Runrig – Dance Called America (Guitar Live)

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[Verse 1]
A             A/E
The landlords came

            A
The peasant trials

   D            A
To sacrifice of men

            A/E                 E
Through the past and that quite darkly

    D             A
The presence once again

A/E                
In the name of capital

A
Establishment

D                A
Improvers, its a name

            A/E
The hidden truths

           E
The hidden lies

          F#m
That once nailed you

       D
To the pain
[Chorus]
         A
They did a dance

       D
Called America

     F#m
They danced it round

    E             A
And waited at the turns

    D
For America

     F#m                 A
They danced their ladies round
[Link] F#m D A A/E F#m D E A D A A/E A E A [Verse 2]
A
To the candles

   A/E
Of enlightenment

     D                  A
Once lit they say don't burn

            A/E             E
To turn the darkest room of suffering

     D                A
To a greater state of pain

A                    A/E
Don't tell me that's behind you now

      D                              A
Don't greet me Don't meet your dying blind

         A/E       E
It's our very last stand together

         F#m
So let's sever

   D
No regrets
[Chorus]
         A
They did a dance

       D
Called America

     F#m
They danced it round

    E             A
And waited at the turns

    D
For America

     F#m                 A
They danced their ladies round
[Instrumetal] A D A A/E F#m D E A D A A/E A E A A D A A/E F#m D E A D A A/E A E A F#m D F#m D A D A A/E E A A [Verse 2]
A
There were days

               A/E
That once held confidence

D                    A
Strength of will and mind

               A/E              E
The camouflage that once washed your fathers

     D                  A
Your sons and daughters time

A/E     A               A/E
Another tounge My love, my island

            D         A
You've gone international

             A/E            E
With all the praying men of God

    F#m
Who stood

                   D
And watched it all go on
[Chorus]
         A
They did a dance

       D
Called America

     F#m
They danced it round

    E             A
And waited at the turns

    D
For America

     E                   A
They danced their ladies round
[Chorus]
         A
They did a dance

       D
Called America

     F#m
They danced it round

    E             A
And waited at the turns

    D
For America

     E                   A
They danced their ladies round
[Instrumental] A F#m A F#m A D F#m E A D E A A D F#m E A D E A [Chorus]
      A
For a dance

       D
Called America

     F#m
They danced it round

    E             A
And waited at the turns

    D
For America

     E                   A      A     A/E    A
They danced their ladies round
Mark W