Written by Emile Haynie/Nate Ruess/Andrew Wyatt
Intro:
F Bb C F
C C
Bb Am F Dm
I just want the chance to let that little ballerina come dance
C Dm
I know it's hard to find romance
C F
When all your dreams slipped out your hands
Oh darlin'
Bb Am F Dm
I just want the chance to let that little ballerina come dance
C Dm
I know it's hard to find romance
C F
When all your dreams slipped out your hands
Oh darlin'
Bb C F G
C Dm C Bb
Bb
As soon as she walked in
Am
We started talkin'
Dm F
As if nobody else exist
Bb F
With her bleach blonde hair and her cold hard stare
Dm F
And her lucky 13 on her wrist
Bb Dm
And all night long, I play my song
F
Until she broke down in tears
Bb F
Oh it's just the same, caught up in the game
Dm F
Of life so homemade my dear
F Em Dm C Bb
Cause all I need is time
F Em Dm C Bb
All I need is time
Bb Am F Dm
I just want the chance to let that little ballerina come dance
C Dm
I know it's hard to find romance
C F
When all your dreams slipped out your hands
Oh darlin'
Bb Am F Dm
I just want the chance to let that little ballerina come dance
C Dm
I know it's hard to find romance
C F
When all your dreams slipped out your hands
Oh darlin'
B
So take her to the ocean
Dm
Love to watch her floating
F
Hoping that she drifts my way
B
All those waves drown her sorrow
F
She'll need me tomorrow
Dm F
So what's another empty day
Bb F
But all my friends, they see the end
Dm
She's been doing this for years
Bb Dm
But I swear I know, that her heart can grow
Am F
Beyond that lonely little life that she fears
F Em Dm C Bb
Cause all I need is time
F Em Dm C Bb
All I need is time
Bb Am F Dm
I just want the chance to let that little ballerina come dance
C Dm
I know it's hard to find romance
C F
When all your dreams slipped out your hands
Oh darlin'
F
You've been trying so hard
Em Dm
For all of your life
Never got it quite right
F Bb
This I know
Gm C
Ohh you say you need it slow
C
Or you just lose control
F Em
Baby if I find the way
Dm Bb F Bb
To take off your mind away from the cold
Dm C
Just tell me that you'll go
Bb Am F Dm
I just want the chance to let that little ballerina come dance
C Dm
I know it's hard to find romance
C F
When all your dreams slipped out your hands
Oh darlin'
Bb Am F Dm
I just want the chance to let that little ballerina come dance
C Dm
I know it's hard to find romance
C F
When all your dreams slipped out your hands
Oh darlin'
Outro:
Bb Am F Dm
C Dm C F
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