Let’s Dance | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
| Eb | Eb/G | Eb/Bb | Eb |
Ah, ah, ah…
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Let’s dance. Let’s dance. Let’s dance.
Verse 1
| Bb7sus4 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C |
Let’s dance. Put on your red shoes and dance the blues.
| Gb6 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C |
Let’s dance. To the song they’re playin’ on the radio.
| Bb7sus4 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C |
Let’s sway. While color lights up your face.
| Gb6 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C |
Let’s sway. Sway through the crowd to an empty space.
Bridge 1
| Ab | Ab | Db Eb | Db Eb |
If you say run, I’ll run with you.
| Ab | Ab | Db/Eb Eb | Db/Eb Eb |
And if you say hide, we’ll hide (hide).
| Ab | Fm | Db |
Because my love for you, would break my heart in two.
| Eb | Eb/G | Eb/Bb | Eb |
(Ah) If you should fall, into my arms, and tremble like a flower.
Instrumental 1
||: Bb7sus4 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C | Gb6 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C :||
Let’s dance. Let’s dance.
Verse 2
| Bb7sus4 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C |
Let’s dance. For fear your grace should fall.
| Gb6 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C |
Let’s dance. For fear tonight is all.
| Bb7sus4 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C |
Let’s sway. You could look into my eyes.
| Gb6 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C |
Let’s sway. Under the moonlight, this serious moonlight.
Bridge 2
| Ab | Ab | Db Eb | Db Eb |
And if you say run, I’ll run with you.
| Ab | Ab | Db/Eb Eb | Db/Eb Eb |
And if you say hide, we’ll hide (hide).
| Ab | Fm | Db |
Because my love for you, would break my heart in two.
| Eb | Eb/G | Eb/Bb | Eb |
(Ah) If you should fall, into my arms, and tremble like a flower.
Instrumental 2
||: Bb7sus4 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C | Gb6 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C :||
Let’s dance. Let’s dance.
Verse 3
| Bb7sus4 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C |
Let’s dance. Put on your red shoes and dance the blues.
| Gb6 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C |
Let’s dance. To the song we’re playing.
| Bb7sus4 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C |
Let’s sway.
| Gb6 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C |
Let’s sway. Under the moonlight, this serious moonlight.
Instrumental 2
||: Bb7sus4 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C | Gb6 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C :||
Outro
| N.C | N.C | N.C | N.C |
Let’s dance. Let’s.
| N.C | N.C | N.C | N.C |
Let’s.
| N.C | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C |
Let’s.
| Gb6 | N.C | Bbm6 | N.C |
Let’s.
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Let’s dance…
Let’s Dance chords, progressions, and TAB
There are only two sections to learn for David Bowie‘s Let’s Dance but since they are so defined, you must get the chords absolutely right.
Nile Rodgers‘s rhythm part as this is the most important. Getting the chords right isn’t enough, it has to be the right inversions too, so you must have TAB. For SRV’s licks, you could just improvise them.
Members get TAB for how to play Nile’s part live, simulating the delay on the original recording. We also look at a chord analysis so you can understand how Let’s Dance was put together.
Here’s a link to the complete lesson (members only): Let’s Dance chord analysis and TAB.
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David Bowie
David Bowie was an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, and audio engineer.
His biggest hits include (Is There) Life On Mars?, Starman, Ziggy Stardust, Let’s Dance, China Girl, and Heroes.
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Chic
Nile Rodgers’ Chic has many well-known Disco hits, but it’s perhaps his work as a producer and writer that he is best known for.
Producing Madonna, Sister Sledge, David Bowie, Diana Ross, Daft Punk, Duran Duran, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Nile is a legend in the business.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan
Launching himself in 1983 to the world with his debut album Texas Flood and simultaneously appearing on David Bowie’s Let’s Dance, SRV was an instant hit.
Following this up with Couldn’t Stand The Weather, Pride & Joy, and Mary Had A Little Lamb, he firmly established himself as one of the greats.
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