Dance With Who Brung You
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This is an Asleep at the Wheel number on their tribute to Bob
Wills album of about a year ago. The album won an award, if I remember
correctly.
Dance With Who Brung You--- by Asleep at the Wheel (a Western Swing)
Key of F (this tune is really just a series of 4ths, from D to G to C to
F) To be played in the tempo of San Antonio Rose, which also uses the
4ths
Intro(same as the melody of the Chorus)
Chorus
C7 F D7
You got to dance with who brung you, swing with who swung you,
G C7 F
Don't be a fickle fool,You came here with a gal, who's always been your
D7 G7 C7
pal, don't leave her for the first unattached girl, it just ain't cool
F D7
You got to dance with who brung you, swing with who swung you,
Gm D7 Gm B flat F dim
Life ain't no forty-yard dash, be in it for the long run,
F D7 G7 C7
'cause in the long run you'll have more fun, if you dance with who brung
F F Em Dm C
you to the bash
Verse 1
C F F Em Dm C
I had a friend from Texas, he really had some style, he sang that good
F
old Western Swing and drove 'em wild
Dm Gm
Then a talent scout from Vegas said "Boy, play and sing this way"
G7(stop) C7
And in one short year he was broke and in L.A.
(Chorus)
Instrumental Break (same as the Intro and Chorus) then F Em Dm C
verse 2
C F Em Dm C
You gotta be real careful what you wish for, 'cause you just might get
F Dm Gm
the whole darn thing, Be sure what you want is something you can use-
G7(stop) C7
Or you might wind up half dead, just singing the Blues
Chorus (and end with)
G7 C7 F D7
If you dance with who brung you to the bash---
G7 C7 F
Dance with who brung you to the bash
Mike Butterfield roots@uslink.net
How to play Dance With Who Brung You
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