From: minstrel71@yahoo.com (Stephen Mabry)6-18-02
"Dancer to the drum" by Beth Nielson Chapman
From: "You hold the key" Album
Intro: G G
GFast (320003@1)asleep in the dawn of ages
C (x32010@1) GThe (320003@1)soul of every child
D (xx0232@1) EmHas (022000@1)waited to be born a stranger
G (320003@1) DUnderneath (xx0232@1)the drum of his mothers heart
GLying (320003@1)deep in a dream of darkness
C (x32010@1) GWhere (320003@1)fear has never gone
D (xx0232@1) EmEach (022000@1)spark of a life is started
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CBlind (x32010@1)and pure to the world we come
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GBlind (320003@1)and pure to the world we come
Refrain D (xx0232@1) GEach (320003@1)of us a dancer to the drum
D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) riff 1
Each of us a dancer to the drum
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GBlind (320003@1)and pure we come
GOne (320003@1)is born into a life of hunger
C (x32010@1) GOne (320003@1)will be a king or a rich man's son
D (xx0232@1) EmOne (022000@1)will kill out of greed or anger
G (320003@1) DOne (xx0232@1)will give his life for another one
GThere (320003@1)are lies in the smiles of innocence
C (x32010@1) GThere (320003@1)are blooms in the walls of stone
DAnd (xx0232@1)we will seek ourselves
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) EmIn (022000@1)the eyes of everyone .....we have ever known
GEveryone (320003@1)we have ever known
D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)the heart, the heart will ever be a witness
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)precious time, no treasure is worth
D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) EmAnd (022000@1)the child, the child will carry our existence
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Through the days that we have on earth
solo: dulcimer, G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GEach (320003@1)of us a dancer to the drum
D (xx0232@1) CEach (x32010@1)of us a dancer to the drum
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GBlind (320003@1)and pure we come
G(Hold) (320003@1)Fast asleep in the dawn of ages
CThe (x32010@1)soul of every child
D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) riff 2
Has waited to be born a stranger
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1) (G) 1 strum
Born a dancer, to the drum
Notes: Play riff 1 & 2 over chords
h=harmonic ()=drone s=slide v=vibrato
C can be played as C9, G as GaddD
Riff 1
E---------------------------------|
B--------3--3------------12H------|
G--------0---------------12H------|
D-----2---------------------------|
A--3------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|
Riff 2
E---14---12---10---(14)----10-----|
B---------------------------------|
G------------------------------12-|
D---------------------------------|
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|
Solo
E---------------------------------------------------|
B-8v--10s12v--10s12v--10s12v--10v--8--8h10v--8v-----|
G-----------------------------------------------(0)-|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
B-8h10--8h10--10v--10h12--10h12--10--12v--10v--8v---|
G---------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
B-8h10s12--12v--10v--8v-----------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
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