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Bela Lugosis Dead

Bauhaus

RockAdvanced for beginners10 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D5Diagram coming soon
C#5Diagram coming soon
B5Diagram coming soon
F#5Diagram coming soon
D××○
C#Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
F#Diagram coming soon
A×○○
A#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro 
(distorsion noises, pick scrapes, various noises...) 
(play only the fundamental string) 
D5             D5 
(in the following lines, play one string, then two, then three) 
D5   C#5   B5 
D5   C#5   B5 
D5   F#5   B5 
D5   C#5   B5 
 
D5   C#5   B5 
D5   C#5   B5 
D5   F#5   B5 
D5   C#5   B5 
(first strokes of each chord on loud strings, then on all the strings) 
D    C#    B 
D    C#    B 
D    C#    B 
D    C#    B 
D    F#    B 
D    C#    B 
D    C#    B 
D    C#    B 
D    C#    B 
D    F#    B 
D    C#    B 
D    C#    B 
D    C#    B 
 
verse 1 
           D                C#         B 
White on white translucent black capes   Back on the rack 
D  C#  B 
          Bela Lugosi's dead 
     D                      C#         B 
The bats have left the bell tower The victims have been bled, red velvet 
D                 F#  B 
lines  the black box      Bela Lugosi's dead 
 
Chorus 1 
A  A#  B (eight regular down strokes for the last chord) 
A  A#  B 
          Bela Lugosi's dead 
D  C#  B 
D  C#  B 
          Undead undead undead 
D  C#  B 
D  C#  B 
          Undead undead undead ! 
 
verse 2 
     D         C#    B 
The virginal brides file past his tomb 
   D                     C#        B 
Strewn with time's dead flowers bereft in deathly bloom 
  D            C#        B 
Alone in a darkened room   The Count 
D  F#  B 
         Bela Lugosi's dead 
 
Chorus 2 
A  A#  B 
         Bela Lugosi's dead 
A  A#  B 
         Bela Lugosi's dead 
D  C#  B 
         Undead undead undead 
D  C#  B 
         Undead undead undead 
D  C#  B 
         Undead 
D  C#  B 
 
Outro 
(distorsion noises, pick scrapes, various noises?) 
D5             F#5 
(distorsion noises, pick scrapes, various noises?) 
D5             F#5            B5 
D5   C#5   B5 
D5   C#5   B5 
D5   F#5   B5 
D5   C#5   B5 
 
D    C#    B 
D    C#    B 
(sing crescendo) 
D5   C#5     B5 
Oh   Be     la  
D5   C#5     B5 
Be   la's undead  
D    C#      B 
Oh   Be     la   
D    F#      B 
Be   la's undead   
D    C#      B 
Be   la's undead   
D    C#      B 
Oh   Be     la     
D    C#      B 
Be   la's undead     
D    C#      B     D    C#      B 
Oh   Be     la                     
D    C#      B 
D    C#      B 
D    C#      B 
D5                 F#5 
                             Undead 
D5                 F#5 
D5 
D5 (pick scraping) F#5 
                             Undead 
(pick scraping)

Details

Rating

5 / 5

Chord set

D5 · C#5 · B5 · F#5 · D · C# · B · F# · A · A#

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.