INTRO: C-G-Am-F

I.
C                 G
Back when I was a child
Am                           F
before life removed all the innocence
C                 G          Am
my father would lift me high
                   F                     
and dance with my mother and me and then,
C                      Am               
Spin me around 'til I fell asleep
C                           Am
and up the stairs he would carry me
       F                     G
and I knew for sure I was loved.

Chorus 1:
C               G
If I could get another chance, 
 Am            F                      Am
another walk, another dance with him,
                            C
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
         F                    G                   C
How I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again

 C-G-F-Am-F

II.
C                          G
When I and my mother would disagree,
Am                     F                    
to get my way I would run from her to him
C                          G
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me
Am                   F
and finally make me do just what my mama said
C                       Am
later that night when I was asleep,
C                 Am
he left a dollar under my sheet
        F                       G
never dreamed that he would be gone from me.

Chorus 2:
C                      G 
If I could steal one final glance,
     Am              F
one final step, one final dance with him
Am                          C
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
            F                    G                    C
'Cause I'd love, love, love to dance with my father again

F                     Gm
Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
    Am                C
and hear my mama how cried for him
F                    Gm
I pray for her even more than me,
F                    Gm
I pray for her even more than me.

C                     G
I know I prayed, for much too much
     Am                      F
but could you send back the only man she loved,
Dm                      Am           Dm
I know you don't do it usually, but dear lord she's dying 
    G                    C      G
to dance with my father again.

Finale:
Dm                         G
Every night I fall asleep this is all I ever dreamed

C-G-Am-F-G-C