The Dead Waltz Chords & Tabs
Radical Face
The Dead Waltz
Capo 1
All chords relative to Capo. Notes for Intro and Bridge not relative to Capo.
I think it's less confusing that way.
Chords Used
E|-3-| |-5-| |-7-| |-3-| |-7-| |-5-|
B|-3-| |-5-| |-7-| |-5-| |-8-| |-7-|
G|-4-| |-6-| |-7-| |-5-| |-9-| |-7-|
D|-5-| |-7-| |-5-| |-5-| |-9-| |-7-|
A|-5-| |-7-| |-5-| |-3-| |-7-| |-5-|
E|-3-| |-5-| |-7-| |-3-| |-7-| |-5-|
G A Bm C Em D
or
E|-3-| |-0-| |-2-| |-0-| |-0-| |-3-|
B|-0-| |-2-| |-3-| |-1-| |-0-| |-2-|
G|-0-| |-2-| |-4-| |-0-| |-0-| |-3-|
D|-0-| |-2-| |-4-| |-2-| |-2-| |-0-|
A|-2-| |-0-| |-2-| |-3-| |-2-| |-0-|
E|-3-| |---| |-2-| |-3-| |-0-| |---|
G A Bm C Em D
I like using bar chords version of the chords for G, A, and Bm. I think it
sounds better and it's easier to switch quickly between them that way, but
you can use the non-barred versions of those chords if you want. Doesn't
really matter.
INTRO
Guitar I
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|-8----------------------------------|-8----------------------------------|
B|-------9-----8----------------------|-------9-----8----------------------|
G|-------------------8----------------|-------------------8-----------7----|
D|-------------------------10\---6----|-------------------------10---------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------------------------------|-------------------------8-----6----|
B|-------8-----6-----------8-----6----|-------8-----6----------------------|
G|-8-----------------8----------------|-8-----------------8----------------|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|-8----------------------------------|-8----------------------------------|
B|-------9-----8----------------------|-------9-----8----------------------|
G|-------------------8----------------|-------------------8-----------7----|
D|-------------------------10\---6----|-------------------------10---------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-------8-----6-----------8-----6----|-------8-----6----------------------|
G|-8-----------------8----------------|-8----------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|-------------------8----------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
G Am
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|-------3-----3-----------3-----3----|-------3-----3-----------5-----5----|
B|-------3-----3-----------3-----3----|-------3-----3-----------5-----5----|
G|-------4-----4-----------4-----4----|-------4-----4-----------6-----6----|
D|-------5-----5-----------5-----5----|-------5-----5-----------7-----7----|
A|-------5-----5-----------5-----5----|-------5-----5-----------7-----7----|
E|-3-----------------3----------------|-3-----------------5----------------|
Bm Am
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|-------7-----7-----------7-----7----|-------7-----7----------------------|
B|-------7-----7-----------7-----7----|-------7-----7----------------------|
G|-------7-----7-----------7-----7----|-------7-----7----------------------|
D|-------9-----9-----------9-----9----|-------9-----9----------------------|
A|-------9-----9-----------9-----9----|-------9-----9----------------------|
E|-7-----------------7----------------|-7----------------\5----------------|
VERSE
upstrokes marked with ^
downstrokes marked with v
(basic strumming pattern for about the first half of the song)
G v v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v ^
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|-------3-----3--3--------3-----3--3-|-------3-----3--3--------3-----3--3-|
B|-------3-----3--3--------3-----3--3-|-------3-----3--3--------3-----3--3-|
G|-------4-----4-(4)-------4-----4-(4)|-------4-----4-(4)-------4-----4-(4)|
D|-------5-----5-----------5-----5----|-------5-----5-----------5-----5----|
A|-------5-----5-----------5-----5----|-------5-----5-----------5-----5----|
E|-3-----------------3----------------|-3-----------------3----------------|
G
I saw your daughter yesterday
A Bm
as I was idle on the porch
A G
she slept-walked from your house down the walkway
A Bm
as though she'd done it all before
A G
and the moon was out
Interlude:
A Bm A G A Bm A G
and in her gown beside the riverbed
A Bm
she got down on her knees
A G
and wrapped her long hair up in vines, and leaves, and branches
A Bm
and with the wind beneath her feet
A
oh, she waltzed with the dead
Interlude:
C Em D C Em
(Piano part) and everything was….
