Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance

 
Intro

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Verse 1
  
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I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
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You get your fill to eat, but always keep that hunger
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May you never take one single breath for granted
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God forbid love ever leave you empty-handed
 
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I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
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Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
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Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance
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And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
 
Chorus

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I hope you dance
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I hope you dance
 
Verse 2

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I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
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Never settle for the path of least resistance
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Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking
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Loving might be a mistake, but it's worth making
 
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Don't let some hell-bent heart leave you bitter
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When you come close to selling out reconsider
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Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
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And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
 
Chorus

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I hope you dance         I hope you dance
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I hope you dance         I hope you dance
 
Background Lyric
Time - is a wheel in constant motion - always rolling us along,
Tell me who - wants to look back on their years And wonder - where those years have gone.
 
Bridge

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I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
|[A]  . . [B]| . . . . |[E] . . . | . . . . |
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
|[F#m] . .[E/G#]| . . . . |[A]. . . | . . . . |
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance
|[F#m] . . . | . . . . |[B] . . . |. - - - |
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
 
Chorus

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Dance         I hope you dance
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I hope you dance         I hope you dance
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I hope you dance         I hope you dance
 
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