One Lady Dancing
Composer: Henning Ohlenbusch
Album: School for the Dead - The Chain CD


[Verse 1]

Bb 
In every town across the states, there’s a band on a stage
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And there’s only just one lady dancing.
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All these bands play one tune in a hundred saloons
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And there’s always just one lady dancing.
Bb
So, some folks point their smokes and they crack a few jokes
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With the sweat on their beer bottles glistening.
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But the girl doesn’t mind and the band treats her kindly
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At least they know someone is listening.
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And the space on her face where her smile has been placed,
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Has been subject to so much attention.
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She’s aware of their glares and she’s glad that she dares
      Cm           F9           Bb
To be judged under all their pretensions.


[Verse 2]
Bb 
In her life, at her home, at  her job, she’s alone,
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And it feels like the weekend is stalling.
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And the days stretch and yawn until it’s suddenly upon her,
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By Thursday the dance floor is calling.
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Get a ride into town and she puts a few down,
           Bb
Yes, she’s given up on the romancing.
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When the band plays a beat she jumps up to her feet,
          Cm       F9        Bb
And she’s only just one lady dancing.
 

[Pre-Chorus Instrumental]
Eb Bb F Bb 
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[Chorus]
Bb                      Bbmaj7
What’s her sin? Why the guilt?
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What’s this scene that we built? Is it all fashion?
          Cm       Cmmaj7      Cm7                  F     Abaug
When it’s music we hear, is it music we fear in our hearts?
 

[Verse 3]
Bb 
So the crowd disappears and the band disappears
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And the walls of the club are dissolving.
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And the girl spins around and she lifts off the ground.
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Is she dying or is she evolving?
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And some folks ask her why as she sails across the sky.
       Bb
If she knows she just won’t say the answer.
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And they wave and they shout, “What’s it all about?”
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“Please tell us, One Lady Dancer.”


[Pre-Chorus Instrumental]
Eb Bb F Bb 
Eb Bb F Bb


[Chorus]
Bb                      Bbmaj7
What’s her sin? Why the guilt?
            Bb7                            Eb
What’s this scene that we built? Is it all fashion?
          Cm       Cmmaj7      Cm7                  F     Abaug
When it’s music we hear, is it music we fear in our hearts?