Chords for Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Dance Little Jean
Tempo:
100.05 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Dm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Cm] We'd [E] like to do a little song right now if we could about a wedding that I attended not long ago.
I had a good time.
The bride and groom had a [Cm] good time.
But mostly [C] a little girl had a [G] great time.
[C] [Gm]
[F] [C] [F] [Bb]
[F] I played a wedding for the money and I wished I could have told the bride [Bb] and groom.
Thank you!
[C] Just what I think of marriage.
What's in the store after their honeymoon.
[Dm]
[Bb] [F] And I was grumbling to the dancers about how men are women.
[Bb] [Dm]
[Bb] [Dm] You know what I'm talking about.
[Bb] And a [C] promise never made could not be broken.
It could never [F] break a heart.
And then suddenly from out of nowhere a little girl came dancing [Bb] across the floor.
[Dm] [C] On a trill in each billowing beneath the skirt a [Gm] calico [Dm] that she [E] wore.
[F] [G] [Am] Oh [F] what a joy!
Fell on the honored guests as each one of them was drawn [Bb] into a dream.
[C] And they laughed and stand to clap their hands and offer at her dance [F] little [Dm] jeans.
[F] She [Bb] said dance little jeans [C] this day is [F] for you.
To [Em] people [Dm] you love.
[G] Stood up to say [C] I knew.
[Bb]
Dance little jeans.
[C] Prayer that [F] you had was answered [Bb] today.
[C] Your mama's burying [F] your head.
Come on James!
[Em] [C]
[F]
[C]
[Dm] [F]
My cynical heart just melted when I figured what these kids [Bb] had given me.
While [F] [Bb]
[C] it ended years of tears and sad confusion that the little girl had [D] spent.
[E] [G] [F] [E] [F] And they told the band to pack it up.
About the time the couple [Bb] cut the cake.
[C] But we played as long as they stayed for our love last little [Dm] jeans sake.
[F] And [Bb] we played dance little [C] jeans this day [F] is for you.
To [E] people [Dm] you love.
[G] Stood up to [C] say I knew.
[Bb] Dance little [C] jeans.
Prayer that [F] you had was answered [Bb] today.
Your [C] mama's burying [F] your head.
[Bb] It was [F] answered today.
Your [C] mama's burying your [F] head.
Cut!
[Dm] [F] [F]
I had a good time.
The bride and groom had a [Cm] good time.
But mostly [C] a little girl had a [G] great time.
[C] [Gm]
[F] [C] [F] [Bb]
[F] I played a wedding for the money and I wished I could have told the bride [Bb] and groom.
Thank you!
[C] Just what I think of marriage.
What's in the store after their honeymoon.
[Dm]
[Bb] [F] And I was grumbling to the dancers about how men are women.
[Bb] [Dm]
[Bb] [Dm] You know what I'm talking about.
[Bb] And a [C] promise never made could not be broken.
It could never [F] break a heart.
And then suddenly from out of nowhere a little girl came dancing [Bb] across the floor.
[Dm] [C] On a trill in each billowing beneath the skirt a [Gm] calico [Dm] that she [E] wore.
[F] [G] [Am] Oh [F] what a joy!
Fell on the honored guests as each one of them was drawn [Bb] into a dream.
[C] And they laughed and stand to clap their hands and offer at her dance [F] little [Dm] jeans.
[F] She [Bb] said dance little jeans [C] this day is [F] for you.
To [Em] people [Dm] you love.
[G] Stood up to say [C] I knew.
[Bb]
Dance little jeans.
[C] Prayer that [F] you had was answered [Bb] today.
[C] Your mama's burying [F] your head.
Come on James!
[Em] [C]
[F]
[C]
[Dm] [F]
My cynical heart just melted when I figured what these kids [Bb] had given me.
While [F] [Bb]
[C] it ended years of tears and sad confusion that the little girl had [D] spent.
[E] [G] [F] [E] [F] And they told the band to pack it up.
About the time the couple [Bb] cut the cake.
[C] But we played as long as they stayed for our love last little [Dm] jeans sake.
[F] And [Bb] we played dance little [C] jeans this day [F] is for you.
To [E] people [Dm] you love.
[G] Stood up to [C] say I knew.
[Bb] Dance little [C] jeans.
Prayer that [F] you had was answered [Bb] today.
Your [C] mama's burying [F] your head.
[Bb] It was [F] answered today.
Your [C] mama's burying your [F] head.
