Bela Lugosi's Dead (official version) — Bauhaus
Chords and lyrics for Bela Lugosi's Dead (official version) by Bauhaus (key of D).
Verse 1
This is an interpretation for a standalone guitar, mixing both bass and
guitar
elements, based on the original version recorded on the 26th January 1979:
For the guitar noises, hear some live version to find inspiration. You can
stroke B
and e strings while muting them with the left hand and sliding it along the
neck.
Play with a lot of distorsion, flanger and delay.
The D C# B and F# chords are played with B and e opened strings:
Intro
(drums)
(distorsion noises, pick scrapes, various noises...)
(play only the fundamental string)
| D5 | D5 |
(in the following lines, play one string, then two, then three)
[D5] [C#5] [B5]
[D5] [C#5] [B5]
[D5] [F#5] [B5]
[D5] [C#5] [B5]
(first strokes of each chord on loud strings, then on all the strings)
[D5] [C#5] [B5]
[D5] [C#5] [B5]
[D5] [F#5] [B5]
[D5] [C#5] [B5]
[D] [C#] [B]
[D] [C#] [B]
[D] [C#] [B]
[D] [C#] [B]
[D] [F#] [B]
[D] [C#] [B]
[D] [C#] [B]
[D] [C#] [B]
[D] [C#] [B]
[D] [F#] [B]
[D] [C#] [B]
[D] [C#] [B]
[D] [C#] [B]
Verse 1
White on [D]white translucent [C#]black capes,[B] back on the rack
[D] [C#] [B] Bela Lugosi's dead
The [D]bats have left the [C#]bell tower, the [B]victims have been bled, red velvet
[D]lines the black [F#]box [B] Bela Lugosi's dead
Chorus 1
[A] [A#] [B5] [B5] [B5] [B5] [B5] [B5] [B5] [B5]
[A] [A#] [B5] [B5] [B5][B5]Bela [B5][B5][B5]Lugosi's [B5]dead
[D] [C#] [B]
[D] [C#] [B] Undead undead undead
[D] [C#] [B]
[D] [C#] [B] Undead undead undead !
Verse 2
The [D]virginal [C#]brides [B]file past his tomb
[D]Strewn with time's dead [C#]flowers [B]bereft in deathly bloom
[D]Alone in a [C#]darkened room,[B] the Count
[D] [F#] [B] Bela Lugosi's dead
Chorus 2
[A] [A#] [B5] [B5] [B5][B5]Bela [B5][B5][B5]Lugosi's [B5]dead
[A] [A#] [B5] [B5] [B5][B5]Bela [B5][B5][B5]Lugosi's [B5]dead
[D5] [C#5] [B5] Undead undead undead
[D5] [C#5] [B5] Undead undead undead
[D5] [C#5] [B5] Undead
[D5] [C#5] [B5]
Outro
(distorsion noises, pick scrapes, various noises…)
| D5 | F#5 |
(distorsion noises, pick scrapes, various noises…)
| D5 | F#5 | B5 |
[D5] [C#5] [B5]
[D5] [C#5] [B5]
[D] [F#] [B]
[D] [C#] [B]
[D] [C#] [B]
[D](sing[C#] [B]crescendo)
[D5]Oh [C#5][B5]Be_____la_
[D5][C#5]Be___la's [B5]undead_
[D]Oh [C#][B]Be_____la__
[D][F#]Be___la's [B]undead__
[D][C#]Be___la's [B]undead__
[D]Oh [C#][B]Be_____la____
[D][C#]Be___la's [B]undead____
[D]Oh [C#][B][D][C#][B]Be_____la___________________
[D] [C#] [B]
[D] [C#] [B]
[D] [C#] [B]
| D5 | F#5 |
Undead
[D5]
[F#5]
[D5] (pick scraping)
| D5 | F#5 |
Undead
(pick scraping)
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