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Dance Band On The Titanic Words and Music by Harry Chapin Chords from http://chapinmusic.com/lyrics/dance_band_on_the_titanic.html

^DDance band on the Titanic Sing nearer my God to ^AThee The i^A7ceberg's on the starboard bow ^GWon't you ^Adance with ^Dme?

^E7Mama stood crying at the dockside Sayin' "Please son don't take this trip." I said "^A7Momma, sweet momma, don't you worry none Even ^B7God couldn't sink this ship." Well the w^E7histle blew and they turned the screws

And churned the water into foam

^A7Destination - Sweet salvation Goo^B7dbye ^C7home sweet ^B7home

I'm in the ^Edance band on the Titanic Sing nearer my God to The^B7e

The iceberg's on the starboard bow

Won't you dance with me? ^E

There ^E7was a trombone and a saxophone The bass and drums were cookin' on the bandstand And I was s^A7trummin' in the middle with this dude on a fiddle And we were ^B7three days out from land Now the ^E7foghorn's jammed and moaning

Hear it groaning through the misty night

I heard the l^A7ookout shout down "There's icebergs around But ^B7still e^C7verything's alr^B7ight."

Aw the d^Eance band on the Titanic Sing nearer my God to T^B7hee

The iceberg's on the starboard bow

Won't you dance with ^Eme

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They were ^Aburning all the flares for candles In a banquet they were throwing in first class And ^Bwe were blowing waltzes in the ^Gballroom When the ^B7universe went crash! ^B5

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^Eb5 "There's^E7 no way that this could happen!" I could hear the old cap^Eb7tain

cu^D7rse

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^Bb7 He ordered l^A7ife boats away, that's when I heard the chaplin say "Women and ^B7children and chaplins first!" ^E7

Well they ^E7soon used up all of the life boats But there were a lot of us left on board I heard the dr^A7ummer saying, "Boys, just keep playing Now we're ^B7doing this^C7 date for the^B7 Lord."

I heard the ^Edance band on the Titanic Sing nearer my God to T^B7hee

The iceberg's on the starboard bow

Won't you dance with ^Eme

? ^E5

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^Ab5 There's a ^Awild-eyed boy in the radio shack

He's the last remaining guest

He was t^Bapping in a morse code f^Grenzy B7 [Notes only] B (14 x's) Tappin' "Please God, S.O.S."

J^E7esus Christ can walk on the water Well a music-man will drown They say that ^ANero fiddled while Rome burned up Well I'll be s^B7trummin' as the s^C7hip goes ^B7down

I'm in the ^Edance band on the Titanic Sing nearer my God to Thee ^B7The iceberg's on the starboard bow Won't you dance with m^Ee?

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Harry Chapin - Dance band on the titanic