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I Won't Dance

by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald · posted by WaltP

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I WON’T DANCE
W: Oscar Hammerstein, Otto Harbach
M: Jerome Kern
Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald
Key: C

7   7     7     -7    5  -5
I won't dance, don't ask me
7   7     7     -7    5  -5
I won't dance, don't ask me
7   7     7    -7  5     -5   6
I won't dance, Ma-dame, with you
6   7     -6    6  5   -5  5
My heart won't let my feet do 
6        5    -5   5 
things they should do

7     7    7    -7      5  -5
You know what? You're love-ly
7    7   7   -7    5  -5
And so what? I’m love-ly
7     7    7   -7  5 -5 6
But, oh, what you do to me
6    7   -6 6  5    -5
I'm like an o-cean wave 
5        6    5  -5    5
that's bumped on the shore
6   7  -6 6  5   -5  5    6      5 -5    5
I feel so ab-so-lute-ly stumped on the floor

5    -5*  -6      8     -7*  7*
When you dance, you're charm-ing 
-5*   -6   -6*  7
and you're gen-tle
3*     -3*   4*  -6 -5*  4*  3* -3* -4 -4
'spec-ially when you do the Con-ti-nen-tal
-4   -5*  -6* -8  -7 -6*  5* -5*  6   6 
But this feel-ing is-n't pure-ly men-tal
6      7  -6   6  6    6  -8  -7  6   6 
For, heav-en rest us, I’m not as-bes-tos

-5    6    -6
And that's why
7   7     7    -7    5   -5
I won't dance, why should I?


7   7     7    -7   5   -5
I won't dance, how could I?
7   7     7    -7  5   -5   6
I won't dance, mer-ci beau-coup
6   7   -6   6  5   -5    5   6  5  -5   5 
I know that mu-sic leads the way to ro-mance,
6  7 -6  6    7  -7 8   10  9  -9     9 
So if I hold you in my arms I won't dance

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