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Dance Band on the Titanic chords by
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin

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Verse 1
G
C

Dance band on the Titanic
G
C
G

Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee"

The iceberg's on the starboard bow
C
D

Won't you dance with me
C
D

Verse 2

Mama stood cryin' at the dockside

Sayin' "Please son, don't take this trip"
G

I said "Mama, sweet Mama,

don't you worry none"
A

"Even God couldn't
G
D

sink this ship"
Verse 3
D

Well, the whistle blew and

they turned the screws
F
D

It turned the water into foam
G

Destination sweet salvation
A
Bb
A

Goodbye home sweet home
Verse 4
D
A
D

I'm in the dance band on the Titanic
A
Em

Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee"
A

The iceberg's on the starboard bow
D
A

Won't you dance with me
Verse 5
D

There was a trombone and a saxophone

The bass and drums were

cookin' up the bandstand
G

And I was strummin' in the middle

with this dude on the fiddle
A

And we were three days out from land
Verse 6
D

And now the foghorn's jammed

and moanin'
C
D

Hear it groanin' through the misty night
G

I heard the lookout shout down
F

"There's icebergs around"
A
D
A

"But still everything's all right"
Verse 7
D
A
D

Oh, the dance band on the Titanic
A
D
A

Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee"

The iceberg's on the starboard bow
D
F

Won't you dance with me
G
They were burnin'
Verse 8

all the flares for candles
C
G

In the banquet they

were throwin' in first class
A

And we were blowin' waltzes
F

in the barroom
A

When the universe went CRASH!
Interlude 1
A
D

G
A
G
D
F
D
G
A
D

Verse 9
D

"There's no way that this could happen"
C
G
Bb

I could hear the old captain curse
A
G

He ordered lifeboats away,

that's when I heard the chaplain say
A

"Women and children and
D

chaplains first"
Interlude 2
A
D

Verse 10
D
G
D

Well, they soon used up all of the lifeboats

But there were a lot of us left on board
G

I heard the drummer sayin' "Boys,

just keep playin'"
A
Bb
A

"Now we're doin' this gig for the Lord"
Verse 11
D

I heard the dance band
A
D
A

on the Titanic
D
A
D
A

Sing "N earer, my God, to Thee"

The iceberg's on the starboard bow

Won't you dance with me
D
Verse 12

F
G

There's a wild-eyed boy

boy in the radio shack

He's the last remaining guest
A

He was tappin' in a Morse
F

code frenzy
A

Tappin' "Please God, S.O.S."
Verse 13

D
G
D

Jesus Christ can walk on the water

But a music man will drown
F
D
G

They say that Nero fiddled

while Rome burned up
A

Well, I was strummin' as
Bb
A

the ship go down
Verse 14
D
A
D

I'm in the dance band on the Titanic
A

Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee"

The iceberg's on the starboard bow
D

Won't you dance with me
Verse 15
D

Dance band on the Titanic
A

Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee"

The iceberg's on the starboard bow
D

Won't you dance with me
Verse 16
D

Dance band on the Titanic
A

Sing "Nearer, my God, to Thee"

The iceberg's on the starboard bow
D

Won't you dance with me
Outro 1

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  • C

  • D

  • A

  • F

  • Bb

  • Em

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