Dance Little Jean

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Played a wedding for the money  
                                           C 
And I wish I could have told the bride and groom 
          D7 
Just what I think of marriage 
                               G 
What's in store after the honeymoon 


I was rumbling through the verses  
                                      C 
About how men and women ought to live apart 
      D7 
How a promise never made could not be broken  
                        G 
And would never break a heart 

Suddenly from out of nowhere 
                                          C 
This little girl came spinning across the floor 
    D7 
Her crinolines were billowing 
                                G 
Beneath the skirt of calico she wore 


As her joy fell on the honored guests 
                                    C 
Each one of them was drawn into her dream 
         D7 
And they laughed and stamped and clapped their hands  
                                 G 
And hollered at her dance little Jean 

          C                                 G 
They said dance little Jean this day is for you 
                         A7                D7 
Two people that you love stood up to say I do 
C                                     G                C 
Dance little Jean the prayer that you had was answered today 
     D7                    G 
Your Momma's marrying your dad 


Well this cynic's heart just melted 
                                    C 
As I figured what this get together meant 
           D7 
And how it ended years of tears  
                                            G 
And sad confusions that the little girl had spent 

  
They told the band to pack it up 
                                  C 
About the time the couple cut the cake 
       D7 
But we stayed and we played all night long  
                                        G 
For love and laughs and little Jeanie's sake 

          C                                 G 
We played dance little Jean this day is for you 
                         A7                D7 
Two people that you love stood up to say I do 
C                                     G                C 
Dance little Jean the prayer that you had was answered today 
     D7                    G 
Your Momma's marrying your dad 

        C                                 G 
We sang dance little Jean this day is for you 
                         A7                D7 
Two people that you love stood up to say I do 
C                                     G                C 
Dance little Jean the prayer that you had was answered today 
     D7                    G 
Your momma's marrying your dad