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The Dance

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Intro: G  
(      G-     C-     D-    G)   D/F#  
Looking back on the memory of 
The dance we shared beneath the stars above 
For  a moment  all the world was right 
How could I have  known 
that you'd  ever say goodbye?
(       C     D       Bm     C    D)      G  
And now I'm glad  I didn't know 
The way it all would end 
The way it all would go 
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain 
But I'd have had to miss the dance
(      G-     C-     D-    G)   D/F#  
Holding you I held everything 
For a moment wasn't I a king?
If I'd only  known how the king would fall
Then who's to say ?
You know I might have changed it all 
(       C     D       Bm     C    D)      G  
And now I'm glad  I didn't know 
The way it all would end 
The way it all would go 
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain 
But I'd have had to miss the dance

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The Dance

by Renato Russo

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Chords in this song · guitar

D/F#

Intro:

G C D G D/F#

( - - - )

Looking back on the memory of

The dance we shared beneath the stars above

For a moment all the world was right

How could I have known

that you'd ever say goodbye?

C D Bm C D G

( )

And now I'm glad I didn't know

The way it all would end

The way it all would go

Our lives are better left to chance

I could have missed the pain

But I'd have had to miss the dance

G C D G D/F#

( - - - )

Holding you I held everything

For a moment wasn't I a king?

If I'd only known how the king would fall

Then who's to say ?

You know I might have changed it all

C D Bm C D G

( )

And now I'm glad I didn't know

The way it all would end

The way it all would go

Our lives are better left to chance

I could have missed the pain

But I'd have had to miss the dance

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