Orleans - Dance With Me Chords & Tabs

Orleans - Dance With Me
Tabbed by Baddguitar

INTRO
  D                          G
|-0--2--2----|---------------|----------|---------------|
|-2--3--3----|-5-7-8-7-5-3-2-|-2-3-3----|-2-3-5-3-2-0---|
|-2--2--2----|-6-7-9-7-6-4-2-|-2-4-4----|-2-4-6-4-2-0-2-|
|-0--0--0----|---------------|-0-0-0----|-------------4-|
|------------|---------------|-x-x-x----|---------------|
|------------|---------------|-3-3-3----|---------------|

 Em           A            D
|-----------|------------|-0-2-2--|---3---3---3------|
|-0---------|------0-3-5-|-2-3-3--|---2---2---2------|
|-0-2-2-0---|-0--2-0-4-6-|-2-2-2--|---3---3---3------|
|-2-4-4-2-4-|-2--4-------|-0-0-0--|-0----------------|
|-2---------|------------|--------|-----4---2----0---|
|-0---------|------------|--------|------------------|


During the chorus and verse, you can opt to:
a) Do the above while singing
b) Just strum the chords below
c) Play the chords with some of the melody included (see bottom of tab)


Chorus
D
Dance with me I want to be your partner
G
Can't you see the music is just starting
Em                   A
Night is falling and I am falling
D
Dance with me

Verse
D
Fantasy could never be so killing
  G
I feel free I hope that you are willing
Em                   A
Pick the beat up and kick your feet up
D
Dance with me

BRIDGE
Gmaj7              A
Let it lift up you off the ground
Gmaj7           Esus4          E
Starry eyes and love is all around us
G              A         A#dim7  Bm
I can take you where you want to go
Gmaj7   A6     A 
Oh      oh  -  oh

(Chorus)

(Instrumental Chorus)

BRIDGE

(CHORUS)

Outro
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/orleans/dance_with_me_tab.html ]
[repeat three times]
  D              G                
|-0--2--2---0--|-3---0-2-3-2-0---|
|-2--3--3---2--|-3-3-----------3-|
|-2--2--2---2--|-0---------------|
|-0--0--0---0--|-0---------------|
|--------------|-2---------------|
|--------------|-3---------------|

then...
                               G  A  D  
|------------------------------3--0--2--|
|---3-2-0----------------------0--2--3--|
|---------2-0------------------0--2--2--|
|-------------4-2-0------------0--2--0--|
|---------------------4--2--0--2--0-----|
|------------------------------3--------|


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Variations:

Videos or Orleans show them playing the main riff at the 5th fret:

INTRO
  D                          G
|-5--5--5----|---------------|----------|---------------|
|-5--7--7----|-5-7-8-7-5-3-2-|-2-3-3----|-2-3-5-3-2-0---|
|-6--7--7----|-6-7-9-7-6-4-2-|-2-4-4----|-2-4-6-4-2-0-2-|
|-0--0--0----|---------------|-0-0-0----|-------------4-|
|------------|---------------|-x-x-x----|---------------|
|------------|---------------|-3-3-3----|---------------|

Sounds great if you can do it.


You may choose to strum the chords and play some melody with it.  
It may look something like this:

  D                          G
|-0--2--2----|-0-2-3-2-0-----|----------|-----0---------|
|-2--3--3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-2-3-3----|-2-3---3-2-0---|
|-2--2--2----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-4-4----|-------------2-|
|-0--0--0----|---------------|-0-0-0----|---------------|
|------------|---------------|----------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|----------|---------------|

 Em           A            D
|-----------|------------|-0-2-2--|---3---3---3------|
|-0-0-0-0---|------0-3-5-|-2-3-3--|---2---2---2------|
|-0-2-2-0---|-0--2-0-4-6-|-2-2-2--|---3---3---3------|
|-2-4-4-2-4-|-2--4-------|-0-0-0--|-0----------------|
|-2---------|------------|--------|-----4---2----0---|
|-0---------|------------|--------|------------------|

Just make it your own and have fun with it.