Chord/Tab song: Dancer to the Drum

"Dancer to the drum" by Beth Nielson Chapman

From: "You hold the key" Album

Intro: G G

Fast as[G]leep in the dawn of ages
The s[C]oul of every ch[G]ild
Has wa[D]ited to be born a str[Em]anger
Underneath the d[G]rum of his mothers he[D]art
Lying de[G]ep in a dream of darkness
Where f[C]ear has never g[G]one
Each sp[D]ark of a life is st[Em]arted
Blind and p[G]ure to the wo[D]rld we c[C]ome
Blind and p[G]ure to the wo[D]rld we c[G]ome
Refrain D G
Each of us a dancer to the drum
D C riff 1
Each of us a dancer to the drum
B[G]lind and p[D]ure we co[G]me
One is b[G]orn into a life of hunger
One will be a k[C]ing or a rich man's s[G]on
One will k[D]ill out of greed or a[Em]nger
One will give his l[G]ife for another o[D]ne
There are li[G]es in the smiles of innocence
There are bl[C]ooms in the walls of st[G]one
And we w[D]ill seek ourselves
In the e[C]yes of ever[G]yone .....we have ever kn[Em]own
Eve[G]ryone we have ever known
And the he[D]art, the he[C]art will ever be a wit[G]ness
And pre[Em]cious ti[C]me, no treasure is wo[G]rth
And the ch[D]ild, the ch[C]ild will carry our exi[Em]stence
[C] Through the d[G]ays that we h[D]ave on ea[G]rth

solo: dulcimer, G C D C G D C G D G
Each of us a da[D]ncer to the d[G]rum
Each of us a da[D]ncer to the d[C]rum
Bl[G]ind and pu[D]re we co[G]me
G (Hold)
Fast asleep in the dawn of ages
The so[C]ul of every child
D C riff 2
Has waited to be born a stranger
D G G G (G) 1 strum
Born a dancer, to the drum

Notes: Play riff 1 & 2 over chords
hharmonic ()drone sslide vvibrato
C can be played as C9, G as GaddD
Riff 1

E---------------------------------|
B--------3--3------------12H------|
G--------0---------------12H------|
D-----2---------------------------|
A--3------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|

Riff 2

E---14---12---10---(14)----10-----|
B---------------------------------|
G------------------------------12-|
D---------------------------------|
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|

Solo

E---------------------------------------------------|
B-8v--10s12v--10s12v--10s12v--10v--8--8h10v--8v-----|
G-----------------------------------------------(0)-|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
B-8h10--8h10--10v--10h12--10h12--10--12v--10v--8v---|
G---------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
B-8h10s12--12v--10v--8v-----------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|

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