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The Dance

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[Intro]
A E F#m F#m
A E A A
[Verse 1]
  ATonight's the Enight that we F#mrun
  F#mOut of the Etown that we come Afrom
  AI won't regEret the things we've F#mdone
  F#mDo what we Ehad to do for Alove
[Pre-Chorus]
DEveryone said we should not be Alovers (loEvers)
DTry to force our hands to hold aAnother'sE  
But then F#mwe sDaid, "Eno, we F#mhave Dto Ego,"
[Chorus]
AI don't think it's wroF#mng, what we Dhave
ESometimes life happens and Ayou
Don't get to chose the F#msong, or the Dband
EOnly get to chose the way you dAance
[Verse 2]
  ASo, here wEe are, on ouF#mr own
  F#mWe have no Eidea which way to Ago
  AWe're not aEfraid because we kF#mnow
  F#mIf we have lEove, we have a Ahome
[Pre-Chorus]
DThere were times where we tried to deAny this (dEeny this)
DEveryone said we should try to fight AitE  
But then F#mwe sDaid, "Eno, we F#mhave Dto Ego,"
[Chorus]
AI don't think it's wF#mrong, what we Dhave
ESometimes life happens and Ayou
Don't get to chose the F#msong, or the bDand
EOnly get to chose the way we
[Bridge]
DDance along to the song that's playingA  E  
DWe don't care to change the stationA  E  
So, F#msing EaloAng 'cause tDhis Amay Ebe
Our new favourite songA  
[Chorus] - strum once
AI don't think it's wrF#mong, what we Dhave
ESometimes life happens and Ayou
Don't get to chose the sF#mong, or the bDand
EOnly get to chose the way we dAanceF#m  D  
[Outro]
We Eonly get to chose the way we dAanceF#m  D  
                                E   A(strum once)
We only get to chose the way we dance

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The Dance

by Evan Blum

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F#m

[Intro]

A E F#m F#m

A E A A

[Verse 1]

A E F#m

Tonight's the night that we run

F#m E A

Out of the town that we come from

A E F#m

I won't regret the things we've done

F#m E A

Do what we had to do for love

[Pre-Chorus]

D A E

Everyone said we should not be lovers (lovers)

D A E

Try to force our hands to hold another's

F#m D E F#m D E

But then we said, "no, we have to go,"

[Chorus]

A F#m D

I don't think it's wrong, what we have

E A

Sometimes life happens and you

F#m D

Don't get to chose the song, or the band

E A

Only get to chose the way you dance

[Verse 2]

A E F#m

So, here we are, on our own

F#m E A

We have no idea which way to go

A E F#m

We're not afraid because we know

F#m E A

If we have love, we have a home

[Pre-Chorus]

D A E

There were times where we tried to deny this (deny this)

D A E

Everyone said we should try to fight it

F#m D E F#m D E

But then we said, "no, we have to go,"

[Chorus]

A F#m D

I don't think it's wrong, what we have

E A

Sometimes life happens and you

F#m D

Don't get to chose the song, or the band

Only get to chose the way we

[Bridge]

D A E

Dance along to the song that's playing

D A E

We don't care to change the station

F#m E A D A E

So, sing along 'cause this may be

Our new favourite song

[Chorus] - strum once

A F#m D

I don't think it's wrong, what we have

E A

Sometimes life happens and you

F#m D

Don't get to chose the song, or the band

E A F#m D

Only get to chose the way we dance

[Outro]

E A F#m D

We only get to chose the way we dance

E A

(strum once)

We only get to chose the way we dance

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