we'll dance on their graves.

Bm               F#m

One day we'll sing our freedom.

A                D

One day we'll laugh in our joy.

Bm         Emaj6

when we'll dance.

A                D

One day we'll dance on their graves.

Bm                F#m

One day we'll sing our freedom.

A                D

One day we'll laugh in our joy.

Bm         Emaj6

when we'll dance.

Then we'll dance.

We'll dance.....

[Repeated many times, fading, accompanied by similar chords to those used in the last section]

Chords used:

A            x02220

A/G#         402220

G            320003

D            xx0232

F#m          244222

Esus4        022200

Faug4maj7    133200

E            022100

B            x24442

Bm           x24432

Eadd6        022120

E7           020100