Key: F
Introduction: F# C# Ebm B
F# C#
Back when I was a child
Ebm B
before life removed all the innocence
F# C# Ebm
my father would lift me high
B
and dance with my mother and me and then,
F# Ebm
Spin me around 'til I fell asleep
Abm Ebm
then up the stairs he would carry me
B C#
and I knew for sure I was loved
F# C#
If I could get another chance,
Ebm B Abm
another walk, another dance with him,
Ebm
I'd play a song that would never, never end
B C# F#
How I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again
F# C#
When I and my mother would disagree,
Ebm B
to get my way I would run from her to him
F# C#
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me, yeah yeah
Ebm B
and finally make me do just what my mama said
F# Ebm
later that night when I was asleep,
Abm Ebm
he left a dollar under my sheet
B C#
never dreamed that he would be gone from me.
F# C#
If I could steal one final glance,
Ebm B
one final step, one final dance with him
Abm Ebm
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
B C# F#
'Cause I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again
B C#
Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
F# C# Ebm C# B
and I hear my mother cried for him
C#
I pray for her even more than me,
B C#
I pray for her even more than me.
Ab Eb
I know I'm praying, for much too much
Fm C#
but could you send back the only man she loved,
Bbm Fm C#
I know you don't do it usually, but dear Lord she's dying
Eb Ab Eb
to dance with my father again.
C# Eb Ab
Every night I fall asleep this is all I ever dreamed