Bb     Dm      C
Bb     Dm     C

[Verse]
     F                       C
He showed up for work
             Dm                       Bb
And he Brought home his pay cheque
      F                       C
He dressed up for church
        Dm                 Bb
And sang rock of ages
    F           C
Built her a house
        Dm                 Bb
And bought her a piano
        C
One summer he took her
        C
Way out to Montana

[Chorus]
                                     Bb             Dm        C
But he never took her dancing
                Bb             Dm        C
No he never took her dancing

[Verse]
     F                       C
He kept the cars running
             Dm                       Bb
And the lawn mower mowing
     F                       C
The bread on the table
            Dm                       Bb
While the children were growing
     F                       C
and planted her roses
            Dm                       Bb
and mended the fences
       C
went back to her family
       C
reunions in Texas

[Chorus]
                                     Bb             Dm        C
But he never took her dancing
                Bb             Dm        C
No he never took her dancing

[Bridge]
          Bb
Oh he worked and he worried
     C
He hustled and hurried
         Bb                                C
But he never saw time a’ running out
           Bb
Those years they kept passing
     C
One day she quit asking
      Dm     C                 Bb               C
The only regret he has now

[Chorus]
                     Bb             Dm        C
Is he never took her dancing
                     Bb             Dm        C
No he never took her dancing

[Instrumental Break]
Bb             Dm        C
Bb             Dm        C

[Verse]
     F                       C
He drove her to town
            Dm                       Bb
While her hair was fraying
     F                       C
when the lord came to take her
            Dm                       Bb
he was by her side praying
     F                       C
later that winter
            Dm                       Bb
he went looking for some pictures
       C
found an old box
       C
of new ballroom slippers

[Interlude]
                Bb             Dm        C
(Instrumental Bar)
                Bb             Dm        C
No he never took her dancing
                Bb             Dm        C
(Instrumental Bar)

[Bridge]
          Bb
Oh he worked and he worried
     C
He hustled and hurried
         Bb                                C
But he never saw time a’ running out
           Bb
Those years they kept passing
     C
One day she quit asking
      Dm     C                 Bb               C
The only regret he has now

[Chorus]
                     Bb             Dm        C
Is he never took her dancing
                     Bb             Dm        C
No he never took her dancing