Jack Jones

Ballerina(Chords)

Jack Jones

Key: D

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	        D      Em7  A7   Em6  D     D6  
Dance,  ballerina,    dance   
    D       A7       D9     G      Cdim      Em7     A7  Em7  A7  
And do your pirouette in rhythm with your aching heart  
 Em            B   Em7      Em6  
Dance, ballerina, dance  
   Em                 B     Em7    Em6     Em7  A7   D     A7  
You musn't once  forget  a  dancer has to dance the part  
D      Em7  A7  Em6  D  D6  
Whirl,  ballerina,  whirl  
     D        A7      D9         G    Cdim    Em7     A7  Em7  A7  
And just ignore the chair that's empty in the second row  
Em           B       Em7      Em6  
This is your moment, girl  
      Em                   B        Em7         Em6     Em7  A7   D  
Although he's not out there applauding as you steal the show  
Bridge  
          F#    F#7           C#m5-/7 F#7  Bm     Em6  
Once you said, 'His love must  wait  its turn'  
Bm             B7  B      Em  B                E7         Em7    
You wanted fame instead; I guess that's your concern   
   G/B        A7  
We live and learn  
           D      Em7  A7   Em6  D      D6  
And love is gone,  ballerina,   gone  
   D        A7    D9           G    Cdim    Em7        A7 Em7 A7  
So on with your career  you can't afford a backward glance  
Em           B      Em7  Em6  
Dance on and on and on  
   Em                B         Em7              Em6  
A thousand people here have come to see the show  
    Em7                A7  
As round and round you go  
   G/B  A7       D      Am7     D6  
So ballerina dance, dance, dance
	        

Written by Carl Sigman and Bob Russell

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