Irving Berlin

I Won't Dance(Chords)

Irving Berlin

Key: C

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Intro:  Bm5-/7 E7 Am7 Cdim F7M G7 

C       Em7   Am7      G 
I won't dance,   don't ask me  
C       Em7   Am7      G 
I won't dance,   don't ask me 
C       C7M   Dm7   G7         C  C/B  A7 
I won't dance,   madame, with you 
   Gdim         F    Fm  Gdim   G           C Em  F  G7 
My heart won't let me do things they should do 
C        Em7   Am7       G 
You know what?    You're lovely 
C        Em7   Am7        G 
You know what?    You're lovely 
C       C7M  Dm7    G7     C  C/B  A7 
But, oh what    you do to me.  
    Fdim    F     Fm          Fdim   G       C    C/B   A7 
I'm like an ocean wave that's bumped on the shore 
  Fdim    F   Fm      Fdim   G        C    C  Am7  Bb7  C 
I feel so absolutely stumped on the floor 

Bridge 
G#                     G#9                      G#               G#7 
When you dance, you're charming and you're gentle 
C#                    C#9       C#             C#7 
'Specially when you do the Continental 
B                         B7                   C7 
But this feeling isn't purely mental 
          Bm5-/7 E7  Am7  Cdim   F7M  G7 
For heaven rest us,    I'm not  asbestos 
G   Am7    D9 
And that's why  
C        Em7   Am7       G 
I won't dance,    why should I  
C        Em7   Am7       G 
I won't dance,    how could I  
C       Em7   Am7    G      C    C/B  A7 
I won't dance,   Merci beaucoup  
  Gdim      F     Fm       Fdim G   C      C/B   A7 
I know that music leads the way to romance  
  Gdim  F7M     Cdim   Dm7  Fdim      C 
So if I hold you in my arms, I won't dance
	        

Written by Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh and Jerome Kern

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