Guitar chords Dance With My Father

Dance with My Father was written by Luther Vandross and Richard Marx, and it serves as a posthumous tribute to Vandrosss father, who died when he was young. The lyrics convey Vandrosss wish to dance with his father again, reminiscing about the happy moments of his childhood. It was inspired by personal experiences of loss and longing.

Key:  C 
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

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

C
   
G
   
Am
   
F
 

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

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

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

D
   
A
   
Bm
   
G
 

      
Em
 
Every night I fall asleep
    
A
                  
D
 
And this is all I ever dream