The Dance - Garth Brooks Verse 1: Looking [D] back on the [G] memory of The [A] dance we shared 'neath the [D]stars above [A] For a [D] moment all the [G] world was right How could [A] I have known that you'd [Bm] ever say good- [A] bye |Chorus: |And [G] now I'm glad I didn't [A] know |The way it all would [F#m] end, the way it all would [G] go--[A]o |Our [G] lives are better left to [A] chance |I could have missed the [F#m] pain |But I'd have had to [G] miss [A] the [D] dance Verse 2: Holding [D] you I held [G] everything For a [A] moment wasn't [D] I the king [A] But if I'd [D] only known how the [G] king would fall Then [A] who's to say, you know, I [Bm] might have changed it [A] all |Chorus: |And [G] now I'm glad I didn't [A] know |The way it all would [F#m] end, the way it all would [G] go--[A]o |Our [G] lives are better left to [A] chance |I could have missed the [F#m] pain |But I'd have had to [G] miss [A] the [D] dance Outro: Yes my [G] life is better left to [A] chance I could have missed the [F#m] pain But I'd have had to [G] miss [A] the [D] dance