Dancin' Boy

Words and Music by Harry Chapin



Open: D (4x's)

           D           F#m         G               D
When your daddy plays guitar you dance without a smile

        D/C#     Bm          E7                     A7
Kid you may not have great rhythm but you sure got style

      D                  D7                    G              D
Just four years old and still it seems you've got it figured out

            D/C#      Bm                  E     A         D
When daddy sings and then you dance the people clap and shout


                    D    F#m7           G            E7
'Cause you're my dancin' boy and it's scary how you trust me

 D       D/C#      Bm               E7              A7
Just one look from you and I come pouring out like wine

  D     F#m7     G               E7
Dancin' boy I'm sure by now that you must see

       D     D/C#        Bm              G    A       D
Your dancin' means much more to me than any dream of mine


             D                F#m               G                 D
Yes I'm so proud when you are with me that my heart lives in my throat

             D/C#      Bm                  E7           A7
And when you start to strut your stuff my eyes go all afloat

     D           D7                 G              D
When I have to leave you home as sometimes it must be

            D/C#      Bm            Em       A      D
I feel that with my leaving I leave far too much of me


                 D    F#m7           G            E7
Yes you're my dancin' boy and it's scary how you trust me

 D       D/C#      Bm               E7              A7
Just one look from you and I come pouring out like wine

  D     F#m7     G               E7
Dancin' boy I'm sure by now that you must see

       D     D/C#        Bm              G    A       D
Your dancin' means much more to me than any dream of mine


              D                 F#m                    G               D
You know the time will come my dancin' boy when your dancin' days are done

               D/C#      Bm                     E7            A7
And when daddy and his dancin' boy will have dwindled down to one

               D                         D7              G                 D
You know the world will have taught you other steps to match the march of time

                  D/C#       Bm           Em     A       D
So you'll have to keep our dancin' days dancin' in your mind



                    D    F#m7           G            E7
Yes do you're my dancin' boy and it's scary how you trust me

 D       D/C#      Bm               E7              A7
Just one look from you and I come pouring out like wine

  D     F#m7     G               E7
Dancin' boy I'm sure by now that you must see

       D     D/C#        Bm              G    A       D
Your dancin' means much more to me than any dream of mine

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