The Who - Dangerous: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Dangerous" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Dangerous Guitar Chords and Lyrics by The Who

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Dangerous" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

        F/C  C   F/C  C   G/C
Can you feel it? Watching you
C      F/C  C    F/C  C   F/C
In the darkness, touching you
        F/C C
Like a sickness
G#   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  F       G Am G/B
So dangerous
        C
To yourself

Chorus:
G#/C          Gm/C            F/C
Can you feel it in the shadows?
G/C
Watching you, touching you
G#/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
       G#/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

F            C/D D#/C     Gm/D F/C
This is a jungle, not illusion
          C D#/C     F/C
Jungle city, in confusion
G#/C            G/D F/C      G/D F/C
We are the next step in evolution
              Dm9  D#/C F/C D#/C
The new stone age revolution
                  F/C D#/C     F/C D#/C
Back to the stone age, constitution
       F/C A#/C
No solution.

Chorus:
G#/C           Gm/C           F/C
Can you feel it in the shadows?
G/C
Watching you, touching you
G#/C           G/C             F/C
Can you feel it as the shadows?
Follow you, swallow you
G#/C
Can you feel it?
Gm/C
Fear is the key.
G#/C
Can you feel it?
F/C
Fear is the key.
G#/C            Gm/C
Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
A#/C         C  Cm7         C
Fear is the key to your soul.


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

C

Guitar chord C

C7

Guitar chord C7

Cm7

Guitar chord Cm7

D

Guitar chord D

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

Dm9

Guitar chord Dm9

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

G

Guitar chord G

G#

Guitar chord G#

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Dangerous" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Dangerous" by The Who.

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