Change partners (1971)
A - D - A - D (2x) - E
A
D
A D
1. All of the ladies attending the ball
A D A D E
are
requested to gaze in the faces found on the dance cards.
A D A D
Please, then remember, and
don't get too close
A D A D E
to
one special one, he will take your defenses and run.
D - A
E D - A E
So we cha....nge partners, time to cha....nge partners,
D - A E D
you must cha...nge partners again !
+ A - D - A - D (2x) - E
A D A D
2. This is how most of our ladies grew up,
A D A D E
at
the country club dances they learned how to handle the boys.
A D
A D
Gently but firmly they learned
to say ‘no’
A D
there
were four more young men
A D E
who
were waiting in the color and the noise.
D - A E D - A E
So we cha....nge partners, time to cha....nge partners,
D - A E
D
you must cha...nge partners again !
+ A - D - A - D (2x) - E
A
D A D
3. All of the ladies attending the ball
A D A D E
are
requested to gaze in the faces found on the dance cards.
A D A D
Please, then remember and
follow your list,
A D
‘cause
the dear things get hurt
A D E
and
the broken hearts make you feel hard.
D - A E D - A E
So we cha....nge partners, time to cha....nge partners,
D - A E D - A
you must cha...nge partners again !
(Stephen Stills)