Chords for Captain Beefheart - Dachau Blues
Tempo:
140.25 bpm
Chords used:
E
C
D
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Dachau [C#m] Blues, those [B] poor Jews.
[G#] Dachau [D] Blues, those [C#m] poor Jews.
Dachau Blues, [F#] Dachau Blues, those [G#] poor [C#m] Jews.
Still crying [D] about the burning back of the railroad [C] blues.
One [C#] mad band, six million [Am] blues, [A#] down [A] in Dachau.
[C] The world [Bm] can't forget that misery,
[C] and the young ones now begging the old ones, please,
to stop being mad men, for they have to tell their [G] children
about the [E] burnings back at World War [F#] III.
[E]
[Bm]
[Am]
[E]
[D] [Em] Ball one, with [E] balls and hot and bloody snow,
wall two, rain, death and [Em] showers of skeletons,
[E] dancing and screaming, and [A] [E] dying
[A] in the ovens.
Carving smoke, and dying by the dozens, down [Dm] in Dachau.
[C] Down in Dachau.
[Dm]
[Em] Three little children [D#] with doves on their [Gm] shoulders,
the high [C] road back in ecstasy,
[D] crying, [Em] please old man, stop this misery.
[Am] They're counting out the devil with two fingers on their [A] hands,
begging the Lord, don't [C] let the [E] sun run [C] down on [F#] World War [G] III.
On [A#] World War III.
[E]
[G] It attracted a lot of rats, and they closed the doors,
and they all got shot at, got shot by rats.
Nothing happened, they couldn't get the rats to move, see.
So they got one fella down there, he said, he stammered,
he couldn't talk at all, see.
They got him down there, and the wall said, I'll get him out of there,
and he took a stick and beat them, trying to get them out of there.
They started shooting from all directions.
[G#] Dachau [D] Blues, those [C#m] poor Jews.
Dachau Blues, [F#] Dachau Blues, those [G#] poor [C#m] Jews.
Still crying [D] about the burning back of the railroad [C] blues.
One [C#] mad band, six million [Am] blues, [A#] down [A] in Dachau.
[C] The world [Bm] can't forget that misery,
[C] and the young ones now begging the old ones, please,
to stop being mad men, for they have to tell their [G] children
about the [E] burnings back at World War [F#] III.
[E]
[Bm]
[Am]
[E]
[D] [Em] Ball one, with [E] balls and hot and bloody snow,
wall two, rain, death and [Em] showers of skeletons,
[E] dancing and screaming, and [A] [E] dying
[A] in the ovens.
Carving smoke, and dying by the dozens, down [Dm] in Dachau.
[C] Down in Dachau.
[Dm]
[Em] Three little children [D#] with doves on their [Gm] shoulders,
the high [C] road back in ecstasy,
[D] crying, [Em] please old man, stop this misery.
[Am] They're counting out the devil with two fingers on their [A] hands,
begging the Lord, don't [C] let the [E] sun run [C] down on [F#] World War [G] III.
On [A#] World War III.
[E]
[G] It attracted a lot of rats, and they closed the doors,
and they all got shot at, got shot by rats.
Nothing happened, they couldn't get the rats to move, see.
So they got one fella down there, he said, he stammered,
he couldn't talk at all, see.
They got him down there, and the wall said, I'll get him out of there,
and he took a stick and beat them, trying to get them out of there.
They started shooting from all directions.
Key:
E
C
D
A
Em
E
C
D
_ Dachau [C#m] Blues, those [B] poor Jews.
[G#] _ Dachau [D] Blues, those [C#m] poor Jews.
_ Dachau Blues, [F#] Dachau Blues, those [G#] poor [C#m] Jews.
Still crying [D] about the burning back of the railroad [C] blues.
One [C#] mad band, six million [Am] blues, _ _ _ _ [A#] down [A] in Dachau.
[C] _ The world [Bm] can't forget that misery,
[C] and the young ones now begging the old ones, please,
_ to stop being mad men, for they have to tell their [G] children
about the [E] burnings back at World War [F#] III.
[E] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ Ball one, with [E] balls and hot and bloody snow,
wall two, rain, death and [Em] showers of skeletons,
[E] dancing and screaming, and [A] _ [E] dying _
[A] in the ovens.
Carving smoke, and dying by the dozens, down [Dm] in Dachau. _
_ [C] Down in Dachau.
[Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ Three little children [D#] with doves on their [Gm] shoulders,
the high [C] road back in ecstasy,
[D] _ crying, [Em] please old man, stop this misery.
_ _ [Am] They're counting out the devil with two fingers on their [A] hands,
begging the Lord, don't [C] let the [E] sun run [C] down on [F#] World War [G] III. _
_ _ _ _ On [A#] World War III.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ It attracted a lot of rats, and they closed the doors,
and they all got shot at, got shot by rats.
Nothing happened, they couldn't get the rats to move, see.
So they got one fella down there, he said, _ _ he _ _ stammered,
he couldn't talk at all, see.
They got him down there, and the wall said, I'll get him out of there,
and he took a stick and beat them, trying to get them out of there.
They started shooting from all directions.
[G#] _ Dachau [D] Blues, those [C#m] poor Jews.
_ Dachau Blues, [F#] Dachau Blues, those [G#] poor [C#m] Jews.
Still crying [D] about the burning back of the railroad [C] blues.
One [C#] mad band, six million [Am] blues, _ _ _ _ [A#] down [A] in Dachau.
[C] _ The world [Bm] can't forget that misery,
[C] and the young ones now begging the old ones, please,
_ to stop being mad men, for they have to tell their [G] children
about the [E] burnings back at World War [F#] III.
[E] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ Ball one, with [E] balls and hot and bloody snow,
wall two, rain, death and [Em] showers of skeletons,
[E] dancing and screaming, and [A] _ [E] dying _
[A] in the ovens.
Carving smoke, and dying by the dozens, down [Dm] in Dachau. _
_ [C] Down in Dachau.
[Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ Three little children [D#] with doves on their [Gm] shoulders,
the high [C] road back in ecstasy,
[D] _ crying, [Em] please old man, stop this misery.
_ _ [Am] They're counting out the devil with two fingers on their [A] hands,
begging the Lord, don't [C] let the [E] sun run [C] down on [F#] World War [G] III. _
_ _ _ _ On [A#] World War III.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ It attracted a lot of rats, and they closed the doors,
and they all got shot at, got shot by rats.
Nothing happened, they couldn't get the rats to move, see.
So they got one fella down there, he said, _ _ he _ _ stammered,
he couldn't talk at all, see.
They got him down there, and the wall said, I'll get him out of there,
and he took a stick and beat them, trying to get them out of there.
They started shooting from all directions.