Dancing with Mr. D    (video)

 

    Am - D - Am - D (2x)

 

     Am                                                                D

1. Down in the graveyard where we have our tryst,

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    the air smells sweet and the air smells thick.

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    He never smiles, his mouth merely twists,

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    the breath in my lungs feels clinging and thick.

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    Now, I know his name, he´s called Mr. D.,

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    and one of these days he´s gonna set you free.

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    Human skulls is hanging right round his neck,

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    the palm of my hands feels clammy and wet.

 

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I was dancing, dancing, dancing so free,

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dancing, dancing, dancing so free !

  Am                                                  D

Dancing, Lord, keep your hands off me !

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Dancing with Mr. D. !

 

                 Am   - D              Am - D

+  With Mr. D. ,       with Mr. D. !

 

     Am                                           D

2. Will it be poison he put in my glass ?

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    Will it be slow or will it be fast ?

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    The bite of a snake, the sting of a spider,

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    a drink of Belladonna on a Toussaint night.

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    Hiding in a corner in New York City

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    looking down on 44 and West Virginia ?

 

 

 

 

 

+  CHORUS

 

                 Am   - D              Am - D

+  With Mr. D. ,       with Mr. D. !        (2x)

 

      Am                                - D

+  Dancing, dancing ! (4x)

 

+  CHORUS        +  Am - D (2x)

 

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3. One night I was dancing with a lady in black

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    wearing black silk gloves and a black silk hat.

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    She looked at me longing with black velvet eyes,

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    she gazed at me strange, all cunning and wise.

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    Then I saw the flesh just fall off her bones,

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    the eyes in her skull were burning like coals.

     Am                                              D

    Lord, have mercy, fire and brimstone,

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    I was dancing with Mistress D.

 

      Am                                - D

+  Dancing, dancing ! (12x, with varying bits of lyrics) ...

 

 

    (The Rolling Stones)