Intro: D Bm G A, D Bm G A G D


D                      Bm
The first of the month Brings back the notion

G                                                 A
Of a big round white dance hall and a cool summer night

D                Bm
Red cherry faces set black shoes in motion

G                                   A
To the oom pa pa rhythm of a German delight

Chorus:

Bm                           A
And I tried hard to tell you I was no kinda dancer

Bm               G
'Took my hand to prove I was wrong

D                    Bm
You guided me gently Though I thought I could never

G               A               G          D
We were dancing together at the end of the song


A taught little bald man
Like a German war hero
With buxom matrons to a quick John Paul Jones
Drapes of crepe paper
A ball made of mirror
Cast shiny reflections on a brass slide trombone


Chorus


A man was still dancing
With his phantom partner
Though the band had quit playing
At the evening's end
And it made me feel lucky that I had a partner
to teach me the dance steps
And come back again

Chorus x2