{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2359723,"song":"Father-Daughter Dance","artist":"JJ Heller","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11488188-father-daughter-dance-chords-by-jj-heller/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2359723?type=chord","rating":4.94539,"votes":13,"content":"[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe Father-Daughter Dance[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas only two weeks away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey asked her if she was planning to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe only thing she could say was[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy daddy is not around[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe’s locked in a jail on the outskirts of town[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI wish we could dance on that Saturday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I’ll have to turn it down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n’Cause my daddy is not around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe little girl wrote to the sheriff[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHer request was unusual[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWould you be willing to put on a dance[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSince my father cannot come to school?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy daddy is not around[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe’s locked in your jail on the outskirts of town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI wish we could dance on that Saturday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPlease don’t make me turn it down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n’Cause my daddy is not around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe dance was held at the prison[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHer dad wore a shirt and tie He told her[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n“You look like a princess to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMay I have this dance tonight?”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd their feet never touched the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey forgot where they were on the outskirts of town[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey were dancing together on a Saturday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe spun her around and around[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd their feet never touched the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAfter the final song played[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the school bus drove away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAlone in the dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis heart broken in two[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHer daddy began to pray[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDear Jesus, my girl needs her dad around[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNot locked in a jail on the outskirts of town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen we could dance every Saturday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI don’t want to let her down[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHelp me turn my life around[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n’Cause my girl needs her dad around[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["G","D","Em","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}