[Intro]
 C G/B Am F
 
 
C                 G/B
Back when I was a child
Am                 F
before life removed all the innocence
C                 G/B        Am
My father would lift me high
                   F
And dance with my mother and me and then,
C/E                         F
Spin me around 'til I fell asleep
Ddim                       C/G
And up the stairs he would carry me
      D/F#                  G
And I knew for sure I was loved.
 
[Chorus]
C               G/B
If I could get another chance,
 Am            F                      Dm
Another walk, another dance with him,
                      Am
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
         F                    G                   C
How I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again
 
 
[Interlude]
C G/B Am F
 
 
C                          G/B
When I and my mother would disagree,
Am                     F
To get my way I would run from her to him
C                          G/B        Am
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me
                    F
And finally make me do just what my mama said
C/E                         F
Later that night when I was asleep,
Ddim             C/G
He left a dollar under my sheet
        D/F#                    G
Never dreamed that he would be gone from me.
 
 
[Chorus]
C              G/B
If I could get one final glance,
 Am             F                        Dm
One final step, one final dance with him
                      Am
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
         F                    G                   C
How I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again
 
 
[Bridge]
F                     G
Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
    C            Am
And hear my mama cried for him
F                    G
I pray for her even more than me,
Dm                    G
I pray for her even more than me.
 
 
[Interlude]
 C G/B Am F
 
 
D                     A/C#
I know I prayed, for much too much
     Bm                     G
But could you send back the only man she loved,
Em                      Bm           G
I know you don't do it usually, but dear lord she's dying
     A                   Bm
to dance with my father again.
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Every night I fall asleep this is all I ever dreamed
 
 
[Outro]
D A/C# Bm G
 
Em                      Bm           G
I know you don't do it usually, but dear lord she's dying
     A                   D
To dance with my father again.