Dancing in the Moonlight Chords by Thin Lizzy
Tempo:
145.95 bpm
Chords used:
D
C
G
Em
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[D] [C] I should [G] have took [D] that last bus home, [C] but I asked you for a [G] dance.
Now we go steady [D] to the pictures.
[C] I always get chocolate [G] stains on my [C] [Em] pants.
And my father, [D] he's going crazy.
[C] He says I'm living in a [G] trance.
[Bm] But I'm [Em] dancing in the moonlight.
[D] It's got [C] me in its spotlight.
[G] [D] Dancing [G]
in the moonlight on [Bm] this [C]
long hot summer night.
[Em] It's 3 o'clock [D] in the morning, [C] and I'm on the streets [G] again.
I dissipate [D] another warning.
[C] I should have been in by [G] 10.
[Em] Now I won't get out [D] till Sunday.
[C] I'll have to say I stayed [G] with friends.
Oh, but it's a [D] habit worth forming [C] if it means to justify [G] the end.
[D] [Em] Dancing in the moonlight.
[D] It's got [C] me in its spotlight.
[G] [D] Dancing [Em] in the moonlight [D] on this [C] long hot summer night.
[Em]
[E]
[D] [C] [Em] And I'm walking [D] home.
[A]
[G] [C] [G] The last [E] bus is long gone.
[C] [Em]
But I'm dancing in the moonlight.
[D] [C] [Em]
[D] [C]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[D] [C]
[G]
Dancing
[D] [Em]
in the moonlight.
[D] It's got me [C] in its spotlight.
[G] [D] [Em] Dancing in the moonlight [D] on this [C] long hot summer [G] night.
[Bm] [Em] Dancing [D] in the moonlight.
And it's got [C]
[G] me in its spotlight.
Dancing in the moonlight [D] on this [C]
long hot summer [G] night.
Dancing in [Em] the moonlight.
[D] It's got [C] me in its spotlight.
[G] It's alright.
Dance in the moonlight.
[D] I'm this [C] long summer night.
[G] Dance [Em] in the moonlight. I'm [D] dancing.
This [C] can't be the spotlight.
I'm [G] still dancing.
Dance.
[N]
[D] [C] I should [G] have took [D] that last bus home, [C] but I asked you for a [G] dance.
Now we go steady [D] to the pictures.
[C] I always get chocolate [G] stains on my [C] [Em] pants.
And my father, [D] he's going crazy.
[C] He says I'm living in a [G] trance.
[Bm] But I'm [Em] dancing in the moonlight.
[D] It's got [C] me in its spotlight.
[G] [D] Dancing [G]
in the moonlight on [Bm] this [C]
long hot summer night.
[Em] It's 3 o'clock [D] in the morning, [C] and I'm on the streets [G] again.
I dissipate [D] another warning.
[C] I should have been in by [G] 10.
[Em] Now I won't get out [D] till Sunday.
[C] I'll have to say I stayed [G] with friends.
Oh, but it's a [D] habit worth forming [C] if it means to justify [G] the end.
[D] [Em] Dancing in the moonlight.
[D] It's got [C] me in its spotlight.
[G] [D] Dancing [Em] in the moonlight [D] on this [C] long hot summer night.
[Em]
[E]
[D] [C] [Em] And I'm walking [D] home.
[A]
[G] [C] [G] The last [E] bus is long gone.
[C] [Em]
But I'm dancing in the moonlight.
[D] [C] [Em]
[D] [C]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[D] [C]
[G]
Dancing
[D] [Em]
in the moonlight.
[D] It's got me [C] in its spotlight.
[G] [D] [Em] Dancing in the moonlight [D] on this [C] long hot summer [G] night.
[Bm] [Em] Dancing [D] in the moonlight.
And it's got [C]
[G] me in its spotlight.
Dancing in the moonlight [D] on this [C]
long hot summer [G] night.
Dancing in [Em] the moonlight.
[D] It's got [C] me in its spotlight.
[G] It's alright.
Dance in the moonlight.
[D] I'm this [C] long summer night.
[G] Dance [Em] in the moonlight. I'm [D] dancing.
This [C] can't be the spotlight.
I'm [G] still dancing.
Dance.
