Dance With Me
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Key: Eb
[Verse 1]
D G
There at the table my daughter and I
Em A
Just ate the last of my mother's pie
D G
It's the 5th of December and I act like I don't know
Em A D
Where it is she wants to go
G D
She pushed back a chair and took my hand
G Bm A
Come into the living room and put on my favorite band
G D
Dad it's my birthday don't miss your chance
G A D
Ask me to dance
[Chorus]
So I said
D
Dance with me
G D
Dance with me Jen
Bm A G D
I'd love to feel you in my arms again
D
Dance with me
G D
Dance with me Jen
Bm A G D
I'd love to feel you in my arms again
[Verse 2]
D G
Several years later my daughter and I
Em A
Can't get along no matter how hard I try
D G
She got herself a boyfriend who lives on down our road
Em A D
His intentions, I don't know
G D
So on her birthday that same year
G Bm A
I went and put on that music she loved to hear
G D
Said girl it's your birthday don't wanna miss my chance
G A D
Im gonna ask you to dance
[Chorus]
So I said
D
Dance with me
G D
Dance with me Jen
Bm A G D
I'd love to feel you in my arms again
D
Dance with me
G D
Dance with me Jen
Bm A G D
I'd love to feel you in my arms again
Bm
[Bridge]
Bm F#m
She turned her head and grabbed her coat
G A
She didn't look back and she slammed the door
[Verse 3]
D G
Took a bus down to Texas with that boy down the road
Em A
Had no idea that he'd leave her there alone
D G
She was drinking her freedom and weathering the cold
Em A D
Too stuborn to come back home
G D
She finally got a job at a night time club
G Bm A G
She was dancing on tables for men she didn't love
G D
She thought if my daddy could see me now
G A D
He'd never take me back no way, no how
[Chorus]
And how she longed to hear him say
D
Dance with me
G D
Dance with me Jen
Bm A G D
I'd love to feel you in my arms again
D
Dance with me
G D
Dance with me Jen
Bm A G D
I'd love to feel you in my arms again
[Verse 4]
D G
Found out from her boyfriend who lived down the road
Em A
He left her in Texas and he moved back home
D G
He had her address and I drove all night long
Em A D
Just to find that she was gone
G D
It was 10 in the morning when I found out what she did
G Bm A
I left a note at the club, got in my car and drove home again
G D
When she read it she cried alone
G A D
Hoped a bus and headed home
[Chorus]
Cause that note it read
D
Dance with me
G D
Dance with me Jen
Bm A G D
I'd love to feel you in my arms again
D
Dance with me
G D
Dance with me Jen
Bm A G D
I'd love to feel you in my arms again
How to play Dance With Me
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Eb. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.