Dancing On The Lip Of A Volcano
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: CCapotraste: Sem capotraste
Dancing on the lip of a volcano (2006)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiPH3q7z8tI
[Intro]
C G F C
Been craving more life and more love
C G F C
That lives in the soul of my heart
C G F C
I don’t wanna be no artist
C G F C
I'm a dancing, singing, work of art
[Verse 1]
F C
You lit my heart with fiery aggression and you showed me
F C
The fury of love, sex, and affection that you owed me
G C
(In danger) But I ain't scared
G F G
(In danger) I found the splendor there
[Chorus 1]
C G F G
(We're dancing) Atop a flaming pit
C G F G
(We're dancing) We are creating it
C G F G
(We're dancing) Right on the lip
F G C
of a volca - a - no
[Verse 2]
F C
Nature with its true voice cries out, undissembled, "Be as I am!"
F C
Revealed in its wildest, most generous incarnation
G C
(In danger) Devil-may-care
G C G
(In danger) The fire's everywhere
[Chorus 2]
C G F G
(We're dancing) So let the fire lick
C G F G
(We're dancing) We are creating it
C G F G
(We're dancing) On the lip
F G C
of a volca - a - no
[Solo]
N/C
Let's dance!
F
e |----------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------|
G |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-8b-|
D |----------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
C
e |---------------------|
B |---------------------|
G |---------------------|
D |-10------------------|
A |----10-12-10-12-10---|
E |---------------------|
F
e |-------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------|
A |-10-12-10-12-10-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-|
E |-------------------------------------------|
C
e |--------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------|
G |-------------9------------------|
D |----------10---12-10----10------|
A |----10-12------------12----12---|
E |-12-----------------------------|
[Verse 3]
F C
In the center of action of my psyche's need for love, I want liberation and joy
F C
In a paroxysm of intoxication, inspiration, ain't no way to be coy
G C
(in danger) A blazing glare
G F G
(in danger) I found the splendor there
[Chorus 3]
C G F G
(We're dancing) Won't let you slip
C G F G
(We're dancing) Let the lava rip
C G F G
(We're dancing) On the lip
F G C
of a volca - a - no
C G F G
(We're dancing) We are creating it
C G F G
(We're dancing) So let the fire rip
C G F G
(We're dancing) Right on the lip
F G C
of a volca - a - no
F G C
a volca - a - no
F G C
a volcaaa - aaa - no
[Outro]
C D F E
Thrown in the dance with the mystics
C D F E
Burning me up with its music
C D F E
Sensualistic
C D F E
Ritualistic
C D F E
Alchemistic
C D F E
Polytheistic
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