D   Em7    A7   Em6    D    D6
Dance,  ballerina,    dance 
  D     A7     D9    G     Cdim     Em7     A7 Em7   A7
And do your pirouette in rhythm with your aching heart
 Em        B7/13-    Em7  Em6
Dance, ballerina,    dance
 Em            B7/13-      Em7     Em6    Em7   A7  D    A7
You musn't once        forget  a  dancer has to dance the part
D    Em7     A7  Em6   D D6
Whirl,  ballerina,  whirl
  D       A7     D9       G    Cdim   Em7      A7 Em7  A7
And just ignore the chair that's empty in the second row
Em         B7/13-      Em7      Em6
This is your        moment, girl
    Em             B7/13-    Em7      Em6     Em7   A7   D
Although he's not out there applauding as you steal the show
Bridge
     F#   F#7         C#m5-/7  F#7   Bm      Em6
Once you said, "His love must  wait  its turn"
Bm        B7  B7/13-      Em   B7/13-            E7       Em7
You wanted fame       instead,      I guess that's your concern 
 G/B      A7
We live and learn
      D     Em7   A7   Em6    D    D6
And love is gone,  ballerina,   gone
 D      A7   D9        G   Cdim     Em7       A7 Em7  A7
So on with your career  you can't afford a backward glance
Em       B7/13-     Em7  Em6
Dance on and on     and on
  Em          B7/13-       Em7         Em6
A thousand people here      have come to see the show
  Em7           A7
As round and round you go
 G/B   A7     D    Am7     D6
So ballerina dance, dance, dance