Dance With My Father Chords & Lyrics by Luther Vandross
Dance With My Father
guitar chords lyrics
Four Semitones Above Original
Intro: D A/C# Bm GMaj9
Verse 1
D A/C# G
A
Back when I was a child, before life removed all the innocence
D A/C# G
A
My father would lift me high, And dance with my mother and me and then
D/F# G Gm/Bb
D/A
Spin me around till I fell asleep, Then up the stairs he would carry me,
E/G# Asus4 A
and I knew for sure I was loved
Chorus
D A/C# Bm G
If I could get, another chance, another walk, another dance with him
Em Bm G
I'd play a song that would never, ever end. How I'd love, love love, to
Asus4 A D...
dance with my father again.
...D A/C# Bm GMaj9
D A/C# G
A
When I and my mother would disagree, to get my way I'd run from her to him
D A/C# G He'd make me
just to comfort me, yeah yeah, and finally make me do
Asus4 A
just what my mama said
D/F# G Gm/Bb
D/A
Later that night when I was asleep, he left a dollar under my sheet
E/G# Em Asus4 A
Never dreamed that he would be gone from me
Chorus
Bridge
G A D A/C#
Sometimes I'd listen outside her door, and I'd hear how my mother
Bm
cried for him.
G Asus4 A Em7
Asus4
I'd pray for her even more than me, I'd pray for her even more than me
A Asus2 D A/C# Bm9 Gmaj7
Chorus with key-change (Up a tone)
E B/D# C#m9
A
I know I'm praying for much too much, but could you send back the only man she loved?
F#m7 C#m9 Amaj9
B
I know you don't do it usually, but lord she's dying to dance with my
Em9
father again
Outro
F#m7 Am6 E
Every night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream
E...|B/D#...|Amaj9...|F#m11. Bsus4 B|E...
