Chords for JJ Heller - Father-Daughter Dance (Live)

_ I'm JJ and this is my husband Dave and we heard an amazing true story recently
and we decided to write a song about it.
So in honor of all the fathers in our
lives [Eb] this song is called Father Daughter Dance.
[Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ The _ father [F] _ daughter [Gm] _ dance _
_ [Eb] was only [Bb] two _ weeks [F] away.
_ _ _ _ [Gm]
They [F] asked her if she was [Bb] planning to go.
[Cm] The _ [Gm] only thing she [Bb] could say _ _ was [Eb] my daddy [Bb] is not _ around.
_ _ [Eb] _ He's locked [Bb] in a jail on the outskirts [Gm] of town.
[Eb] I wish we could [Bb] dance on that [Eb] Saturday night [Cm] but I'll [Gm] have to turn [F] it [Bb] down
because [Eb] my daddy [Bb] is not [Gm] _ _ around.
[F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ The little [F] girl wrote [Gm] to the sheriff. _
_ Her [Eb] request was [Bb] _
unusual.
_ _ _ Would _ [Eb] _
you [Bb] be willing to put on [Eb] a dance since [Cm] my father [Gm] cannot come [Bb] to school
_ because [Eb] my daddy [Bb] is not _ around.
_ _ _ [Eb] He's locked [Bb] in your jail on [F] the outskirts [Gm] of town.
I [Eb] wish we [Bb] could dance on that Saturday [Eb] night.
[Cm] Please don't [Gm] make me turn it [F] _ [Bb]
down
_ because [Eb] my daddy [Bb] is not [Gm] _ _ _ [F] around. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
The dance [F] was held [Gm] at the prison.
_ _ _ [Eb] Her dad wore [Bb] a shirt [F] and _ tie.
_ _ [Gm] He told her [F] you look [Bb] like a princess [Eb] to me.
[Cm] May I [Gm] have this dance [F]
tonight?
_ _ _ [Eb] And the feet [F] never _ touched the _ [Bb] ground. _
They [Eb] forgot [Bb] where they were on [F] the outskirts [Gm] of town.
[Eb] They were dancing [F] _ together on [Bb] Saturday _ [Cm] night.
She spun _ [Gm]
around [F] and _ around _ and [Eb] her feet [F] never touched [Bb]
the _ [Eb] _ _ [F] ground. _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
After the final song [Gm]
played _ _ and the school [Dm] bus drove _ _ away. _ _
_ [Cm] Alone in [F] the dark his [Gm] heart broken in [Cm] two.
_ Her [Bb] daddy began _ [F] to pray.
Dear Jesus [Eb] my girl [F] needs her _ [Gm] dad _ around. _ _
[Eb] Not locked [Bb] in a jail [F] on the _ [Bb] outskirts of town.
_ And we [F] could dance [Gm] every Saturday night.
_ _ [Cm] Don't [Gm] want to let [F] her _ down.
_ Healthy [Eb] _
time.
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ Cause [Eb] my girl [Bb] needs her dad [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ around.
[F] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ [Ab] _ _ [G] We did it.
I hope it recorded.
I hope it recorded. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
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