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For A Dancer by Jackson Browne
For A Dancer
EADGBe
C - 032010
F - 133211
G - 3x0003 or 320033
Am - x02210
C7 - x32310
C F
Keep a fire burning in your eye
C F
Pay attention to the open sky
C F C G
You never know what will be coming down
C F
I don't remember losing track of you
C F
You were always dancing in and out of view
C F C G
I must've thought you'd always be around
Am F C
Always keeping things real by playing the clown
G
Now you're nowhere to be found
C F C G
C F
I don't know what happens when people die
C F
Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try
(F) C F
It's like a song I can hear playing right in my ear
C G
That I can't sing - I can't help listening
C F
And I can't help feeling stupid standing 'round
C F
Crying as they ease you down
C F C
'Cause I know that you'd rather we were dancing
G Am
Dancing our sorrow away
F
Right on dancing
C G
No matter what fate chooses to play
C
There's nothing you can do about it anyway
F C
Just do the steps that you've been shown
F C G
By everyone you've ever known
Am C7
Until the dance becomes your very own
F G
No matter how close to yours
Am F
Another's steps have grown
C G
In the end there is one dance you'll do alone
C F C G
Keep a fire for the human race
Let your prayers go drifting into space
You never know what will be coming down
Perhaps a better world is drawing near
And just as easily it could all disappear
Along with whatever meaning you might have found
Am F C
Don't let the uncertainty turn you around
The world keeps turning around and around
G C
Go on and make a joyful sound
F C
Into a dancer you have grown
F C G
From a seed somebody else has thrown
Am C7 F
Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own
F G Am
And somewhere between the time you arrive
F
And the time you go
C G
May lie the reason you were alive
But you'll never know
C F C G C G C
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version 2
(CAPO 4; version as played by Venice). INTRO: play (*) and (**). Couplets: simple finger picking
(*)
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G|---------------0-----------2---0-|---------------0-----------2-----
D|---0---------------0-------------|---0---------------0-------------
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------
E|-3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---|-3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---
(**)
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(G) Keep a fire burning (C)in your eye
(G) Pay attention to the (C)open sky
(G) You never know what (C) will be coming down (**)
(G) I don't remember losing (C)track of you
(G) You were always dancing in and (C)out of view
(G) I must've thought you'd (C)always be around (**, or: G D)
(Em) Always keeping things (C) real by playing the (G) clown
Now you're (D) nowhere to be found ... (*) (**)
(G) I don't know what happens when (C)people die
(G) Can't seem to grasp it as (C)hard as I try
It's like a (G) song I can hear playing (C)right in my ear
That I can't (G) sing - I can't help (D)listening
(G) And I can't help feeling stupid (C)standing 'round
(G) Crying as they (C)ease you down
(G) 'Cause I know that you'd (C)rather we were dan(G)cing
(D) Dancing our sorrow a(Em)way...
Right on (C)dancing
(G) No matter what fate (D)chooses to play
There's nothing you can do about it (G) anyway
Just (C)do the steps that (G) you've been shown
By (C)everyone you've (G) ever known (D)
(Em) Until the dance be(G7)comes your very own
(C) No matter how (D) close to yours,
(Em)Another's steps have (C)grown
In the (G) end there is one (D)dance you'll do alone... (*) (**)
(G)Keep a fire for the (C)human race
(G)Let your prayers go drifting (C)into space
(G)You never know what (C)will be coming down (**)
(G)Perhaps a better world is (C)drawing near
(G)And just as easily it could (C)all disappear
(G)Along with whatever (C)meaning you might have found (**, or: G D)
(Em)Don't let the un(C)certainty turn you a(G)round
The world keeps turning around and around
Go (D)on and make a joyful (G)sound
In(C)to a dancer (G)you have grown
From a (C)seed somebody (G)else has thrown (D)
(Em) Go on ahead and (G7)throw some seeds of your (C)own
And somewhere be(D)tween the time you ar(Em)rive
And the (C)time you go
May lie the (G)reason you were a(D)live But you'll never know (*) (**)...
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