Dance On Stilts Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Riff x 2

Band enters D

Riff x 1 – D - C C - G

Verse

Riff

On the outside I'm in the high rise

Headin' for a meeting,

D - C C – G

shining up my greeting

See me in a white suit

with a mirror tie

Chorus

A – G - D/F♯ - F A–G-D/F♯-F

And you Elevate me

You Fthrow off the shame

And Gyou dance on stilts with me

Interlude

Riff x 1

Band Enters D

Riff – D – C C - G

Verse

And on the inside, I'm on my knees

Crawling an aching mile, living on the Bowery

Too sick to stand, to try to understand

Chorus 2

But you Elevate me

You lift me high, just high enough to see

You Elevate me

You throw off the shame

G D–C–C/G-Bf

And you dance on stilts with me

You throw off the shame

And you dance on stilts with me

Interlude

Riff x 1

Band Enters D

Riff – D – C C – G

Solo

A – G - D/F♯ - F x6

F G

Interlude

Riff x 2

Riff – D – C C – G

Verse

And no one suspects a thing

They're all hiding just the same

They ache for an outbound train

And the wheels stopped turning in their brains

Chorus 3

Repeat chords from 2nd Chorus

Bridge

Riff #2

Band Enters D

Riff #2

End Section

DYouu-Cuuu G elevate me

You elevate me

You elevate me

C’mon baby, dance on stilts,

dance on stilts with me

You elevate me

Solo break

D-C-G x 4

Ascending Riff

D-C-G x 4

Solo break

Ascending Riff

End on D