Dance With My Father – Luther Vandross

Dance With My Father 
By: Luther Vandross 

[Verse 1]
C                 G
Back when I was a child
Am            F
Before life removed all the innocence
C               G
My father would lift me high
Am                F
And dance with my mother and me and then
C                     Am
Spin me around till I fell asleep
Dm                          Am
Then up the stairs he would carry me
      Dm
And I knew for sure
G
I was loved
 
 
[Chorus]
C              G
If I could get another chance
Am            F
Another walk, another dance with him
Dm                         Am
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
        F                G                       C
How I'd love my mother to dance with my father again
 
 
[Instrumental]
C   G   Am   F
 
 
[Verse 2]
C                          G
When I and my mother would disagree
Am                    F
To get my way I would run from her to him
C                          G
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me, yeah, yeah
Am                           F
Then finally make me do just what my mama said
C                       Am
Later that night when I was asleep
Dm                 Am
He left a dollar under my sheet
      Dm
Never dreamed that he
         G
Would be gone from me
 
 
[Chorus]
C                G
If I could steal one final glance
Am              F
One final step, one final dance with him
Dm                         Am
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
          F                G
cause i'd love my mother to dance with my father
 C
again
 
 
[Verse 3]
Dm                      G
Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
C                    Am
And I'd hear my mama cryin' for him
Dm                   G
I pray for her even more than me
F                   G
I pray for her even more than me
 
D                      A
I know I'm prayin' for much too much
Bm                      G
But could You send back the only man she loved
Em                     Bm
I know You don't do it usually
    G                   A                       D
But Lord, she's dyin' to dance with my father again
 
 
[Instrumental]
D   A   Bm   G
 
 
[Bridge]
      Em
Every night I fall asleep
    A                  D
And this is all I ever dream