Jackson Browne - For A Dancer
tabbed by E.W. Hans
(CAPO 4; version as played by Venice). INTRO: play (*) and (**). Couplets: simple finger picking
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(G) Keep a fire burning (C)in your eye
(G) Pay attention to the (C)open sky
(G) You never know what (C) will be coming down (**)
(G) I don't remember losing (C)track of you
(G) You were always dancing in and (C)out of view
(G) I must've thought you'd (C)always be around (**, or: G D)
(Em) Always keeping things (C) real by playing the (G) clown
Now you're (D) nowhere to be found ... (*) (**)
(G) I don't know what happens when (C)people die
(G) Can't seem to grasp it as (C)hard as I try
It's like a (G) song I can hear playing (C)right in my ear
That I can't (G) sing - I can't help (D)listening
(G) And I can't help feeling stupid (C)standing 'round
(G) Crying as they (C)ease you down
(G) 'Cause I know that you'd (C)rather we were dan(G)cing
(D) Dancing our sorrow a(Em)way...
Right on (C)dancing
(G) No matter what fate (D)chooses to play
There's nothing you can do about it (G) anyway
Just (C)do the steps that (G) you've been shown
By (C)everyone you've (G) ever known (D)
(Em) Until the dance be(G7)comes your very own
(C) No matter how (D) close to yours,
(Em)Another's steps have (C)grown
In the (G) end there is one (D)dance you'll do alone... (*) (**)
(G)Keep a fire for the (C)human race
(G)Let your prayers go drifting (C)into space
(G)You never know what (C)will be coming down (**)
(G)Perhaps a better world is (C)drawing near
(G)And just as easily it could (C)all disappear
(G)Along with whatever (C)meaning you might have found (**, or: G D)
(Em)Don't let the un(C)certainty turn you a(G)round
The world keeps turning around and around
Go (D)on and make a joyful (G)sound
In(C)to a dancer (G)you have grown
From a (C)seed somebody (G)else has thrown (D)
(Em) Go on ahead and (G7)throw some seeds of your (C)own
And somewhere be(D)tween the time you ar(Em)rive
And the (C)time you go
May lie the (G)reason you were a(D)live But you'll never know (*) (**)...
