King of the World
Point of Grace
Tuning: Detuned ? Step (true key: Gb Major)
Time: 3/4, Tempo: ~150bpm (~50 counted in ?one?)
Intro: G G/A G/B C G G/A G/B C2
[Verse 1:]
G G/A G/B C
Spinning around on the tops of his feet,
G G/A G/B C
Smiles of the angels could not be so sweet.
D Em G/B C
Wide blue eyes and piggy tail swirls
Am7 G/B C2
She?s her daddy's girl.
[Verse 2:]
G G/A G/B C
?Cause he knows the jokes that always make her laugh
G G/A G/B C
Takes her for ice cream instead of her nap.
D Em G/B C
At the end of the day by the light of the moon,
Am7 Dsus D
They turn up the music in their living room , and she yells
[Chorus:]
G/B C D Em G/B C D Em
Dance me, dance me around, ?till my feet don?t ever touch down!
Am7 G/B C D
?Cause there?s nothing better than being your girl,
Am7 G/B C
And if I am your princess, then daddy,
Dsus D G G/A G/B C
You are the king of the world.
G G/A G/B C
[Verse 3:]
G G/A G/B C
It?s funny how life moves in circles of time
G G/A G/B C
To think not so long ago that face was mine
D Em G/B C
Houses get smaller, we take different names
Am7 Dsus D
But some things in life stay the same.
[Chorus]
[Bridge:]
G Bb Am G
Some day she?ll go off and find a life of her own,
G C D G
And marry a good man and make a happy home.
Bb C
Until she comes back and sees with those same eyes
Am Dsus D
What time cannot disguise...
[Verse 4:]
G G/A G/B C
She walks through the door with that look on her face,
G G/A G/B C
?Cause daddy's brown hair has all turned to gray.
D Em G/B C
They talk for hours, they cry and they laugh,
D Em G/B C
watchin? old movies and thinkin? back.
Am7 G/B C
Just as she turns to go,
Am7 Dsus D
She says, ?Hey Dad, how ?bout one for the road??
G/B C D Em G/B C D Em
Dance me, dance me around till my feet don't ever touch...
Em D/F#
Down!
[Final Chorus:]
G/B C D Em G/B C D Em
Dance me, dance me around, ?till my feet don?t ever touch down!
Am7 G/B C D
?Cause There?s nothing better than being your girl,
Am7 G/B C D
Oh no, there?s nothing better than being your girl,
Am7 G/B C Dsus
And if I am your princess, then daddy, (extra measure)
D G G/A G/B
You are the king of the world,
C G G/A G/B C
king of... the world.
[Tag]
G G/A G/B C
Spinning around on the tops of his feet,
G G/A G/B C
Smiles of the angels could not be so sweet.