Robert Earl Keen

No Kinda Dancer

Robert Earl Keen


Tom: A

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First of the month brings back the notion 
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Of a big round white dance hall in the cool summer night.
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Red cherrub faces set black shoes in motion
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To the om pa pa rhythm of a German delight.

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And I tried hard to tell you I was no kinda dancer.
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Takin' my hand to prove I was wrong.
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You guided me gently though I thought I could never.
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We were dancin' together at the end of the song. -

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A taught little baldman, like a German war hero
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Would box some old matrons to a quick Jon Paul Jones.
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Drapes of crate paper, the ball made of mirror,
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Cast shiney reflections on a brass slide trombone.

         Bm                          A
- And I tried hard to tell you I was no kinda dancer.
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Takin' my hand to prove I was wrong.
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You guided me gently though I thought I could never.
          G        A             G          D
We were dancin' together at the end of the song. 

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The man was still dancin' with his fan of partner
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Though the band had quit playin' at the evening's end.
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It made me feel lucky that I had a partner 
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To teach me the dancesteps and come back again.

       Bm                          A
And I tried hard to tell you I was no kinda dancer.
 D        D/C#      E7         
Takin' my hand to prove I was wrong.
      D                        E9/G#  
You guided me gently though I thought I could never.
          G        A             G          D
We were dancin' together at the end of the song. 
       Bm                      A
And I tried hard to tell you
 D        D/C#      E7         
Takin' my hand to prove I was wrong.
      D                        E9/G#  
You guided me gently though I thought I could never.
          G        A             G          D
We were dancin' together at the end of the song.