Father-daughter Dance chords by JJ Heller

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

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

G+G   D MajorD    E minorEm
The Father-Daughter Dance
   C majorC    G+G   D MajorD
Was only two weeks away
   C majorC     D MajorD      G+G     E minorEm
They asked her if she was planning to go
  C majorC   G+G       D MajorD
The only thing she could say was

  C majorC    D MajorD  G+G
My daddy is not around
    C majorC     G+G      D MajorD      E minorEm
He’s locked in a jail on the outskirts of town
  C majorC      D MajorD       G+G    E minorEm
I wish we could dance on that Saturday night
  C majorC      G+G    D MajorD
But I’ll have to turn it down
C majorC     D MajorD      G+G
’Cause my daddy is not around

   G+G      D MajorD      E minorEm
The little girl wrote to the sheriff
   C majorC      G+G D MajorD
Her request was unusual
   C majorC    D MajorD     G+G     E minorEm
Would you be willing to put on a dance
     C majorC    G+G       D MajorD
Since my father cannot come to school?
  C majorC    D MajorD  G+G
My daddy is not around
   C majorC       G+G      D MajorD      E minorEm
He’s locked in your jail on the outskirts of town
  C majorC       D MajorD       G+G    E minorEm
I wish we could dance on that Saturday night
    C majorC       G+G    D MajorD
Please don’t make me turn it down
C majorC          D MajorD   G+G
’Cause my daddy is not around

   G+G     D MajorD      E minorEm
The dance was held at the prison
   C majorC      G+G    D MajorD   C majorC
Her dad wore a shirt and tie He told her
   D MajorD      G+G     E minorEm
“You look like a princess to me
  C majorC      G+G   D MajorD
May I have this dance tonight?”

      C majorC     D MajorD      G+G
And their feet never touched the ground
   C majorC        G+G       D MajorD     E minorEm
They forgot where they were on the outskirts of town
      C majorC    D MajorD      G+G    E minorEm
They were dancing together on a Saturday night
  C majorC     G+G     D MajorD
He spun her around and around
      C majorC      D MajorD     G+G
And their feet never touched the ground

G+G     D MajorD      E minorEm
After the final song played
     C majorC     G+G   D MajorD
And the school bus drove away
E minorEm      D MajorD
Alone in the dark
      G+G    C majorC
His heart broken in two
   C majorC   G+G    D MajorD
Her daddy began to pray

        C majorC       D MajorD   G+G
Dear Jesus, my girl needs her dad around
   C majorC     G+G      D MajorD      E minorEm
Not locked in a jail on the outskirts of town
C majorC       D MajorD      G+G    E minorEm
Then we could dance every Saturday night
  C majorC       G+G    D MajorD
I don’t want to let her down
     C majorC    G+G   D MajorD
Help me turn my life around
      C majorC       D MajorD  G+G
’Cause my girl needs her dad around