Dance Me to the End of Love — Leonard Cohen

Chords and lyrics for Dance Me to the End of Love by Leonard Cohen (key of E).

Intro

Slow: Em Am
In tempo: Em
| Am | Em | B7 | Em |
| Am | Em | B7 | Em |

Verse 1

[Am]Dance me to your beauty
With a [Em]burning violin
[Am]Dance me through the panic
Till I'm [Em]gathered safely in
[Am]Lift me like an olive branch
And [Em]be my homeward dove
[B7]Dance me to the end of [Em]love
[B7]Dance me to the end [Em7add11]of love[Em]

Verse 2

[Am]Let me see your beauty
When the [Em]witnesses are gone
[Am]Let me feel you moving
Like they [Em]do in Babylon
[Am]Show me slowly what I only
[Em]Know the limits of
[B7]Dance me to the end of [Em]love
[B7]Dance me to the end [Em7add11]of love[Em]

Interlude

| D | Em |
| D | Em |

Verse 3

[Am]Dance me to the wedding now
[Em]Dance me on and on
[Am]Dance me very tenderly and
[Em]Dance me very long
We're [Am]both of us beneath our love
We're [Em]both of us above
[B7]Dance me to the end of [Em]love
[B7]Dance me to the end [Em7add11]of love[Em]

Verse 4

[Am]Dance me to the children
Who are [Em]asking to be born
[Am]Dance me through the curtains
That our [Em]kisses have outworn
[Am]Raise a tent of shelter now
Though [Em]every thread is torn
[B7]Dance me to the end [Em7add11]of love[Em]

Solo

| D | Em |
| D | Em |
| Am | Em | B7 | Em |
| Am | Em | B7 | Em |

Verse 5

[Am]Dance me to your beauty
With a [Em]burning violin
[Am]Dance me through the panic
Till I'm [Em]gathered safely in
[Am]Touch me with your naked hand
[Em]Touch me with your glove
[B7]Dance me to the end of [Em]love
[B7]Dance me to the end of [Em]love
[B7]Dance me to the end of [Em]love

Outro

| D | Em |
| D | Em |
| Am | Em | B7 | Em |
| Am | Em | B7 | Em (rit.)
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