Tuning:

^GPlayed a wedding for the money And I wish I could have told the bride and ^Cgroom

Just what ^D7I think of marriage What's in store after the honey^Gmoon

I was rumbling through the verses

About how men and women ought to live ^Capart How a ^D7promise never made could not be broken

And would never break a ^Gheart

Suddenly from out of nowhere

This little girl came spinning across the ^Cfloor Her ^D7crinolines were billowing

Beneath the skirt of calico she ^Gwore

As her joy fell on the honored guests

Each one of them was drawn into her ^Cdream And they ^D7laughed and stamped and clapped their hands

And hollered at her dance little ^GJean

They said ^Cdance little Jean this day is for ^Gyou Two people that you love ^A7stood up to say I ^D7do

^CDance little Jean the prayer that you ^Ghad was answered ^Ctoday Your ^D7Momma's marrying your ^Gdad

Well this cynic's heart just melted

As I figured what this get together ^Cmeant And how it ^D7ended years of tears

And sad confusions that the little girl had ^Gspent

They told the band to pack it up

About the time the couple cut the ^Ccake But we ^D7stayed and we played all night long

For love and laughs and little Jeanie's ^Gsake

We played ^Cdance little Jean this day is for ^Gyou Two people that you love ^A7stood up to say I ^D7do

^CDance little Jean the prayer that you ^Ghad was answered ^Ctoday Your ^D7Momma's marrying your ^Gdad

We sang ^Cdance little Jean this day is for ^Gyou Two people that you love ^A7stood up to say I ^D7do

^CDance little Jean the prayer that you ^Ghad was answered ^Ctoday Your ^D7momma's marrying your ^Gdad

John Denver - Dance little jean