From: minstrel71@yahoo.com (Stephen Mabry)6-18-02 "Dancer to the drum" by Beth Nielson Chapman From: "You hold the key" Album Intro: G G G Fast asleep in the dawn of ages C G The soul of every child D Em Has waited to be born a stranger G D Underneath the drum of his mothers heart G Lying deep in a dream of darkness C G Where fear has never gone D Em Each spark of a life is started G D C Blind and pure to the world we come G D G Blind and pure to the world we come Refrain D G Each of us a dancer to the drum D C riff 1 Each of us a dancer to the drum G D G Blind and pure we come G One is born into a life of hunger C G One will be a king or a rich man's son D Em One will kill out of greed or anger G D One will give his life for another one G There are lies in the smiles of innocence C G There are blooms in the walls of stone D And we will seek ourselves C G Em In the eyes of everyone .....we have ever known G Everyone we have ever known D C G And the heart, the heart will ever be a witness Em C G And precious time, no treasure is worth D C Em And the child, the child will carry our existence C G D G Through the days that we have on earth solo: dulcimer, G C D C G D C G D G D G Each of us a dancer to the drum D C Each of us a dancer to the drum G D G Blind and pure we come G (Hold) Fast asleep in the dawn of ages C The soul 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 h=harmonic ()=drone s=slide v=vibrato 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---------------------------------------------------| Changes or comments, corrections-Please E-mail me at minstrel71@yahoo.com Check out my other posting for Edie Brickell's "Circle" and my Kate Wolf/John Denver listings.