Dancer To The Drum chords by Chapman Beth Nielsen

Chords with lyrics

"Dancer to the drum" by Beth Nielson Chapman


Intro: G+G  G+G

    G+G
Fast asleep in the dawn of ages
   C majorC       G+G
The soul of every child
   D MajorD          E minorEm
Has waited to be born a stranger
        G+G          D MajorD
Underneath the drum of his mothers heart
    G+G
Lying deep in a dream of darkness
    C majorC       G+G
Where fear has never gone
    D MajorD         E minorEm
Each spark of a life is started
      G+G      D MajorD    C majorC
Blind and pure to the world we come
      G+G      D MajorD    G+G
Blind and pure to the world we come
Refrain    D MajorD      G+G
Each of us a dancer to the drum
        D MajorD      C majorC  riff 1
Each of us a dancer to the drum
 G+G     D MajorD    G+G
Blind and pure we come
    G+G
One is born into a life of hunger
        C majorC          G+G
One will be a king or a rich man's son
     D MajorD          E minorEm
One will kill out of greed or anger
          G+G        D MajorD
One will give his life for another one
      G+G
There are lies in the smiles of innocence
      C majorC           G+G
There are blooms in the walls of stone
    D MajorD
And we will seek ourselves
    C majorC     G+G            E minorEm
In the eyes of everyone .....we have ever known
  G+G
Everyone we have ever known
     D MajorD     C majorC           G+G
And the heart, the heart will ever be a witness
    E minorEm   C majorC          G+G
And precious time, no treasure is worth
     D MajorD     C majorC           E minorEm
And the child, the child will carry our existence
 C majorC        G+G      D MajorD    G+G
   Through the days that we have on earth

solo: dulcimer, G+G   C majorC  D MajorD  C majorC  G+G D MajorD C majorC  G+G D MajorD G+G
        D MajorD      G+G
Each of us a dancer to the drum
        D MajorD      C majorC
Each of us a dancer to the drum
 G+G     D MajorD    G+G
Blind and pure we come
    G+G (Hold)
Fast asleep in the dawn of ages
   C majorC
The soul of every child
    D MajorD          C majorC   riff 2
Has waited to be born a stranger
     D MajorD       G+G  G+G  G+G  (G+G) 1 strum
Born a dancer, to the drum

Notes: Play riff 1 & 2 over chords
    h=harmonic ()=drone s=slide v=vibrato
    C majorC can be played as C9, G+G as GaddD
Riff 1
E---------------------------------
B--------3--3------------12H------
G--------0---------------12H------
D-----2---------------------------
A--3------------------------------
E---------------------------------

Riff 2

E---14---12---10---(14)----10-----
B---------------------------------
G------------------------------12-
D---------------------------------
A---------------------------------
E---------------------------------

Solo

E---------------------------------------------------
B-8v--10s12v--10s12v--10s12v--10v--8--8h10v--8v-----
G-----------------------------------------------(0)-
D---------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------------------
B-8h10--8h10--10v--10h12--10h12--10--12v--10v--8v---
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------------------
B-8h10s12--12v--10v--8v-----------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
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