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Lady Gaga – The Dead Dance Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are The Dead Dance chords by Lady Gaga on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Am Bm7 Am Bm7

[Verse 1]
Am                        
 Like the words of a song, 
            Am  Bm7
I hear you call
Am                      
 Like a thief in my head,
           Am Bm7
 you criminal
Am                    
 You stole my thoughts 
           Am          Bm7
before I dreamed them
Am                      
 And you killed my queen 
               Am  Bm7
with just one pawn

[Pre-Chorus]
         Fmaj7  D      Am   C
This goodbye is no surprise
         Fmaj7     D        Am
This goodbye won't make me cry

[Chorus]
Yeah, I'll keep on dancin'
           F
 until I'm dead
                  D    
Dancin' until I'm dead,
                       Am
 I'm dancin' until I'm dead
      C                   
Yeah, I'll keep on dancin'
           F     D
 until I'm dead (Dead)
                     Am
I'll dance until I'm dead
 (Dead, dead, dead, dead)
'Cause when you killed me 
   F                        D
inside, that's when I came alive
                         Am 
Yeah, the music's gonna bring
               C
 me back from death
                      F     D
I'm dancin' until I'm dead (Dead)
                     Am  
I'll dance until I'm dead 
                    C
(Dead, dead, dead, dead)

[Verse 2]
Am                        
 You've created a creature
        Am
 of the night
Am                        
 Now I'm haunting your air, 
                  Am
your soul, your eyes

[Pre-Chorus]
         Fmaj7  D      Am
This goodbye is no surprise
 (Is no surprise)
         Fmaj7     D   
This goodbye won't make
     Am
 me cry

[Chorus]
Yeah, I'll keep on dancin'
            F
 until I'm dead
                  D   
Dancin' until I'm dead,
                        Am
 I'm dancin' until I'm dead
      C                  
Yeah, I'll keep on dancin' 
            F     D
until I'm dead (Dead)
                     Am
I'll dance until I'm dead 
(Dead, dead, dead, dead)
                             F  
'Cause when you killed me inside,
                      D
 that's when I came alive
                         Am  
Yeah, the music's gonna bring
              C
 me back from death
                      F     D
I'm dancin' until I'm dead (Dead)
                     Am 
I'll dance until I'm dead
                     C
 (Dead, dead, dead, dead)

[Bridge]
F                   D
 Do the dead dance (Dead)
    Am   C
The dead dance
F                   D
 Do the dead dance (Dead)
    Am    C
The dead dance
F                   D
 Do the dead dance (Dead)
    Am   Em
The dead dance
F                   D
 Do the dead dance (Dead)
Am                    C   
 But l'm alive on the dance floor

[Chorus]
Yeah, I'll keep on dancin'
            F
 until I'm dead
                  D   
Dancin' until I'm dead,
                        Am
 I'm dancin' until I'm dead
      C                  
Yeah, I'll keep on dancin' 
            F     D
until I'm dead (Dead)
                     Am
I'll dance until I'm dead 
(Dead, dead, dead, dead)
                             F  
'Cause when you killed me inside,
                      D
 that's when I came alive
                         Am  
Yeah, the music's gonna bring
              C
 me back from death
                      F     D
I'm dancin' until I'm dead (Dead)
                     Am 
I'll dance until I'm dead
                     C
 (Dead, dead, dead, dead)

[Outro]
F                   D    Am
 (Dead, dead, dead, dead)

Watch: Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance (Official Music Video)

From LadyGagaVEVO on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play The Dead Dance: key, chords and progression

The Dead Dance by Lady Gaga is centred on A minor (no sharps or flats). The song uses 7 chords: Am, Bm7, Fmaj7, D, C, F and Em.

Listen for F – D – Am – C (VI – IV – i – III in A minor): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Bm7 and F are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.