Danse

G   D   C    G   D  C  G  D
G                       D        
Hurry up my Joséphine, the hour’s
       C               G
 getting late,
D                       C        
We gonna miss the 5 o’clock ferry
               G                   
 and we gonna have to wait.
    D

G                       D        
Down in Catahoula, they be having
               C                   
 a Fais-Do-Do.
    G

D                       C        
‘Cause I been saving up all my 
               G                
sugar cane money just so that we 
                       D
could go.
D                       G  
‘Cause when I hear the fiddle 
                     C             
playing an old time Cajun song,
                  G

D                       G        
Moonlight on the bayou, gonna 
               C                   
keep dancing all night long.
            D

G               C               
Dansé, hey, we gonna dance the 
D               G
night away,
G       C       D       G
Dansé collé, collé  Dansé.
G       C       D
Tonight is a night for romance,
        C                   
Can I have the pleasure, the 
pleasure of this dance.
G

G                       D        
Ever since I turned seventeen and
       C               G
 got my old man’s Chevrolet,

D                       C        
I been going every Saturday night
               G                   
 to the old Bon Ton Roulet.
    D

G                       D        
You know I love my dancing, I got
       C               G
 a nice style don’t you know.
D                       C        
I just want to hold you tight and
               G                   
 waltz you across the floor.
    D

D                       G  
‘Cause when I hear the fiddle 
                     C             
playing an old time Cajun song,
                  G

D                       G        
Moonlight on the bayou, gonna 
               C                   
keep dancing all night long.
            D

G               C               
Dansé, hey, we gonna dance the 
D               G
night away,
G       C       D       G
Dansé collé, collé  Dansé.
G       C       D
Tonight is a night for romance,
C                          
Can I have the pleasure, the 
pleasure of this dance.
 G