Tom: E
(A) (A) (A) (A) (E)
[Verse]
A
She tried to dance me to death
D A
I'm slap out of breath
Lord, that woman's killin' me
B7 E
I'm looking for Donna and Seth
A
I said, "Ya'll got to get me away from this girl
D D7
If you don't I'm gonna die"
A
They said, "why"
E A
And I said, "That dagum Beth's gonna dance me to death"
[Chorus]
A
Donna and Seth's some ex-friends of mine
D A
That talked me out on a blind date
She worked with a girl named Beth Darnell
B7 E
That had a body that could not wait
A
We picked up Beth at her mama's house
D B7
Met her mama, her daddy was dead
A
Beth had a face like a Wanted poster
E
And a gallon of moose on her head
A
We wound up at the Cowboy Heaven
D A
And we hadn't got in the door
She grabbed me by the forearm
B7 E
And drug me out on the fl oor
A
We danced to thirty-seven songs in a row
D B7
Never done that in my life
A
We cut the rug like a carpet installer
E A
With a dull utility knife
A
She tried to dance me to death
D A
I'm slap out of breath
Lord, that woman's killin' me
B7 E
I'm looking for Donna and Seth
A
I said, "Ya'll got to get me away from this girl
D D7
If you don't I'm gonna die"
A
They said, "why"
E A
And I said, "That dagum Beth's gonna dance me to death"
**key change**
B
I got honky-tonk twisted
E B
Till I was sweatin' right through my clothes
I need a towel, a beer, and bathroom rug
C# F#
And my feet need Dr. Schoal's
B
We danced to everything the band could play
E C#
And some stuff off TN N
B
I swore if this 2-step ever stopped
F# B
I'd never 2-step a gain
**key change**
A
She tried to dance me to death
D A
I'm slap out of breath
Lord, that woman's killin' me
B7 E
I'm looking for Donna and Seth
A
I said, "Ya'll got to get me away from this girl
D D7
If you don't I'm gonna die"
A
They said, "why"
E A
And I said, "That dagum Beth's gonna dance me to death"
**key change**
B
I woke up in the parking lot
E B
And the ambulance was there
Staring at me was an EMT
C# F#
And a cowboy in a wheel chair
B
I asked what happened
E B
And the EMT, said "I'll give you a hint
Son, you have just been the victim
F# B
Of a freak dance acci dent"
B
Well, the cowboy looks at me
E B
And said, "Beth Dar nell" - I said, "how'd you know"
Me and Beth was married a year
I quit walkin' six months ago
**key change**
A
She tried to dance me to death
D A
I'm slap out of breath
Lord, that woman's killin' me
B7 E
I'm looking for Donna and Seth
A
I said, "Ya'll got to get me away from this girl
D D7
If you don't I'm gonna die"
A
They said, "why"
E
And I said, "That dagum Beth's gonna dance me...
A
Dance me...dance me to death"
