Dance with my Father by Celine Dion

INTRO: C-G-Am-F

I.

C                 G

Back when I was a child

Am                           F

before life removed all the innocence

C                 G          Am

my father would lift me high

                   F                    

and dance with my mother and me and then,

C                      Am              

Spin me around 'til I fell asleep

C                           Am

and up the stairs he would carry me

       F                     G

and I knew for sure I was loved.

Chorus 1:

C               G

If I could get another chance,

 Am            F                      Am

another walk, another dance with him,

                            C

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

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II.

C                          G

When I and my mother would disagree,

Am                     F                   

to get my way I would run from her to him

C                          G

He'd make me laugh just to comfort me

Am                   F

and finally make me do just what my mama said

C                       Am

later that night when I was asleep,

C                 Am

he left a dollar under my sheet

        F                       G

never dreamed that he would be gone from me.

Chorus 2:

C                      G

If I could steal one final glance,

     Am              F

one final step, one final dance with him

Am                          C

I'd play a song that would never, ever end

            F                    G                    C

'Cause I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again

F                     Gm

Sometimes I'd listen outside her door

    Am                C

and hear my mama how cried for him

F                    Gm

I pray for her even more than me,

F                    Gm

I pray for her even more than me.

C                     G

I know I prayed, for much too much

     Am                      F

but could you send back the only man she loved,

Dm                      Am           Dm

I know you don't do it usually, but dear lord she's dying

    G                    C      G

to dance with my father again.

Finale:

Dm                         G

Every night I fall asleep this is all I ever dreamed

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