Intro: D - G - D - A - G   
 
Verse 1:
 D             G          D
Sara Beth is scared to death, 
                               G
To hear what the doctor will say, 
      D                           G            D
She hasn't been well, since the day that she fell, 
                          D/F#      G
and the bruise that just won't go away, 
  
Pre-chorus:
        F#m (or A/C#)                  G  
So she sits and she waits with her mother and dad, 
       D            (Dsus4)    A  
And flips through an  old   magazine, 
         F#m (or A/C#)          G  
Till the nurse with the sm-ile stands at the door,  
     Em7                            A
and says will you please come with me, 
  
Verse 2:
  D             G         D
Sara Beth is scared to death, 
                        A            G
Cause the doctor just told her the news, 
              D
Between the red cells and white, 
  G              D                                  G
Somethin's not right but we're gonna take care of you, 
  
Pre-chorus:
     F#m (or A/C#)          G  
Six chances in Ten it won't come back again, 
            D          (Dsus4)  A  
With the therapy we're   gonna   try, 
     F#m (or A/C#)                G  
It's just been approved it's the strongest there is, 
     Em7                  A  Asus4
I think we caught it in time, 
 Em7                    A
Sara BEth closes her eyes, 
 
Chorus:
 A     Bm         A/C#  D
She dreams she's dan--cin'  
 F#m         E      D         E
Around and Around without any cares 
          A         A/G     D/F#         Dm
And her very first love is holding her close, 
         A           E          A
And the soft winds blowin' her hair, 
  
Verse 3:
 D             G          D
Sara Beth is scared to death, 
              A           G
As she sits holding her mom, 
                D                 G          D
Cause it would be a mistake for someone to take, 
                            G
А girl with no hair to the prom,  
 
Pre-chorus:
     F#m (or A/C#)         G  
Oh just this morning right there on her pillow, 
            D     (Dsus4)    A  
Was the cruelest of  any  surprise, 
       F#m (or A/C#)             G  
And she cried as she gathered it all in her hands, 
     Em7                      A  Asus4
The proof that she couldn't deny, 
 Em7                    A
Sara BEth closes her eyes, 
 
Chorus:
 A     Bm         A/C#  D
She dreams she's dan--cin'  
  F#m         E      D         E
Around and Around without any cares 
          A         A/G     D/F#        Dm
And her very first love is holding her close, 
          A           E          A
And the soft winds blowin' her hair, 
 
Bridge:
        Em7                     D/F#
It's quarter till seven, that boy's at the door, 
          G               D/F#
And her daddy ushers him in, 
          Em7                        D/F#
But when he takes off his cap, they all start to cry, 
             G                         D/F#
Cause this mornin' where his hair had been, 
 G                        A
Softly she touches just skin, 
  
Chorus:
 A    Bm A/C#  D
They go dan--cin'  
  F#m         E      D         E
Around and Around without any cares 
         A         A/G         D/F#        Dm
And her very first true love is holding her close, 
   ( NO    CHORDS  )       A - D - A  
For a moment she ins't scared,

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