Key: D
Introduction:
D G
Serabeth is scared to death
D G
To hear what the doctor will say
D G
She hasn't been well since the day that she fell
D
And the bruise it just won't
A
So she sits and she waits
G
With her mother and dad
A C A
And flips through and old magazine
A
'Til the nurse with a smile
G
Stands at the door and says
A
'Will you please come with me?'
D G
Serabeth is scared to death
D G
'Cuz the doctor just told her the news
D
Between the red cells and white
G
Somethin's not right
D GA
But we're gonna take care of you
A G
Six chances in ten it won't come back again
A C A
With the therapy we're gonnna try
A
It's just been aprooved
G
It's the strongest there is
C A
'N I think we've caught it in time
D A
And Serabeth closes her eyes
Chorus 1
A G E A
And she dreams she's dancin'
E
Around and around
D E
Without any cares
A E
And her very first love
E A
Is holding her close
G A
And the soft wind is blowin' her hair
verse 2
D G
Serabeth is scared to death
D G
As she sits holding her mom
D
'Cuz it would be a mistake
G
For someone to take
D G A
A girl with no hair to the prom
A
For just this morin'
G
Right there on her pillow
A C A
Was the cruelest of any surprise
A
And she cried as she gathered it
G
All in her hands
C A
The proof that she couldn't deny
D A
And Serabeth closes her eyes
verse 3
G
It's quarter-to-seven
A D
That boy's at the door
G D
And her daddy ushers him in
G
And when he takes off his cap
A D
They all start to cry
G A
'Cuz this moring where his hair had been
G C A
Softly she touches just skin
Chorus 2
A G E A
And they go dancin'
E
Around and around
D E
Without any cares
A E
And her very first true love
E A
Is holding her close
G
And for a moment
G
She is unsca---red
Outro