I Won't Dance Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays553

I Won't Dance by Frank Sinatra is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Em7, Am7, G, Dm7, G7, C/B, A7, Gdim, F, Fm, Em, Fdim, Bb7, G#, G#9, G#7, C#, C#9, C#7, B, B7, C7, Bm7-5, E7, Cdim and D9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C       Em7   Am7      G 
I won't dance,   don't ask me.  

C       Em7   Am7      G 
I won't dance,   don't ask me.  

C       CM7   Dm7   G7         C  C/B   A7 
I won't dance,   madame, with you. 

   Gdim         F    Fm  Gdim   G           C Em  F  G7 
My heart won't let me do things they should do.  


C        Em7   Am7       G 
You know what?    You're lovely. 

C        Em7   Am7        G 
You know what?    You're lovely. 

C       CM7  Dm7    G7     C  C/B   A7 
But, oh what    you do to me.  

    Fdim    F     Fm          Fdim   G       C    C/B   A7 
I'm like an ocean wave that's bumped on the shore; 

  Fdim    F   Fm      Fdim   G        C    C - Am7 - Bb7 - C 
I feel so absolutely stumped on the floor. 


Bridge: 

G#                     G#9      G#         G#7 
When you dance, you're charming and you're gentle,  

C#                 C#9     C#   C#7 
'Specially when you do the Continental. 

B               B7            C7 
But this feeling isn't purely mental,  

          Bm7-5 E7  Am7    Cdim      FM7   G7 
For heaven rest us,    I'm not  as - bes - tos. 

G   Am7    D9 
And that's why  

C        Em7   Am7       G 
I won't dance,    why should I?  

C        Em7   Am7       G 
I won't dance,    how could I?  

C       Em7   Am7    G      C    C/B  A7 
I won't dance,   Merci beaucoup.  

  Gdim      F     Fm       Fdim G   C      C/B   A7 
I know that music leads the way to romance,  

  Gdim  FM7     Cdim   Dm7  Fdim      C 
So if I hold you in my arms, I won't dance. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante