Cover art for Midnight Sand Slow Dance

All songs  /  David Alan Graham

Midnight Sand Slow Dance

E♭ major~152 BPM4/44:07Beach Countryhigh confidence
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Verse 1

Bare feet
Kicking up that cool wet sand
Her laugh
Running circles through my head
Little moon
Hanging like a porch light low
Waves roll in
Like they already know

Pre-Chorus

She says, "We're crazy, there's no music"
I say, "Baby, yeah there is"
Point to her heart, mine beating to it
Every breath between our lips

Chorus

We're slow dancing on a dark romantic beach
Her hair tangled in the breeze, all over me
Salt on her shoulders, freckles I can barely see
And I keep spinning, spinning where the shoreline meets the sea
Just her and me
Slow dancing on a dark romantic beach

Verse 2

Old sweatshirt
Wrapped around her summer dress
Her hands
Sliding up around my neck
Phone light
Glowing in a pile with our things
Whole world
Shrunk down to her and me

Pre-Chorus

She says, "What if this is just a moment?"
I say, "That's all that we got"
If forever's just these footsteps
Let's let them wander, let them not stop

Chorus

We're slow dancing on a dark romantic beach
Her hair tangled in the breeze, all over me
Salt on her shoulders, freckles I can barely see
And I keep spinning, spinning where the shoreline meets the sea
Just her and me
Slow dancing on a dark romantic beach

Bridge

Tide creeping higher on our toes (oh yeah)
Her whisper getting closer than the coast
If morning ever finds us in these clothes
We'll still be swaying like this, holding on, holding close

Final Chorus

We're slow dancing on a dark romantic beach
Her heartbeat keeping time, right against my cheek
Salt on her shoulders, freckles I can finally see
And I keep spinning, spinning where the shoreline meets the sea
Just her and me
Slow dancing on a dark romantic beach

Just her and me

Slow dancing on a dark romantic beach

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Playing in E♭ major
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Intro  E♭ B♭ E♭ A♭ E♭ B♭ E♭ B♭

Verse 1

A♭Bare feet

B♭Kicking up that cool Cmwet sand

A♭Her E♭laugh

B♭Running circles A♭through my head

Little E♭moon

Hanging like B♭a porch light low

A♭Waves roll in

E♭Like they B♭already know

Pre-Chorus

A♭She says, "We're crazy, B♭there's no music"

I say, "Baby, A♭yeah there is"

Point to her E♭heart, mine beating to B♭it

Every breath A♭between our B♭lips

Chorus

We're slow E♭dancing on a B♭dark romantic Cmbeach

Her A♭hair tangled in the B♭breeze, all over A♭me

Salt on E♭her shoulders, B♭freckles I can Cmbarely see

A♭And E♭I keep spinning, B♭spinning where the shoreline E♭meets the sea

A♭Just her and me

FmSlow dancing A♭on a dark E♭romantic beach

Verse 2

Old sweatshirt

Wrapped B♭around her summer dress

FmHer A♭hands

Sliding B♭up around my A♭neck

Phone E♭light

Glowing in B♭a pile with our Cmthings

Whole A♭world

Shrunk B♭down to her and A♭me

Pre-Chorus

She says, E♭"What if this is just B♭a moment?"

I say, Fm"That's all that we got"

E♭If forever's just B♭these footsteps

Let's let Fmthem wander, let them not stop

Chorus

We're E♭slow dancing on B♭a dark romantic Cmbeach

A♭Her hair tangled E♭in the breeze, B♭all over me

A♭Salt Fmon her shoulders, E♭freckles I B♭can barely see

A♭And I keep E♭spinning, spinning where the shoreline Cmmeets the sea

A♭Just her and Fmme

CmSlow dancing A♭on a dark Fmromantic beach

Bridge

A♭Tide creeping higher on our toes E♭(oh B♭yeah)

A♭Her whisper getting closer E♭than the coast

If B♭morning ever finds A♭us in these E♭clothes

B♭We'll still be Fmswaying like this, holding on, A♭holding close

Final Chorus

We're slow E♭dancing on a B♭dark romantic Cmbeach

Her E♭heartbeat keeping time, B♭right against my A♭cheek

B♭Salt on E♭her shoulders, B♭freckles I can finally Cmsee

And A♭I keep E♭spinning, spinning B♭where the shoreline meets A♭the sea

Just her Fmand me

Slow A♭dancing on a dark romantic Cmbeach

Just her and me

Slow Fmdancing on A♭a dark romantic E♭beach

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Lead sheet for Midnight Sand Slow Dance