Dance With My Father

Intro: 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 [Refrão] 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 C# Ebm B 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. [Refrão] 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 Bridge: 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. F# C# Ebm B [Refrão] 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 Eb Fm C# Ab