THE DANCE OF THE DEAD

               o/         o          \o/          o/
              /|-        -|-         \|/         /|
               |         / \                     / |

Tune down to D
m --] mute
t --] trill. play first note, and trill on note in ()

The song opens with
d |----------------------|
A |------8--7(8)---------|
F |-7/9------------------|
C |-7/9------------------|
G |-5/7------------------|
D |----------------------|
          t ----]
this is played right after the beginning and the chorus (part a)
d |------------|  While the 2nd d |--------------|
A |------------|  guitar plays  A |--------------|
F |-7/9--------|  every other   F |-7/9--------7-|
C |-7/9--------|  time          C |-7/9--------7-|
G |-5/7--------|                G |-5/7--------5-|
D |------6--5--|                D |--------------|
after playing part a 4 times play....
d |-------------------------------------| guitar continues playing
A |-------------------------------------| the muted chords for about
F |-------------------------------------| 22 times. In other words
C |-------------------------------------| just keep playing until after
G |-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| the drums come in.
D |-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
  m -----------------------------------]
the second guitar comes in during this part playing
d |-------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|
F |-------------------------------------|
C |-------------------------------------|
G |----------------5--7--5--7--5--7--5--|
D |-------------------------------------|
now go back and play part a again (this is where you come back to after
the chorus)
end it with.....
d |-------------------|
A |-------------------|
F |-------------------|
C |-9--9-9-9----------|
G |-7--7-7-7--2--2--2-|
D |-----------0--0--0-|
The verse part goes
d |-------------------------|------------------------------|
A |-------------------------|------------------------------|
F |-------------------------|------------------------------|
C |-------------------------|------------------------------|
G |-7-----------------------|-10------------------(/-\)----|
D |-------------------------|------------------------------|

d |-------------------|
A |-------------------|   then its a bunch of F |-9-| chords
F |-------------------|                       C |-9-|
C |-------------------|                       G |-7-|
G |-------------------|   that keep chnging so I'll leave it up
D |-10---------5\3----|   to you to get into the feel of how many
the chorus goes
d |----------------|--------------------------|
A |----------------|--------------------------|
F |-12------11-----|-7/9--9--9-9--7/9--9--9-9-|
C |-12------11-----|-7/9--9--9-9--7/9--9--9-9-| x2
G |-10------9------|-5/7--7--7-7--5/7--7--7-7-|
D |----------------|--------------------------|

d |-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
F |-------------------------------------|-7/9--9--9-9--7/9--9--9-9-|
C |-9--------9--------7--------7--------|-7/9--9--9-9--7/9--9--9-9-|
G |-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-|-5/7--7--7-7--5/7--7--7-7-|
D |-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
     m -----] m -----] m -----] m -----]

d |--------------|--------------------------|
A |--------------|--------------------------|
F |-7------------|-7/9--9--9-9--7/9--9--9-9-|
C |-7------7-----|-7/9--9--9-9--7/9--9--9-9-|
G |-5------7-----|-5/7--7--7-7--5/7--7--7-7-|
D |--------5-----|--------------------------|

d |---------------|
A |------8--7(8)--|
F |-7/9-----------|
C |-7/9-----------| x2 then go back to part a
G |-5/7-----------|
D |---------------|
          t ----]

The second time through the chorus play...
d |----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
F |-7/9------------------|-----------------------------------------15-|
C |-7/9------------------|----------------------------------15--------|
G |-5/7------------------|-7-----9-----14-----15----------------------|
D |----------------------|---------------------------15---------------|

d |----------------------|
A |----------------------|
F |-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
C |-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--| Then the solo comes in
G |-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
D |----------------------|

after solo comes
d |---------------------------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------------------------|
F |-7--7-7-7--7--7--7--9------------------------------|
C |-7--7-7-7--7--7--7--9------------------------------| And just keep
G |-5--5-5-5--5--5--5--7-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-| repeating the 
muted
D |----------------------0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-| part.
                    m ----------------------------]
then when the words come back in play
d |---------------|--------------------|
A |---------------|--------------------|
F |-7/9-----------|-7/9----------------|
C |-7/9-----------|-7/9----------------|
G |-5/7-----------|-5/7--2-2--2-2--2-2-|
D |---------------|------0-0--0-0--0-0-|
                       m -------------]
keep repeating the last part. after that, go back to the verse

Thats about it for this song. Hope it helps out.

-Mike Norris