Intro (A) (A) (A) (A) (E)
She tried to (A) dance me to death
(D) I'm slap out of (A) breath
Lord, that woman's killin' me
I'm (B7) looking for Donna and (E) Seth
I said, "Ya'll (A) got to get me away from this girl
If you (D) don't I'm gonna (D7) die"
They said, (A) "why"
And I said, "That dagum Beth's gonna (E) dance me to (A) death"
(A) Donna and Seth's some ex-friends of mine
That talked (D) me out on a blind (A) date
She worked with a girl named Beth Darnell
That had a (B7) body that could not (E) wait
We (A) picked up Beth at her mama's house
Met her (D) mama, her daddy was (B7) dead
(A) Beth had a face like a Wanted poster
And a (E) gallon of moose on her head
We (A) wound up at the Cowboy Heaven
And we (D) hadn't got in the (A) door
She grabbed me by the forearm
And (B7) drug me out on the fl(E)oor
We (A) danced to thirty-seven songs in a row
Never (D) done that in my (B7) life
(A) We cut the rug like a carpet installer
With a (E) dull utility (A) knife
She tried to (A) dance me to death
(D) I'm slap out of (A) breath
Lord, that woman's killin' me
I'm (B7) looking for Donna and (E) Seth
I said, "Ya'll (A) got to get me away from this girl
If you (D) don't I'm gonna (D7) die"
They said, (A) "why"
And I said, "That dagum Beth's gonna (E) dance me to (A) death"
**key change**
(B) I got honky-tonk twisted
Till I was (E) sweatin' right through my (B) clothes
I need a towel, a beer, and bathroom rug
And my (C#) feet need Dr. (F#) Schoal's
We (B) danced to everything the band could play
And some (E) stuff off TN(C#)N
I (B) swore if this 2-step ever stopped
I'd (F#) never 2-step a(B)gain
**key change**
She tried to (A) dance me to death
(D) I'm slap out of (A) breath
Lord, that woman's killin' me
I'm (B7) looking for Donna and (E) Seth
I said, "Ya'll (A) got to get me away from this girl
If you (D) don't I'm gonna (D7) die"
They said, (A) "why"
And I said, "That dagum Beth's gonna (E) dance me to (A) death"
**key change**
(B) I woke up in the parking lot
And the (E) ambulance was (B) there
Staring at me was an EMT
And a (C#) cowboy in a wheel(F#)chair
I (B) asked what happened
And the EMT, said (E) "I'll give you a (B) hint
Son, you have just been the victim
Of a (F#) freak dance acci(B)dent"
Well, the (B) cowboy looks at me
And said, "Beth Dar(E)nell" - I said, "how'd you (B) know"
(No Chord) Me and Beth was married a year
I quit walkin' six months ago
**key change**
She tried to (A) dance me to death
(D) I'm slap out of (A) breath
Lord, that woman's killin' me
I'm (B7) looking for Donna and (E) Seth
I said, "Ya'll (A) got to get me away from this girl
If you (D) don't I'm gonna (D7) die"
They said, (A) "why"
And I said, "That dagum Beth's gonna (E) dance me...
Dance me...dance me to (A) death"