{"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":866633,"song":"Dance With My Father","artist":"Luther Vandross","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11603199-dance-with-my-father-chords-by-luther-vandross/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/866633?type=chord","rating":4.76174,"votes":412,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBack when I was a child[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBefore life removed all the innocence[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy father would lift me high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd dance with my mother and me and then[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSpin me around till I fell asleep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen up the stairs he would carry me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I knew for sure[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was loved[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I could get another chance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnother walk, another dance with him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'd play a song that would never, ever end[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow I'd love my mother to dance with my father again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I and my mother would disagree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo get my way I would run from her to him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe'd make me laugh just to comfort me, yeah, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen finally make me do just what my mama said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLater that night when I was asleep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe left a dollar under my sheet[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNever dreamed that he[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWould be gone from me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I could steal one final glance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOne final step, one final dance with him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'd play a song that would never, ever end[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\ncause i'd love my mother to dance with my father[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nagain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSometimes I'd listen outside her door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I'd hear my mama cryin' for him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI pray for her even more than me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI pray for her even more than me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI know I'm prayin' for much too much[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut could You send back the only man she loved[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI know You don't do it usually[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut Lord, she's dyin' to dance with my father again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nEvery night I fall asleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd this is all I ever dream[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC   G   Am   F\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD   A   Bm   G\n\n\n[Bridge]","chords":["C","G","Am","F","Dm","D","A","Bm","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}