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DANCE AROUND THE FIRE
by Slaid Cleaves / Mark Farrington . . . Happy Valley Music, BMI
from the CD No Angel Knows
Capo 2
[Intro] x2
[D] - ([G]walk [F]down) - [Em]
DBill’s been thinking a lot these days
About the Gway things Fused to Embe
DHe’s never been the kind of man
To Gput Fmuch Emfaith in Ddestiny
DSometimes he feels the warmth
Of a Gfire from Flong Emago
DSometimes he steps into the nGight
And Fall he Emfeels is the winter Dcold
CEverybody Gdance around the Dfire Ctonight
CYou don’t have to wait G’till it’s your Dturn
CEverybody Gdance a little closer to the fDlame Ctonight
But don’t get Gburned
Pray that you Ddon’t get burned
They Dmet in high school
And they Gnever Fhad a Emdoubt
DThere’d be some hard times
But old GBill would Ffind a Emway to Dwork things out
Katie had a way about her
That Gmade old FBill Embelieve
A Dsmall farm and three kids later
It Glooked jFust like the Emperfect Dfamily
But Cone day GBill found out what he Dshould’ve known all Calong:
Things fall Gapart sometimes
One Dminute something’s Cthere and then it’s Dgone
DWith the kids in bed that night
Katie Ggently Fshut the Emdoor
DShe turned to Bill and said
I’m Gsorry but FI don’t Emlove you Danymore
And Dnow he spends his days
Just Glike he’s Falways Emdone
DYou’d never guess the sorrow
That he’s Ghid Fso Emwell from Deveryone
DThe house is empty now
The Gkids Fgrown up and Emgone
And DBill slips into bed at night
With GKatie Fright by his Emside and they Dhold on
CEverybody Gdance around the Dfire Ctonight
CYou don’t have to Gwait ’till it’s your Dturn
CEverybody Gdance a little closer to the Dflame Ctonight
But don’t get Gburned
Pray that you Ddon’t get burned
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Dance Around The Fire

by Slaid Cleaves

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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DANCE AROUND THE FIRE

by Slaid Cleaves / Mark Farrington . . . Happy Valley Music, BMI

from the CD No Angel Knows

Capo 2

[Intro] x2

D G F Em

[] - ([]walk []down) - []

Bill’s been thinking a lot these days

G F Em

About the way things used to be

He’s never been the kind of man

G F Em D

To put much faith in destiny

Sometimes he feels the warmth

G F Em

Of a fire from long ago

D G

Sometimes he steps into the night

F Em D

And all he feels is the winter cold

C G D C

Everybody dance around the fire tonight

C G D

You don’t have to wait ’till it’s your turn

C G D C

Everybody dance a little closer to the flame tonight

But don’t get burned

Pray that you don’t get burned

They met in high school

G F Em

And they never had a doubt

There’d be some hard times

G F Em D

But old Bill would find a way to work things out

Katie had a way about her

G F Em

That made old Bill believe

A small farm and three kids later

G F Em D

It looked just like the perfect family

C G D C

But one day Bill found out what he should’ve known all along:

Things fall apart sometimes

D C D

One minute something’s there and then it’s gone

With the kids in bed that night

G F Em

Katie gently shut the door

She turned to Bill and said

G F Em D

I’m sorry but I don’t love you anymore

And now he spends his days

G F Em

Just like he’s always done

You’d never guess the sorrow

G F Em D

That he’s hid so well from everyone

The house is empty now

G F Em

The kids grown up and gone

And Bill slips into bed at night

G F Em D

With Katie right by his side and they hold on

C G D C

Everybody dance around the fire tonight

C G D

You don’t have to wait ’till it’s your turn

C G D C

Everybody dance a little closer to the flame tonight

But don’t get burned

Pray that you don’t get burned

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