Dance With My Father - Radio Version chords by Luther Vandross

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Back when I was a child
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Before life removed all the innocence
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My father would lift me  high
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And dance with my mother and me
And then
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Spin me around 'till I fell asleep
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Then up the stairs he would carry me
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And I knew for sure
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I was loved

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Verse 2

If I could get another chance

Another walk

Another dance with him

I'd play a song that would

never ever end

How I'd love love love

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To dance with my father

Interlude 1

again

Verse 3
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When I and my mother
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Would disagree
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To get my way I would run
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From her to him
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He'd make me laugh
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just to comfort me
Yeah yeah
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Then finally make me do
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Just what my mama said
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Later that night when I was asleep
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He left a dollar under my sheet
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Never dreamed that he
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Would be gone from me

Verse 4
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If I  could steal one final glance
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One final step
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One final dance with him
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I'd play a song that would
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never  ever end
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'Cause I'd love love love to
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Dance    with my father again

Verse 5
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Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
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And I'd hear how mama
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would cry for him
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I'd pray for her even more than     me
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I'd pray for her even more
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than     me

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Verse 6
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I know I'm praying for much too much
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But could you send her
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The only man she loved
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I know you don't do it usually
But Dear Lord
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She's dying to dance with
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my father again