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|-13---------------------------------|
B|-------13---------------------------|
G|-------------13\---10---------------|
D|-------------------------10---------|
A|-------------------------------11---|
E|------------------------------------|
D
bathed
C Em
in light white as milk
(when changing from Em to G in this verse, do this)
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|-0--------0--0--0-------------------|-3----------------------------------|
B|-0--------0--0--0-------------------|-0----------------------------------|
G|-0--------0--0--0-------------------|-0----------------------------------|
D|-2--------2--2--2-------------------|-0----------------------------------|
A|-2-----------2--2--2-----0----------|-2----------------------------------|
E|-0-----------0-----------------3----|-3----------------------------------|
G
as the impossible began
D C
she danced across the water's edge
Em G
but her feet, they didn't sink
D C Em D G
as though she flew
(optional guitar part. i wanted to include the vocal melody in the guitar
because it sounds cool, but it's kind of hard to play smoothly and it's not
really necessary if you're singing)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/radical_face/the_dead_waltz_tab.html ]
she flew……
D C
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|-2--------2--2--2--3-----0-----2--3-|-3--------3--3--3--3-----0-----3--5/|
B|-3--------3--3--3--2-----2-----3----|-1--------1--1--1--1-----1-----1----|
G|-2--------2--2--2--3-----3-----3----|-0--------0--0--0--0-----0-----0----|
D|-0-----------------0----------------|-2-----------------2----------------|
A|-0-----------------0----------------|-3-----------------3----------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Em D
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|-7--------7--7--7--7-----5\----3/-5-|-5--------5--5--5--5-----5\----3----|
B|-8--------8--8--8--8----------------|-7--------7--7--7--7----------------|
G|-9--------9--9--9--9----------------|-7--------7--7--7--7----------------|
D|-9-----------------9----------------|-7-----------------7----------------|
A|-7-----------------7----------------|-5-----------------5----------------|
E|-7-----------------7----------------|-5-----------------5----------------|
(if you do all the sliding parts with your 1st finger it makes it a little
easier)
G (hold for a long time)
piano part
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|-8----------------------------------|-8----------------------------------|
B|-------9-----8----------------------|-------9-----8----------------------|
G|-------------------8----------------|-------------------8----------------|
D|-------------------------10\---6----|-------------------------10\---6----|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------| x3
and then
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|-8----------------------------------|-8----------------------------------|
B|-------9-----8----------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------8----------------|------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------10\---6----|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
pause.
Guitar I
Bm A
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------8-----8-----------8-----8----|-------7-----7-----------7-----7----|
D|----10----10----10-----10---10----10|----10----10----10----10----10----10|
A|-10----------------10---------------|-10----------------10---------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------5-----5-----------5-----5----|-------3-----3-----------3----------|
D|----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-|----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-|
A|-6-----------------6----------------|-6-----------------6-----------6----|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------| x3
Guitar II
(piano accompaniment)
Bm A
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|-------------11----10----8----------|-------------10----8----------------|
B|-------11----------------------11---|-------11----------------11----11---|
G|----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-|----12----12----12----12----12----12|
D|-10---------------------------------|-12---------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|-------------8----------------------|-------------------8-----10----10---|
B|-------9-----------11----9-----9----|-------9-----11---------------------|
G|----12---12-----12----12----12----12|----12----12----12----12----12----12|
D|-10---------------------------------|-10---------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------| x2
I ran out in the water with a lantern in my hand I was
Bm A
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------8-----8-----------8-----8----|-------7-----7-----------7-----7----|
D|----10----10----10-----10---10----10|----10----10----10----10----10----10|
A|-10----------------10---------------|-10----------------10---------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
waste deep and shivering took her wrist and walked her in
G
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------5-----5-----------5-----5----|-------3-----3-----------3----------|
D|----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-|----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-|
A|-6-----------------6----------------|-6-----------------6-----------6----|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
I was loathe to interrupt her but i had to get her home if
Bm A
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------8-----8-----------8-----8----|-------7-----7-----------7-----7----|
D|----10----10----10-----10---10----10|----10----10----10----10----10----10|
A|-10----------------10---------------|-10----------------10---------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
people were to see this they'd gather up, raise hell and burn her alive
G
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------5-----5-----------5-----5----|-------3-----3-----------3----------|
D|----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-|----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-|
A|-6-----------------6----------------|-6-----------------6-----------6----|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
(here i would use bar chords, it gives it a more full sound)
D A G D A G D A G
G A G
don't you mind, don't you mind
A
she'll be fine
G A
tie a bell around her ankle
G A
before she lays down at night
G A
and the sound of her footsteps
G A
will wake me in time
G A
don't you mind, don't you mind
G
I'll watch over her
A D
as though she were mine
END
