Chords for Harry Chapin - Dance Band on the Titanic

_ _ Dance, band on the _ Titanic, sing dear my God to [A]
thee.
_ [Em] The [A] icebergs on [F#m] the [A] starboard bow, [Em] won't you dance [D] with _ me?
_ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [E]
Mama stood crying at the [Bm] dockside, saying please son don't take this trip.
I [E] said mama, sweet mama, don't you worry [G] none, even God couldn't sink this ship.
_ [E] Well [B] the whistle blew, they turned the screws, it turned the water into [F#m] foam.
_ [G#m] _
[A] _ Destination, _ [G] sweet salvation, [B] _
[C] goodbye home [B] sweet home.
_ I'm in [E] the dance, band on the Titanic, sing dear my [B] God to thee. _
The icebergs on the starboard bow, won't you dance [E] with me?
_ [C#m] _
[B] _ _ There [E] was a trombone and a saxophone, the bass and drums were [G#] cooking out a [Bm] bandstand.
And I [A] was drumming in the middle, with this dude on the fiddle, and we were [B] three days out from _ land.
[C#m] Out at Bartholomew's Champ in Moline, [D] _ [C#m] spirit groaning through the [E] misty night.
I [A] heard the lookout shout [G] down, there's icebergs around, [B] but still everything's alright.
_ _ [E] Oh the dance band on the _ Titanic, sing dear my [B] God to thee.
[F#] _ The icebergs on the starboard bow, _ won't you dance [E] with me?
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] They were burning all the flares for candles, _ in the banquet they were throwing in first class.
[B] And we were blowing waltzes [G] in the ballroom, [B] when the universe went crash. _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[E] There's no way that this could happen, _ I could hear the old captain [C#] curse.
[B]
He [A] ordered light boats away, that's when I heard the chaplain say, [B] women and children [F#] and chaplains first. _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ Well _ _ _ _ _ they soon used up all of the light boats, but there were a lot of us left on board.
I heard [A] the drummer saying, boys just keep playing, [B] now we're doing [C] this day [B] for the _ Lord.
I heard the dance band on the Titanic, sing dear my God to thee. _ _
The icebergs on the starboard [B] bow, _ won't you dance [E] with _ me?
_ _ _ [G] There's [A] a wild-eyed boy in the radio shack, he's the last remaining guest.
_ _ He was [B] tapping in a Moscow _ frenzy, [Bm] tapping three's got S.O.S.
He _ _ _ [E] _
did us crazy, he walked on the water, now a music man will drown.
_ [A] They say the Nero fiddle, while old Merida _ [B] _
[C] let the ship [B] go down wound.
[E] I'm in the dance band on the _ Titanic, sing dear my God [B] to thee.
_ The _ icebergs on the starboard bow, won't you dance [E] with me? _ _
[C#m] Dance band on the [E] Titanic, sing dear my God [B] to thee.
_ The _ icebergs on the starboard bow, _ [C#]
won't you [B] dance with [E] me? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Dance band on the Titanic, sing dear my God [B] to thee.
_ The icebergs on the starboard bow, won't you dance [E] with _ me? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C] _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [F#] _