Dangerous - The Who

Dangerous

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intro; synth (arr for guitar) and bass]
C5 C5
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|-5--5-3---------------|-5--5-3-----------------|
|-3------7-3-----------|-3------7-3-------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
| | |
|----------------------|------------5-7-9-10-12-|
|------------------3-5-|-5----------------------|
|------------3-5-7-----|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
C5 C5
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-5--5-3-------------|-5--5-3---------------|
|-3------7-3---------|-3------7-3-----------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
| | |
|-----------12/10-9--|----------------------|
|-12---------------8-|-8---------8\--|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
Ab/C Gm/C F/C G/C
Ab/C Gm/C F/C G/C
F/C C F/C C G/C
Can you feel it? Watching you
C F/C C F/C C G/C
In the darkness, touching you
F/C C
Like a sickness
Ab Gm/C F F/C C
Fear is taking control
The beachhead is the street
In the gutter lies defeat
Fear is the key to your soul
F/C C7
That makes you dangerous
C F5 G5 Am G/B
So dangerous
C
To yourself
C G/C C
C5 C5 C5 C5
intro pattern
Ab/C Gm/C F/C
Can you feel it in the shadows?
G/C
Watching you, touching you
Ab/C Gm/C
Can you feel it in the shadows?
F/C G/C
Watching you, touching you
Changing you into a...
F/C C F/C C G/C F/C C
Mad dog, howling at the moon
F/C C G/C F/C C
And you're so far out of tune
Ab/C Gm/C F
Better learn how to sing
Fences, we put up defenses
Then we come to our senses
It may keep them out but it keeps us in
And that makes us dangerous
We're all dangerous
To ourselves
bridge
F C/D Eb/C Gm/D F/C
This is a jungle, not illusion
C Eb/C F/C
Jungle city, in confusion
Ab/C G/D F/C G/D F/C
We are the next step in evolution
Dm9 Eb/C F/C Eb/C
The new stone age revolu-tion
F/C Eb/C F/C Eb/C
Back to the stone age, constitution
F/C Bb/C
No solution.
C5 C5 C5 C5
intro pattern
Ab/C Gm/C F/C
Can you feel it in the shadows?
G/C
Watching you, touching you
Ab/C G/C F/C
Can you feel it as the shadows?
Follow you, swallow you
Ab/C Gm/C
Can you feel it? (Fear is the key)
Ab/C F/C
Can you feel it? (Fear is the key)
Ab/C Gm/C
Can you feel it? (Can you feel it?)
Bb/C C Cm7 C
Fear is the key to your soul.

How to play Dangerous

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What is the starting chord?

The first identified chord is C5. You can transpose without leaving the page.

Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?

Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.

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