Dance With My Father

     Luther Vandross - Dance With My Father 
      
Intro

     Bb                  F/A                 Gm                 Eb 
     
     Eb 
     
Couplet

     Bb                  F/A                 Eb                 F7 
     
     Bb                  F/A                 Eb                 F9 
     
     Bb/D                Eb                  Gb                 Bb 
     
     C/E                 Cm7 
     

Refrein

     Bb                  F/A                 Gm                 Eb 
     
     Cm                  Gm                  Eb                 F7 
     
Instrumentaal

     Bb                  F/A                 Gm                 Eb 
     
Couplet

     Bb                  F/A                 Eb                 F7sus 
     
     Bb                  F/A                 Eb                 F7 
     
     Bb/D                Eb                  Gb                 Bb/F 
     
     C/E                 Cm7 
     
Refrein

     Bb                  F/A                 Gm                 Eb 
     
     Cm                  Gm                  Eb                 F7 
     
Tussenstuk

     Bb                  Eb                  F                  Bb 
     
     Gm7                 Eb                  F7sus    F         Cm7 
     
     Fsus                F 
     
Instrumentaal

     Bb                  Dm7                 Gm                 Eb 
     
Refrein Verhogen

     C                   G/B                 Am                 F 
     
     Dm                  Am                  F                  G7 
     
     Am                  Dm7 
     
     Fm6                 Fm6 
     
Instrumentaal

     C                   Em7                 F                  Csus      G 
     
     C 
     


     Luther Vandross - Dance With My Father 
      
Intro

     Bb                  F/A                 Gm                 Eb 
     
     Eb 


Couplet

     [Bb] Back when I was a child, [F/A]     

     [Eb] before life removed [F7] all the innocence 
 

     [Bb] My father would lift [F/A] me high 
 

    [Eb] and dance with my moth- [F9] er and me 

    and then [Bb/D] Spin me around ‘till I fell [Eb] asleep [Gb] 

    Then up the stairs he would car- [Bb] ry me 
 
    And I knew [C/E] for sure I was loved [Cm7] 

Refrein

    If [Bb] I could get an- [F/A] other chance, 
 
    an- [Gm] other walk, an- [Eb] other dance with him [Cm] 

    I’d play a song that would nev- [Gm] er, ever end How I’d love, [Eb] love, love 
 
    To [F7] dance with my father again 
 

Instrumentaal

    Bb]     [F/A]     [Gm]     [Eb] 

Couplet

    When [Bb] I and my mother would dis- [F/A] agree 
 
    [Eb] To get my way, I would run [F7sus] from her to him 
 
    [Bb] He’d make me laugh just to com- [F/A] fort me  Yeah, yeah 
 
    [Eb] Then finally make me do [F7] just what my mama said 
 
    [Bb/D] Later that night when I was a- [Eb] sleep 

    [Gb] He left a dollar under [Bb/F] my sheet 
 
    Never dreamed [C/E] that he would be gone [Cm7] from me 
 

Refrein

    If [Bb] I could steal one [F/A] final glance, 
 
    one [Gm] final step, one [Eb] final dance with him 

    [Cm] I’d play a song that would nev- [Gm] er, ever end  ‘Cause I’d love, 

    [Eb] love, love  To [F7] dance with my father again  [Bb]     

Tussenstuk

    [Eb] Sometimes I’d listen outside [F] her door 

    [Bb] And I’d hear how my mother cried [Gm7] for him 
 
    [Eb] I pray for her even more [F7sus] than me  [F]   

    [Cm7] I pray for her even more [Fsus] than me [F] 


Instrumentaal

     [Bb]     [Dm7]     [Gm]     [Eb] 

Refrein verhogen

     I [C] know I’m praying for [G/B] much too much 
 
     But [Am] could you send back the [F] only man she loved 

     [Dm] I know you don’t do it us- [Am] ually  But dear Lord [F] she’s dying 
 
     To [G7] dance with my father [Am] again [Dm7] 

     [Fm6] Ev'ry night I fall asleep and [Fm6] this is all I ever dream- 

Instrumentaal

     [C]     [Em7]     [F]   [Csus]      [G] 
     
     [C]