Dance Band On The Titanic chords by Harry Chapin

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


D MajorD
Dance band on the Titanic
           A augmentedA
Sing nearer my God to Thee
   A7A7
The iceberg's on the starboard bow
G+G     A augmentedA     D MajorD
Won't you dance with me?


E7E7
Mama stood crying at the dockside

Sayin' "Please son don't take this trip."
    A7A7
I said "Momma, sweet momma, don't you worry none
   B7B7
Even God couldn't sink this ship."
     E7E7
Well the whistle blew and they turned the screws

And churned the water into foam
A7A7
Destination - Sweet salvation
  B7B7  C7C7     B7B7
Goodbye home sweet home

      E MajorE
I'm in the dance band on the Titanic
             B7B7
Sing nearer my God to Thee

The iceberg's on the starboard bow
             E MajorE - BB
Won't you dance with me?


   E7E7
There was a trombone and a saxophone

The bass and drums were cookin' on the bandstand
      A7A7
And I was strummin' in the middle with this dude on a fiddle
      B7B7
And we were three days out from land
    E7E7
Now the foghorn's jammed and moaning

Hear it groaning through the misty night
       A7A7
I heard the lookout shout down "There's icebergs around
  B7B7   C7C7       B7B7
But still everything's alright."

    E MajorE
Aw the dance band on the Titanic
            B7B7
Sing nearer my God to Thee

The iceberg's on the starboard bow
           E MajorE - E5E5 - F#5F#5 - G5G5 - Ab5Ab5
Won't you dance with me?


     A augmentedA
They were burning all the flares for candles

In a banquet they were throwing in first class
  BB               G+G
And we were blowing waltzes in the ballroom
     B7B7          B5B5 - C5C5 - C#5C#5 - D5D5 - Eb5Eb5
When the universe went crash!
    E7E7
"There's no way that this could happen!"
            Eb7Eb7 - D7D7 - C#7C#7 - C7C7 - B7B7 - Bb7Bb7
I could hear the old captain curse
      A7A7
He ordered life boats away, that's when I heard the chaplin say
      B7B7               E7E7
"Women and children and chaplins first!"

     E7E7
Well they soon used up all of the life boats

But there were a lot of us left on board
       A7A7
I heard the drummer saying, "Boys, just keep playing
     B7B7    C7C7      B7B7
Now we're doing this date for the Lord."

      E MajorE
I heard the dance band on the Titanic
            B7B7
Sing nearer my God to Thee

The iceberg's on the starboard bow
           E MajorE - E5E5 - F#5F#5 - G5G5 - Ab5Ab5
Won't you dance with me?
     A augmentedA
There's a wild-eyed boy in the radio shack

He's the last remaining guest
    BB            G+G
He was tapping in a morse code frenzy
B7B7               Notes only: BB (14 x's)
Tappin' "Please God, S.O.S."


 E7E7
Jesus Christ can walk on the water

Well a music-man will drown
       A augmentedA
They say that Nero fiddled while Rome burned up
       B7B7        C7C7    B7B7
Well I'll be strummin' as the ship goes down

      E MajorE
I'm in the dance band on the Titanic

Sing nearer my God to Thee
B7B7
The iceberg's on the starboard bow
           E MajorE
Won't you dance with me?

repeat twice and fade: