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Ammonia Avenue

Dancing on a High Wire

Artist: Alan Parsons Project, The
Album: Ammonia Avenue (1984)
Music and lyrics by Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson
Added on Saturday, 14 October 2023
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Lyrics and Chords

Intro: 0:00
Gsus4/D | G/D | Gm/D | D  - x4
0:31
D | D | D | D

Verse 1: 0:39
             Dm9
We're living in a different reality,
       Gm9                 Am9
We're toeing the same line.
        Dm9
We give in, we call it neutrality
   Gm9                   Am9
A joke with no punchline.
0:54
                   A#add9
The silver-plated hero
Cadd9!                  Dm9
  Meets the golden hearted whore.
                      A#add9
The odds'll give you zero,
Cadd9!
  She'll be leaving in a
 Dm!          Am11:Am11!
Few days more.

Pre-chorus: 1:11
Gsus4/D        G/D
  Movin' on forever,
Gm/D               D
  Maybe she don't care.
Gsus4/D         G/D
  Holding on together,
 Gm                   D
Maybe it just ain't there.

Chorus: 1:26
                     A#
You're dancing on a high wire,
C                 Dm7
  You need to be so sure.
                    A#
There used to be a lifeline,
C                 Dm7
  There isn't anymore.

Verse 2: 1:43
            Dm9
We are the same with no similarity,
    Gm9                  Am9
We talk at the same time.
      Dm9
We believe in freedom and charity,
    Gm9               Am9
As long as I get mine.
1:58
             A#add9
The ivory madonna
Cadd9!                 Dm9
  Is walking through the door.
                      A#add9
You watch her from a window,
Cadd9!
  It doesn't matter
    Dm   Am11:Am11!
Anymore.

Pre-chorus: 2:15
Gsus4/D        G/D
  Movin' on forever,
Gm/D               D
  Maybe she don't care.
Gsus4/D         G/D
  Holding on together,
 Gm                   D
Maybe it just ain't there.

Chorus: 2:30
                     A#
You're dancing on a high wire,
C                 Dm7
  You need to be so sure.
                    A#
There used to be a lifeline,
C                 Dm7
  There isn't anymore.

Instrumental: 2:47
Dm9 | Dm9 | Gm9 | Am9  - x2
3:03
A#add9 | Cadd9! | Dm9 | Dm9
A#add9 | Cadd9! | Dm | Am11:Am11!

Pre-chorus: 3:19
Gsus4/D        G/D
  Movin' on forever,
Gm/D               D
  Maybe she don't care.
Gsus4/D         G/D
  Holding on together,
 Gm                   D
Maybe it just ain't there.

Chorus: 3:34
                     A#
You're dancing on a high wire,
C                 Dm7
  You need to be so sure.
                    A#
There used to be a lifeline,
C                 Dm7
  There isn't anymore.
3:50
                     A#
You're dancing on a high wire,
C                 Dm7
  You need to be so sure.
                    A#
There used to be a lifeline,
C                 Dm7
  There isn't anymore.

Coda: 4:07
A# | C | Dm | Dm  - x2

Key

key
Dm
original
key
Dm
D#m C#m
transpose
capo
on
0 fret
not in use
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B

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