Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: C minorCm
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
**lively**
C minorCm C7(no3)
C minorCm Fm9/C (x3)
Verse:
Eb MajorEb F minorFm
On the bank of the Tennessee River
AbAb Bb majorBb
In a small Kentucky town
C minorCm Abmaj7Abmaj7 AbAb
I drew my first breath one cold November morning
EbmEbm G minorGm
And before my feet even touched the ground
EbmEbm G minorGm
With the doctors and the nurses gathered 'round
C minorCm C minorCm
I started to dance, I started to dance
Instrumental:
C minorCm
Eb MajorEb F minorFm
A augmentedA little boy full of wide-eyed wonder
AbAb Bb majorBb
Footloose and fancy free
Abmaj7Abmaj7 AbAb
But it would happen, as it does for every dancer
Eb MajorEb G minorGm
That I'd stumble on a truth I couldn't see
Eb MajorEb G minorGm
And find a longing deep inside of me, it said
Chorus:
C minorCm
I am the heart, I need the heartbeat
AbAb
I am the eyes, I need the sight
FF AbAb
I realize that I am just a body
Bb majorBb
I need the life
C minorCm
I move my feet, I go through the motions
AbAb
But who'll give purpose to chance
FF
I am the dancer
AbAb Bb majorBb C minorCm
I need the Lord of the dance
Verse:
Eb MajorEb F minorFm
The world beneath us spins in circles
AbAb Bb majorBb
And this life makes us twist and turn and sway
Abmaj7Abmaj7 AbAb
But we were made for-more-than rhythm with no reason
Eb MajorEb G minorGm
By the one who moves with passion and with grace
Eb MajorEb G minorGm
As He dances over all that He has made
Chorus:
C minorCm
I am the heart, I need the heartbeat
AbAb
I am the eyes, I need the sight
FF AbAb
I realize that I am just a body
Bb majorBb
I need the life
C minorCm
I move my feet, I go through the motions
AbAb
But who'll give purpose to chance
FF
I am the dancer
AbAb Bb majorBb C minorCm
He is the Lord of the dance
Bb majorBb C minorCm
Lord of the dance
Bb majorBb C minorCm
Lord of the dance
Instrumental:
Cm7Cm7
Bb majorBb C minorCm
Cm7Cm7
G minorGm C minorCm
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C7C7
AbAb Bb majorBb (x2)
C7(no3) AbAb Bb majorBb
And while the music of His love and mercy plays
C7(no3) AbAb Eb MajorEb
I will fall down on my knees and I will pray
Chorus:
C minorCm
I am the heart, I need the heartbeat
AbAb
I am the eyes, I need the sight
FF AbAb
I realize that I am just a body
Bb majorBb
I need the life
C minorCm
I move my feet, I go through the motions
AbAb
But who'll give purpose to chance
FF
I am the dancer
AbAb Bb majorBb C minorCm
I need the Lord of the dance