Bela Lugosi's Dead — Bauhaus — Bass cover with tabs (4k)

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I don't own any rights fo the song.

OK now, release the bats, let's goth. "Bela Lugosi's Dead" is a song by Bauhaus. It was the first tune they recorded at their very first studio session as a band in January 1979. In August, it was released as their first single. Later, alternate and live versions were released on some compilations. Finally, in 2018, that whole session was released as "The Bela Session", and that 2018 reissue of the song I use in the video.

"Bela Lugosi's Dead" is often considered the first gothic rock record ever. First or not, it's surely a goth rock classic, standard, canon, and harbinger.

"Bela Lugosi's Dead" was recorded "live in the studio" in a single take six weeks after the band had formed. All four band members are credited as writers of the song, bassist David J has claimed that he wrote the lyrics. The tune is named after Bela Lugosi, the actor who is best known for playing the title character in the 1931 classic movie "Dracula". He died in 1956, so he was indeed dead when the song was being written and recorded.

Lyrics:

White on white translucent black capes
Back on the rack
Bela Lugosi's dead
The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled
Red velvet lines the black box

Bela Lugosi's dead
Bela Lugosi's dead
Undead, undead, undead
Undead, undead, undead

The virginal brides file past his tomb
Strewn with time's dead flowers
Bereft in deathly bloom
Alone in a darkened room
The count

Bela Lugosi's dead
Bela Lugosi's dead
Bela Lugosi's dead
Undead, undead, undead
Undead, undead, undead
Undead
Oh Bela
Bela's undead
Oh Bela
Bela's undead
Bela's undead
Oh Bela
Bela's undead
Oh Bela
Undead