Dancer to the Drum

Song

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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