Written by Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh and Jerome Kern
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