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Devil's Dance Floor
by Dave King, Flogging Molly
Tin whistle and drum intro - no chords over verse x 4
Main part:
[Am] [C] [Em] x 3
[Am] [C] [Em] [Am]
Her breath began to speak
As she stood right in front of me
The colour of her eyes
Were the colour of insanity
Crushed beneath her wave
Like a ship, I could not reach her shore
We're all just dancers on the Devil's Dance Floor
( Chorus
Well [Am] swing a little more, little [C] more o'er the [Em] merry-o
[Am] Swing a little more, a little [C] more next to [Em] me
[Am] Swing a little more, little [C] more o'er the [Em] merry-o
[Am] Swing a little more, on the [C] Devil's [Em] Dance [Am] Floor )
Pressed against her face
I could feel her insecurity
Her mother'd been a drunk
And her father was obscurity
But nothin' ever came
From a life that was a simple one
Pull yourself together girl
And have a little fun
Well she took me by the hand
I could see she was a fiery one
Her legs ran all the way
Up to heaven and past Avalon
Tell me somethin' girl, what it is you have in store (she said)
come with me now
On the Devil's Dance Floor
Chorus (repeat last line)
Break (key change)
[Bm] [D] [F#m] x 3
[Bm] [D] [F#m] [Bm]
Main part x 3
Tin whistle and drum
Chorus (over tin whistly and drum)
The apple now is sweet
Oh much sweeter than it ought to be
Another little bite
I don't think there is much hope for me
The sweat beneath her brow
Travels all the way
An' headin' south
This bleedin' heart's cryin'
Cause there's no way out
Chorus x 2
(repeat last line x 3)
Main part:
[Am] [C] [Em] x 3
[Am] [C] [Em] [Am]
Her breath began to speak
As she stood right in front of me
The colour of her eyes
Were the colour of insanity
Crushed beneath her wave
Like a ship, I could not reach her shore
We're all just dancers on the Devil's Dance Floor
( Chorus
Well [Am] swing a little more, little [C] more o'er the [Em] merry-o
[Am] Swing a little more, a little [C] more next to [Em] me
[Am] Swing a little more, little [C] more o'er the [Em] merry-o
[Am] Swing a little more, on the [C] Devil's [Em] Dance [Am] Floor )
Pressed against her face
I could feel her insecurity
Her mother'd been a drunk
And her father was obscurity
But nothin' ever came
From a life that was a simple one
Pull yourself together girl
And have a little fun
Well she took me by the hand
I could see she was a fiery one
Her legs ran all the way
Up to heaven and past Avalon
Tell me somethin' girl, what it is you have in store (she said)
come with me now
On the Devil's Dance Floor
Chorus (repeat last line)
Break (key change)
[Bm] [D] [F#m] x 3
[Bm] [D] [F#m] [Bm]
Main part x 3
Tin whistle and drum
Chorus (over tin whistly and drum)
The apple now is sweet
Oh much sweeter than it ought to be
Another little bite
I don't think there is much hope for me
The sweat beneath her brow
Travels all the way
An' headin' south
This bleedin' heart's cryin'
Cause there's no way out
Chorus x 2
(repeat last line x 3)