Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself Chords & Tabs

 

Dancing With Myself Chords & Tabs

Billy Idol Chords & Tabs

Version: 1 Type: Tab

Dancing With Myself Tab

   
Great punk rock song.  Pretty simple, goes like this

Figure 1
(Intro)

-----000000000--------
-----555545755--------
----------------------
----------------------
----------------------
----------------------

Verse:Palm Muted

Repeat Figure #1 two times, 3rd time is below.  Rhythm Varies and figure
varies each time around, listen to song.  

000000000000000
555545554555755
---------------
---------------
---------------
---------------

(E)         (A)         (B) 
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
222222222222777777777777999999999999
222222222222777777777777999999999999
000000000000555555555555777777777777 

Chorus:

Same Chords as verse
Listen close for the rhythm. Each chourus is played with a little different rhythm

(E)          (A)  (B)     (A)
---------------------------
---------------------------
9---99-9-------------------
9---99-9-------------------
7---77-7-----77-7-9----99-97 
-------------55-5-7----77-75

Bridge: (Again, listen to rhythm)

Prior to solo
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/billy_idol/dancing_with_myself_tab.html ]
 (E)     (A)     (E)     (B)
---------------------------
---------------------------
--9---------------9--------
--9-------7-------9-------9
--7-------7-------7-------9
----------5---------------7


Big Solo!

B Note on 5th and E note on 4th string are palm muted.  F# note on 4th string is 
slightly palm muted.  Drone (B) is played wide open and is played one measure longer 
the last time around and with a bit of staccato.  Play with all downstrokes.  

--------------------------------
------------0000------------0000 
------------4444------------4444 1/2 step bend second time
----22224444--------22224444----
2222------------2222------------

Rhythm under solo is just palm muted power chords.  E power chord is played 2 measures 
longer last time around

(B)         (E) 
------------------------
------------------------
------------999999999999
999999999999999999999999
999999999999777777777777
777777777777------------

Verse after solo has a rest with a guitar bend:

-
-
4^ (Bend one whole step)
-
-
-

The original is 5 minutes long.  Listen close for variations in rhythms during some 
parts.  This is pretty much the basics of the the song.