Four Semitones Above Original
Intro: D A/C# Bm Gmaj9

Verse 1

D (xx0232@1)               A/C# (042220@1) G (320003@1)                          
   ABack (x02220@1)when I was a child, before life removed all the innocence
D (xx0232@1)                    A/C# (042220@1)         G (320003@1)                
 AMy (x02220@1)father would lift me high, And dance with my mother and me and then
D/F# (200232@1)                    G (320003@1)     Gm/Bb              
       D/ASpin (x00232@1)me around till I fell asleep, Then up the stairs he would carry me,
E/G# (143121@4)                       Asus4 (x02230@1)Aand (x02220@1)I knew for sure I was loved

Chorus

D (xx0232@1)             A/C# (042220@1)           Bm (x24432@1)         GIf (320003@1)I could get, another chance, another walk, another dance with him
Em (022000@1)                        Bm (x24432@1)                      GI'd (320003@1)play a song that would never, ever end. How I'd love, love love, to
Asus4 (x02230@1)       A (x02220@1)       D...
dance with my father again.

...D A/C# Bm Gmaj9

D (xx0232@1)               A/C# (042220@1) G (320003@1)                          
   AWhen (x02220@1)I and my mother would disagree, to get my way I'd run from her to him
D (xx0232@1)                           A/C# (042220@1)                   G (320003@1)                 He'd make me 
just to comfort me, yeah yeah, and finally make me do
          Asus4 (x02230@1)Ajust (x02220@1)what my mama said
D/F# (200232@1)                      G (320003@1)    Gm/Bb             
       D/ALater (x00232@1)that night when I was asleep, he left a dollar under my sheet
          E/G# (143121@4)                  Em (022000@1) Asus4 (x02230@1)ANever (x02220@1)dreamed that he would be gone from me

Chorus

Bridge

G (320003@1)                        A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)                    A/C#Sometimes (042220@1)I'd listen outside her door, and I'd hear how my mother
    Bmcried (x24432@1)for him.
G (320003@1)                      Asus4A   Em7               
        Asus4I'd (x02230@1)pray for her even more than me, I'd pray for her even more than me

A Asus2 D A/C# Bm9 Gmaj7

Chorus with key-change (Up a tone)

E (022100@1)                  B/D# (x2544x@1)              C#m9 (x4244x@1)             
    AI (x02220@1)know I'm praying for much too much, but could you send back the only man she loved?
F#m7 (131141@2)                      C#m9 (x4244x@1)       Amaj9 (x0210x@1)          
     BI (x2444x@1)know you don't do it usually, but lord she's dying to dance with my
      Em9father (022032@1)again

Outro

F#m7Am6                                                E (022100@1)   Every night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream

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