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                                   The Dance - Garth Brooks
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Tabbed by:Thomas Gorman
Email:thomasgorman31@gmail.com
This is my impression of the song and is my first tab so hope you enjoy it!


Tuning:Standard Tuning (E,A,D,G,B,e)
Intro:
e|----0-2-3-3/5-3-2-0-----3-5-5/7-3----------------------3--------3------------------------------|
B|--0------------------------------------3--------------0-1p0----0-1p0-------3--1--0-------------|
G|----------------------0-------------0-2-2-0-2-0------0--------0---------0----------------------|
D|-2---------------------------------0----------------0--------0---------0---4--2--0-------------|
A|---------------------3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------3--------3---------3------------------------|
for the intro keep the pull offs nice and gentle


Verse: X2
         G                    C                 D              C           D
e|---------------------------------------------2-------2------------------3----------------------|
B|-------3-------3---------1-------1------------3-------3------1-----------2---------------------|
G|--------0-------0---------0-------0--------2---2-2-2---2-2----0--------2---2-2-----------------|
D|------0---0-0-0---0-0---2---2-2-2----2-2--0---0-0-0---0-0---2---2-2---0---0-0------------------|
A|-----------------------3---3-3-3----3-3--------------------3---3-3-----------------------------|
E|-----3---3-3-3---3-3---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chours:
          C                  D              Bm7               C           D
e|--------------------------2-------2--------------------------------------2---------------------|
B|-------1-------1-----------3-------3-------3-------3----------1-----------3--------------------|
G|--------0-------0--------2---2-2-2--2-2-----2-------2----------0--------2---2-2----------------|
D|------2---2-2-2---2-2---0---0-0-0--0-0----4---4-4-4---4-4----2---2-2---0---0-0-----------------|
A|-----3---3-3-3---3-3---------------------2---2-2-2---2-2----3---3-3----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
          C                  D              Bm7               C         D        G
e|------------------------2-------2--------------------------------------2-----------------------|
B|-----1-------1-----------3-------3-------3-------3----------1-----------3--------3-------------|
G|------0-------0--------2---2-2-2--2-2-----2-------2----------0--------2---2-2-----0------------|
D|----2---2-2-2---2-2---0---0-0-0--0-0----4---4-4-4---4-4----2---2-2---0---0-0----0---0-0-0---0--|
A|---3---3-3-3---3-3---------------------2---2-2-2---2-2----3---3-3------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------3---3-3-3---3-3-|


Lyrics:
         G             C
Looking back on the memory of  
      D                          C         D
The dance we shared 'neath the stars above
       G               C            
For a moment all the world was right
          D                        C            D
How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye

     C                      D
And now I'm glad I didn't know
                      Bm7                      C D
The way it all would end the way it all would go
      C                       D  
Our lives are better left to chance
                         Bm7
I could have missed the pain
                   C    D    G
But I'd of had to miss the dance

Holding you I held everything
For a moment wasn't I a king
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey, who's to say you know I might have chanced it all

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 of had to miss the dance

Yes, my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance

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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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