Intro: G ( G - C - D - G ) D/F# Looking back on the memory of The dance we shared beneath the stars above For a moment all the world was right How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye? ( C D Bm C D ) G And now I'm glad I didn't know The way it all would end The way it all would go Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain But I'd have had to miss the dance ( G - C - D - G ) D/F# Holding you I held everything For a moment wasn't I a king? If I'd only known how the king would fall Then who's to say ? You know I might have changed it all ( C D Bm C D ) G And now I'm glad I didn't know The way it all would end The way it all would go Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain But I'd have had to miss the dance