Dance With My Father
by Luther Vandross · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend
Back when I was a child
Be-fore Life re-moved all the in-no-cence
My fa-ther would lift me high
And dance with my moth-er and me and then
Spin me a-round till I fell a-sleep
Then up the stairs he would car-ry me
And I knew for sure I was loved
CHORUS
If I could get a-noth-er chance
An-oth-er walk, an-oth-er dance with him
I'd play a song that would nev-er, ev-er end
How I'd love, love,
love to dance with my fa-ther a-gain
VERSE 2
When I and my moth-er would dis-a-gree
To get my way I would run from her to him
He'd make me laugh just to com-fort me,
Then fi-nal-ly make me do just what my ma-ma said
La-ter that night when I was a-sleep
He'd left a dol-lar un-der my sheet
Nev-er dreamed that he would be gone from me
CHORUS
Some-times I'd lis-ten out-side her door
And I'd hear how my moth-er cried for him
I pray for her ev-en more than me
I pray for her ev-en more than me
know I'm pray-in' for much too much
But could you send back the on-ly man she loved
I know you don't do it us-u-al-ly but dear Lord,
she's dy-in' to dance with my fa-ther a-gain
Ev-'ry night I fall a-sleep
And this is all I ev-er dream