[Verse 1] Dm

C G Never dreamed that he

Back when I was a child G
Am F Would be gone from me
Before life removed all the innocence
C G [Chorus]
My father would lift me high C G
Am F If I could steal one final glance
And dance with my mother and me and Am F
then One final step, one final dance with him
C Am Dm Am
Spin me around till I fell asleep I'd play a song that would never, ever
Dm Am end
Then up the stairs he would carry me F G
Dm cause i'd love my mother to dance with
And I knew for sure my father
G C
I was loved again

[Chorus] [Verse 3]
C G Dm G
If I could get another chance Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
Am F C Am
Another walk, another dance with him And I'd hear my mama cryin' for him
Dm Am Dm G
I'd play a song that would never, ever I pray for her even more than me
end F G
F G C I pray for her even more than me
How I'd love my mother to dance with
my father again
D A
[Instrumental] I know I'm prayin' for much too much
C G Am F Bm G
But could You send back the only man
[Verse 2] she loved
C G Em Bm
When I and my mother would disagree I know You don't do it usually
Am F G A D
To get my way I would run from her to But Lord, she's dyin' to dance with my
him father again
C G
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me, [Instrumental]
yeah, yeah D A Bm G
Am F
Then finally make me do just what my [Bridge]
mama said Em
C Am Every night I fall asleep
Later that night when I was asleep A D
Dm Am And this is all I ever dream
He left a dollar under my sheet