Vocal: Bebe Winans
Saxophone: Dave Koz
Song writer: Tony Arata
Production year: Capitol Records on September 28, 1999
Intro
[Em] [C] [D] [Em]
[Em] [C] [D] [G] [C] [G]
Verse 1
[G] [C]
looking back on the memory of
[D] [G]
The dance we share beneath the stars above
[G] [C]
For a moment all the world was right
[D] [C] [D]
How could I have known that you'd ever say good bye
Refrain 1
[C] [D]
And now I'm glad I didnt know
[Bm]
The way it all will end
[C] [D]
The way it all will go
[C] [D]
Our lives are better left to chance
[Bm]
I could have miss the pain
[C] [D] [G] [Em] [C]
But I'd have had to miss the dance, the dance
[D] [G] [Em7] [C]
I would have missed the dance, the dance
[D]
I would have missed the dance
Verse 2
[A] [D]
Holding you, I held everything
[E] [A]
For a moment, oh, wasn't I a king
[D]
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
[E]
Hey who's to say, you know
[D] [E]
I might have changed it all
Refrain 2
[D] [E]
And now I'm glad I didn't know
[C#m]
The way it all would end
[D] [E]
The way it all would go
[D] [E]
Our lives are better left to chance
[C#m]
I could have missed the pain
[D] [E] [A] [F#m] [D]
But I'd have had to miss the dance, the dance
[E] [A] [F#m] [D]
I would have missed the dance, the dance
[F#m]
I would have missed the dance
Interlude
[F#m] [D] [E] [F#m]
[F#m] [D] [E] [D] [E] [D]
Refrain 3
[D] [E]
And now I'm glad I didn't know
[C#m]
The way it all would end
[D] [E]
The way it all would go
[D] [E]
Our lives are better left to chance
[C#m]
I could have missed the pain
[D] [E] [A]
But I'd have had to miss the dance
Refrain 4
[D] [E]
Yes, our lives are better left to chance
[C#m]
I could have missed the pain
[D] [E]
But I'd have had to miss....
Outro
[A] [E] [D] [E] [A]
the dance Oh, the dance
[F#m] [D]
Sing, the dance
[E] [A] [F#m] [D]
I said I would have missed the dance, the dance
[E] [A] [F#m] [D]
Said I would have missed the dance, the dance
[E] [A] [F#m] [D]
Said I would have missed the dance, the dance, dance
[E] [A] [F#m] [D]
Said I would have missed the dance
