Chapman Beth Nielsen : "Dancer to the drum" Guitar chords
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From: minstrel71@yahoo.com (Stephen Mabry)6-18-02
"Dancer to the drum" by Beth Nielson Chapman
From: "You hold the key" Album
Intro: G G
G
Fast asleep in the dawn of ages
C G
The soul of every child
D Em
Has waited to be born a stranger
G D
Underneath the drum of his mothers heart
G
Lying deep in a dream of darkness
C G
Where fear has never gone
D Em
Each spark of a life is started
G D C
Blind and pure to the world we come
G D G
Blind and pure to the world we come
Refrain D G
Each of us a dancer to the drum
D C riff 1
Each of us a dancer to the drum
G D G
Blind and pure we come
G
One is born into a life of hunger
C G
One will be a king or a rich man's son
D Em
One will kill out of greed or anger
G D
One will give his life for another one
G
There are lies in the smiles of innocence
C G
There are blooms in the walls of stone
D
And we will seek ourselves
C G Em
In the eyes of everyone .....we have ever known
G
Everyone we have ever known
D C G
And the heart, the heart will ever be a witness
Em C G
And precious time, no treasure is worth
D C Em
And the child, the child will carry our existence
C G D G
Through the days that we have on earth
solo: dulcimer, G C D C G D C G D G
D G
Each of us a dancer to the drum
D C
Each of us a dancer to the drum
G D G
Blind and pure we come
G (Hold)
Fast asleep in the dawn of ages
C
The soul of every child
D C riff 2
Has waited to be born a stranger
D G G G (G) 1 strum
Born a dancer, to the drum
Notes: Play riff 1 & 2 over chords
h=harmonic ()=drone s=slide v=vibrato
C can be played as C9, G as GaddD
Riff 1
E---------------------------------
B--------3--3------------12H------
G--------0---------------12H------
D-----2---------------------------
A--3------------------------------
E---------------------------------
Riff 2
E---14---12---10---(14)----10-----
B---------------------------------
G------------------------------12-
D---------------------------------
A---------------------------------
E---------------------------------
Solo
E---------------------------------------------------
B-8v--10s12v--10s12v--10s12v--10v--8--8h10v--8v-----
G-----------------------------------------------(0)-
D---------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------
B-8h10--8h10--10v--10h12--10h12--10--12v--10v--8v---
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------
B-8h10s12--12v--10v--8v-----------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------
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