Cut!
[Dm] [F] [F]
Key:
F
C
Bb
Dm
E
F
C
Bb
[Cm] We'd [E] like to do a little song right now if we could about a wedding that I attended not long ago.
I had a good time.
The bride and groom had a [Cm] good time.
But mostly [C] a little girl had a [G] great time.
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ I played a wedding for the money and I wished I could have told the bride [Bb] and groom. _
Thank you!
_ _ [C] Just what I think of marriage.
What's in the store after their honeymoon.
[Dm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [F] _ And I was grumbling to the dancers about how men are women.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _
[Bb] [Dm] You know what I'm talking about.
[Bb] And a [C] promise never made could not be broken.
It could never [F] break a heart. _
_ _ _ And then suddenly from out of nowhere a little girl came dancing [Bb] across the floor.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] On a trill in each billowing beneath the skirt a [Gm] calico [Dm] that she [E] wore.
[F] _ [G] _ _ [Am] Oh [F] what a joy!
Fell on the honored guests as each one of them was drawn [Bb] into a dream.
_ _ _ _ [C] And they laughed and stand to clap their hands and offer at her dance [F] little [Dm] jeans. _
_ [F] She _ [Bb] said dance little jeans [C] this day is [F] for you.
To [Em] people [Dm] you love.
[G] Stood up to say [C] I knew.
_ _ [Bb] _
Dance little jeans.
[C] Prayer that [F] you had was answered [Bb] today.
[C] Your mama's burying [F] your head.
Come on James!
[Em] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
My cynical heart just melted when I figured what these kids [Bb] had given me.
While _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb]
[C] it ended years of tears and sad confusion that the little girl had [D] spent.
[E] _ [G] _ _ [F] _ [E] [F] And they told the band to pack it up.
About the time the couple [Bb] cut the cake.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] But we played as long as they stayed for our love last little [Dm] jeans sake.
_ _ [F] _ _ And [Bb] we played dance little [C] jeans this day [F] is for you.
To [E] people [Dm] you love.
[G] Stood up to [C] say I knew. _
_ [Bb] Dance little [C] jeans.
Prayer that [F] you had was answered [Bb] today.
Your [C] mama's burying [F] your head.
_ [Bb] It was [F] answered today.
Your [C] mama's burying your [F] head.
Cut! _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I had a good time.
The bride and groom had a [Cm] good time.
But mostly [C] a little girl had a [G] great time.
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ I played a wedding for the money and I wished I could have told the bride [Bb] and groom. _
Thank you!
_ _ [C] Just what I think of marriage.
What's in the store after their honeymoon.
[Dm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [F] _ And I was grumbling to the dancers about how men are women.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _
[Bb] [Dm] You know what I'm talking about.
[Bb] And a [C] promise never made could not be broken.
It could never [F] break a heart. _
_ _ _ And then suddenly from out of nowhere a little girl came dancing [Bb] across the floor.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] On a trill in each billowing beneath the skirt a [Gm] calico [Dm] that she [E] wore.
[F] _ [G] _ _ [Am] Oh [F] what a joy!
Fell on the honored guests as each one of them was drawn [Bb] into a dream.
_ _ _ _ [C] And they laughed and stand to clap their hands and offer at her dance [F] little [Dm] jeans. _
_ [F] She _ [Bb] said dance little jeans [C] this day is [F] for you.
To [Em] people [Dm] you love.
[G] Stood up to say [C] I knew.
_ _ [Bb] _
Dance little jeans.
[C] Prayer that [F] you had was answered [Bb] today.
[C] Your mama's burying [F] your head.
Come on James!
[Em] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
My cynical heart just melted when I figured what these kids [Bb] had given me.
While _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb]
[C] it ended years of tears and sad confusion that the little girl had [D] spent.
[E] _ [G] _ _ [F] _ [E] [F] And they told the band to pack it up.
About the time the couple [Bb] cut the cake.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] But we played as long as they stayed for our love last little [Dm] jeans sake.
_ _ [F] _ _ And [Bb] we played dance little [C] jeans this day [F] is for you.
To [E] people [Dm] you love.
[G] Stood up to [C] say I knew. _
_ [Bb] Dance little [C] jeans.
Prayer that [F] you had was answered [Bb] today.
Your [C] mama's burying [F] your head.
_ [Bb] It was [F] answered today.
Your [C] mama's burying your [F] head.
Cut! _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [F] _ _ _
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