[N]
Key:
D
C
G
Em
Bm
D
C
G
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] I should _ _ [G] _ _ _ have _ took [D] that last bus home, [C] but I asked you for a [G] dance.
_ Now we go steady [D] to the pictures.
_ [C] I always get chocolate [G] stains on my [C] [Em] pants.
And my father, [D] he's going crazy.
[C] He says I'm living in a [G] trance.
[Bm] But I'm [Em] dancing in the moonlight.
_ _ [D] It's got [C] me in its spotlight.
_ [G] _ _ [D] Dancing [G]
in the moonlight _ on [Bm] this [C]
long hot summer night. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] It's 3 o'clock [D] in the morning, _ [C] and I'm on the streets [G] again.
_ _ I dissipate [D] another warning.
_ [C] I should have been in by [G] 10.
_ [Em] Now I won't get out [D] till Sunday.
_ [C] I'll have to say I stayed [G] with friends.
_ Oh, but it's a [D] habit worth forming [C] if it means to justify [G] the end.
[D] _ [Em] Dancing in the moonlight.
_ [D] It's got [C] me in its spotlight. _
[G] _ _ [D] _ Dancing [Em] in the moonlight _ [D] on this [C] long hot summer night.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ And I'm walking _ [D] home.
_ [A] _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] The last [E] bus is _ long gone.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
But I'm _ dancing in the moonlight. _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Dancing _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em]
in the moonlight.
_ [D] _ It's got me [C] in its spotlight.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ [Em] Dancing in the moonlight _ [D] _ on this [C] long hot summer [G] night.
_ [Bm] _ [Em] Dancing _ _ _ [D] in the moonlight.
And it's got [C] _
_ _ [G] me in its spotlight.
Dancing in the moonlight [D] _ on this [C]
long hot summer [G] night.
_ _ Dancing in [Em] the moonlight.
[D] _ It's got [C] me in its spotlight.
_ _ [G] It's alright.
Dance in the moonlight.
_ [D] _ I'm this [C] long summer night.
[G] _ _ _ Dance [Em] in the moonlight. I'm [D] dancing.
This [C] can't be the spotlight.
I'm [G] still dancing.
_ Dance.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] I should _ _ [G] _ _ _ have _ took [D] that last bus home, [C] but I asked you for a [G] dance.
_ Now we go steady [D] to the pictures.
_ [C] I always get chocolate [G] stains on my [C] [Em] pants.
And my father, [D] he's going crazy.
[C] He says I'm living in a [G] trance.
[Bm] But I'm [Em] dancing in the moonlight.
_ _ [D] It's got [C] me in its spotlight.
_ [G] _ _ [D] Dancing [G]
in the moonlight _ on [Bm] this [C]
long hot summer night. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] It's 3 o'clock [D] in the morning, _ [C] and I'm on the streets [G] again.
_ _ I dissipate [D] another warning.
_ [C] I should have been in by [G] 10.
_ [Em] Now I won't get out [D] till Sunday.
_ [C] I'll have to say I stayed [G] with friends.
_ Oh, but it's a [D] habit worth forming [C] if it means to justify [G] the end.
[D] _ [Em] Dancing in the moonlight.
_ [D] It's got [C] me in its spotlight. _
[G] _ _ [D] _ Dancing [Em] in the moonlight _ [D] on this [C] long hot summer night.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ And I'm walking _ [D] home.
_ [A] _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] The last [E] bus is _ long gone.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
But I'm _ dancing in the moonlight. _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Dancing _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em]
in the moonlight.
_ [D] _ It's got me [C] in its spotlight.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ [Em] Dancing in the moonlight _ [D] _ on this [C] long hot summer [G] night.
_ [Bm] _ [Em] Dancing _ _ _ [D] in the moonlight.
And it's got [C] _
_ _ [G] me in its spotlight.
Dancing in the moonlight [D] _ on this [C]
long hot summer [G] night.
_ _ Dancing in [Em] the moonlight.
[D] _ It's got [C] me in its spotlight.
_ _ [G] It's alright.
Dance in the moonlight.
_ [D] _ I'm this [C] long summer night.
[G] _ _ _ Dance [Em] in the moonlight. I'm [D] dancing.
This [C] can't be the spotlight.
I'm [G] still dancing.
_ Dance.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _