Dance Band on the Titanic Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Dan[C]ce band on the Titanic
Sing "Nearer, my [G]God, [C]to [G]Thee"
The iceberg's on the starboard bow
Won't you dance [C]with [D]me
[C][D]

[Verse 2]
Mama stood cryin' at the dockside
Sayin' "Please son, don't take this trip"
I said [G]"Mama, sweet Mama,
don't you worry none"
"Even [A]God couldn't
sink this [G]ship"[D]

[Verse 3]
Well, the [D]whistle blew and
they turned the screws
It turned the water into [F]foam[D]
[G]Destination sweet salvation
[A]Goodbye [Bb]home [A]sweet home

[Verse 4]
I'm in the [D]dance [A]band on [D]the Titanic
Sing "Nearer, my [A]God, to [Em]Thee"
[A]The iceberg's on the starboard bow
Won't you dance with [D]me[A]

[Verse 5]
There was [D]a trombone and a saxophone
The bass and drums were
cookin' up the bandstand
And I was strum[G]min' in the middle
with this dude on the fiddle
And we [A]were three days out from land

[Verse 6]
And now [D]the foghorn's jammed
and moanin'
Hear it groanin' through the [C]misty [D]night
I heard the [G]lookout shout down
"There's [F]icebergs around"
"But [A]still everything's [D]all [A]right"

[Verse 7]
Oh, the [D]dance [A]band on the [D]Titanic
Sing "Nearer, my [A]God, [D]to [A]Thee"
The iceberg's on the starboard bow
Won't you dance with [D]me[F]
[G]They were burnin'

[Verse 8]
all the flares for candles
[C]In the ban[G]quet they
were throwin' in first class
And [A]we were blowin' waltzes
in [F]the barroom
When the [A]universe went CRASH!

[Interlude 1]
[A][D]
[G][A][G][D][F][D][G][A][D]

[Verse 9]
"There's [D]no way that this could happen"
I could hear the old [C]captain [G]curse[Bb]
[A]He ordered lif[G]eboats away,
that's when I heard the chaplain say
"Women and [A]children and
chap[D]lains first"

[Interlude 2]
[A][D]

[Verse 10]
Well, [D]they soon [G]used up [D]all of the lifeboats
But there were a lot of us left on board
I heard the drum[G]mer sayin' "Boys,
just keep playin'"
"Now we're [A]doin' this [Bb]gig for [A]the Lord"

[Verse 11]
I heard the [D]dance band
[A]on the Tit[D]anic[A]
Sing [D]"N earer, my [A]God, [D]to [A]Thee"
The iceberg's on the starboard bow
Won't you dance with me
[D]

[Verse 12]
[F]There's a [G]wild-eyed boy
boy in the radio shack
He's the last remaining guest
He was [A]tappin' in a Morse
code [F]frenzy
Tappin' [A]"Please God, S.O.S."

[Verse 13]
[D]Jesus [G]Christ can [D]walk on the water
But a music man will drown
[F]They say[D] that Ner[G]o fiddled
while Rome burned up
Well, I was [A]strummin' as
the ship [Bb]go do[A]wn

[Verse 14]
I'm in the [D]dance [A]band on the [D]Titanic
Sing "Nearer, my God, to [A]Thee"
The iceberg's on the starboard bow
Won't you dance [D]with me

[Verse 15]
[D]Dance band on the Titanic
Sing "Nearer, my God, to [A]Thee"
The iceberg's on the starboard bow
Won't you dance with [D]me

[Verse 16]
[D]Dance band on the Titanic
Sing "Nearer, my God, to [A]Thee"
The iceberg's on the starboard bow
Won't you dance [D]with me