Leonard Cohen, Dance Me To The End Of Love (1984)
Key: :[Cm] (w: Leonard Cohen) (Madeleine Peyroux, 2004)
INTRO:
[Cm] la la, la la la la;
[Gm] la la, la la la la
[D7] la la, la la la la,
[Gm] la
REPEAT INTRO:
VERSE 1:
[Cm] Dance me to your beauty with a
[Gm] burning violin
[Cm] Dance me through the panic 'til I'm
[Gm] gathered safely in
[Cm] Lift me like an olive branch and
[Gm] be my homeward dove
[D7] Dance me to the end of
[Gm] love
[D7] Dance me to the end of
[Gm] love
VERSE 2:
Oh
[Cm] let me see your beauty when the
[Gm] witnesses are gone
[Cm] Let me feel you moving like they
[Gm] do in Babylon
[Cm] Show me slowly what I only
[Gm] know the limits of
[D7] Dance me to the end of
[Gm] love
[D7] Dance me to the end of
[Gm] love
BREAK: [F] [Gm] [F] [Gm]
VERSE 3:
[Cm] Dance me to the wedding now,
[Gm] dance me on and on
[Cm] Dance me very tenderly and
[Gm] dance me very long
[Cm] We're both of us beneath our love, we're
[Gm] both of us above
[D7] Dance me to the end of
[Gm] love
[D7] Dance me to the end of
[Gm] love
VERSE 4:
[Cm] Dance me to the children who are
[Gm] asking to be born
[Cm] Dance me through the curtains that our
[Gm] kisses have out-worn
[Cm] Raise a tent of shelter now, though
[Gm] every thread is torn
[D7] Dance me to the end of
[Gm] love
BREAK: [F] [Gm] [F] [Gm]
REPEAT INTRO: [x2]
VERSE 5:
[Cm] Dance me to your beauty with a
[Gm] burning violin
[Cm] Dance me through the panic till I'm
[Gm] gathered safely in
[Cm] Touch me with your naked hand or
[Gm] touch me with your glove
[D7] Dance me to the end of
[Gm] love
[D7] Dance me to the end of
[Gm] love
OUTRO: [D7] Dance me to the end of
[Gm] love
