Dancing To The Devil's Beat chords by Strawbs
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Verse 1
(E minor) Cousins
The baker told the blind man
I've been watching you for weeks
Smiling when you cross the road.
Verse 2
The blind (E minor) man to his credit
Was both generous and kind
He never heard the bomb explode.
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Verse 3
They found (E minor) his wounded wallet
Hanging from the banker's sign
His white stick was a
(B major) crumpled (E minor) mess.
Verse 4
Remains (E minor) of him were vaporised
Apart from one big fist
The banker never did confess.
(A minor) He sailed
Verse 5
into the sunrise
With a crw of lady boys
Howling like a dog on heat.
Verse 6
Money (B minor) is the root of evil
Join him on the deck
(E minor) Dancing to the (A minor) devil's beat.
Interlude 1
(A minor) (E minor)
Verse 7
The Minister (E minor) for Pleasure
With a flick of his own wrist
Tossed a story to the waiting press.
Verse 8
In truth (E minor) we are determined
He said through gritted teeth
Government is handing the mess.
Verse 9
The press (E minor) reported little
There was little to report
Sickness spreading through the ranks.
Verse 10
Disease (E minor) was not contagious
It paralysed the tongue
The banker spat at them
with thanks. (A minor)
Verse 11
The blind (A minor) man showed remorse
With his bent and twisted stick
Wading in the blood around his feet.
Verse 12
The Min (B minor) ister for Pleasure
Was first up on the floor
(E minor) Dancing to the (A minor) devil's beat. (E minor)
Interlude 2
(A minor)
(E minor) (B major) (E minor) (A minor) (E minor)
(A minor)
(E minor) A lean
Verse 13
and hungry colleague
Asked me just the other day
'Who are you to criticize (D major) excess?'.
Verse 14
I told (E minor) him to his face
He was hiding in a bubble
Living out the dream of his success.
Verse 15
Without (E minor) his old white stick
(B major) He was walk (E minor) ing the plank
Pirates to his left and right.
Verse 16
While (E minor) his heavy burden
Had been lifted for a while
His pot of gold was out of sight.
(A minor) No
Verse 17
one gives him space
In these twisted tangled times
(E minor) Con tempt (A minor) they say is bitter sweet.
Verse 18
You (B minor) will always find him
Seething in the shadows
(B major) Dan (E minor) cing to the devil's beat.
Outro 1
(E minor) (B major) (A major)
(A minor) (A major) (E minor)
(B minor) (E minor) (E minor) (A minor) (E minor)
(E minor)
Dancing To The Devil's Beat
Strawbs
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