Dance Me to the End of Love

DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE on the following CD's: VARIOUS POSTIONS COHEN LIVE 1994 ...

Am Em Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Am Em Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Am Em Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove B7/F# Em Dance me to the end of love B7/F# Em Dance me to the end of love Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon Show me slowly what I only know the limits of Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the children who are asking to be born Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn Dance me to the end of love Am Em Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Am Em Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in Am Em Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove B7/F# Em Dance me to the end of love B7/F# Em Dance me to the end of love B7/F# Em Dance me to the end of love Pattern is something like that Am 1 2 3 4 e:--------0----------0------| B:--------1----------1------| G:--------2----------2------| D:--------------2-----------| A:--0-----------------------| E:--------------------------| p ima p ima or variation with Am 1 2 + 3 + 4 1 2 + 3 + 4 e:--------------------|-------------------| B:--1-----------1-----|--3-----------1----| G:--------2-----------|--------2----------| D:-----2--------------|-----2-------------| A:--0--------------2--|--0--------------2-| E:-----------0--------|-----------0-------| Em 1 2 + 3 + 4 1 2 + 3 + 4 e:---------------------|-------------------| B:--0-----------0------|--1-----------0----| G:--------0------------|--------0----------| D:-----2-----------2---|-----2-----------2-| A:-----------2---------|-----------2-------| E:--0------------------|--0----------------| B7 F# B7 F# Em 1 2 + 3 + 4 1 2 + 3 + 4 1 2 + 3 + 4 e:--2-----------------|--3-----------2-----|--0----------------| B:--------------0-----|--------------------|--------------0----| G:--------2-----------|--------2-----------|--------1----------| D:-----1--------------|-----1-----------1--|-----2-----------2-| A:--2--------------1--|--2-----------------|-----------2-------| E:-----------2--------|-----------2--------|--0----------------| or what do You think? Am Em Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Am Em Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Am Em Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove B7/F# Em Dance me to the end of love B7/F# Em Dance me to the end of love Am Em Laisse-moi voir ta beauté Quand les témoins sont partis Am Em Laisse-moi te sentir bouger Comme à Babylone jadis Am Em Révèle-moi ce dont je vois Les limites et le tour B7/F# Em Danse-moi vers la fin d'l'amour B7/F# Em Danse-moi vers la fin d'l'amour Am Em Danse-moi à la noce Oh danse-moi tout le temps Am Em Danse-moi tellement tendrement Danse-moi très longtemps Am Em Tous les deux nous sommes en dessous, Au-dessus de notre amour B7/F# Em Danse-moi vers la fin d'l'amour B7/F# Em Danse-moi vers la fin d'l'amour

Am Em Dans meg til de barna som ber om å bli født. Am Em Dans meg gjennom sløret våre kyss slet tynt og bløtt Am Em Løft det som et telt av ly, skjønt ingen tråd er hel. B7/F# Em Dans meg gjennom kropp og sjel. Am Em Dans meg til din skjønnhet med hissig felespill. Am Em Dans meg gjennom kaos, dans meg dit jeg hører til. Am Em Berør meg med din hanske, eller med din nakne hånd. B7/F# Em Dans meg gjennom kropp og ånd. B7/F# Em Dans meg gjennom kropp og ånd. Am Em Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Am Em Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in Am Em Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove B7/F# Em Dance me to the end of love B7/F# Em Dance me to the end of love B7/F# Em Dance me to the end of love Na, naa, na na na na na ...

picture from 1988 37 K

French version by Graeme Allwright

Danse-moi à ta beaute avec un violon en flammes
Danse-moi dans la panique Jusqu'au repos de mon âme
Lève-moi comme un olivier Sois ma colombe de retour
Danse-moi vers la fin d'l'amour
Danse-moi vers la fin d'l'amour

Laisse-moi voir ta beauté Quand les témoins sont partis
Laisse-moi te sentir bouger Comme à Babylone jadis
Révèle-moi ce dont je vois Les limites et le tour
Danse-moi vers la fin d'l'amour
Danse-moi vers la fin d'l'amour

Danse-moi à la noce Oh danse-moi tout le temps
Danse-moi tellement tendrement Danse-moi très longtemps
Tous les deux nous sommes en dessous, Au-dessus de notre amour
Danse-moi vers la fin d'l'amour
Danse-moi vers la fin d'l'amour

Danse-moi vers les enfants demadant à naître en paix
A travers les rideaux Que nos baisers ont usés
Lève une tente pour s'abriter Les fils déchirés toujours 
Danse-moi vers la fin d'l'amour

Danse-moi à ta beauté avec un violon en flammes
Danse-moi dans la panique Jusqu'au repos de mon âme
Touche-moi avec ta main nue Ou gantée de velours
Danse-moi vers la fin d'l'amour
Danse-moi vers la fin d'l'amour



From: jsinger@bosshog.arts.uwo.ca (Jonathan Singer)

>Famous three chords?

True.  The minor-1,minor-4,major-5 sequence is incredibly common in 
Cohen songs, as well as in a vast majority of Hebrew music (when I was 
teaching music at a religious school, I could go the entire day without 
playing a 4th chord...).

>
>Am                             Em
>Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
>Am                                 Em
>Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
>Am                               Em
>Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
>B7/F#                  Em
>Dance me to the end of love
>B7/F#                  Em
>Dance me to the end of love
>Pattern is something like that

   I'm personally partial to playing "Dance Me" with a progression from 
Am (x02210) to Dm/A (x00231), with the third chord being an E (022100) 
[shifting occasionally to E7 (020100)].  For my voice, I'd capo it at the 
fourth fret.  (The advantage of this pattern is that the three chords is 
that they're rather easy to play, which is useful if you'll be playing 
them all day.  :)

   I prefer a simpler picking pattern, alternating between thumb (on the 
beat) and top three strings (played at the same time, on the 
off-beat).   
                                                Jonathan