Polka, Dots and Moonbeams
by Johnny Burke & Jimmy Van Heusen
sung by John Denver
from Spirit (1976)
F Dm Gm7 C9
A country dance was being held in a garden
F Dm Bbmaj7 A7
I felt a bump and heard an "Oh, beg your pardon"
Dm Bbm6 Fmaj7 Am7(5fr) Abm7(4fr)
Suddenly I saw polka dots and moonbeams
Gm7 C7 F Gm7 C7
All around a pug-nosed dream
F Dm Gm7 C9
The music started and was I the perplexed one
F Dm Bbmaj7 A7
I held my breath and said "May I have the next one?"
Dm Bbm6 Fmaj7 Am7(5fr) Abm7(4fr)
In my frightened arms polka dots and moonbeams
Gm7 C7 F
Sparkled on a pug-nosed dream.
Chorus
Bm7(7fr) E7(5fr) A(5fr) A#dim(5fr) Bm7(7fr)
There were questions in the eyes
E7(5fr) A/C#(9fr) Cdim(7fr) Bm7(7fr) E7(5fr)
Of other dancers as we floated over the floor
A(5fr) A#dim(5fr) Bm7(7fr)
E7(5fr)
There were questions, but my heart knew all the answers
Am7(5fr) F#dim Gm7 C7 F
And perhaps a few things more
F Dm Gm7 C7
Now in a cottage made of lilacs and laughter
F Dm Bbmaj7 A7
I know the meaning of the words "ever after"
Dm Bbm6 Fmaj7 Am7(5fr) Abm7(4fr)
And I'll always see polka dots and moonbeams
Gm7 C7 F
When I kiss my pug-nosed dream
(Instrumental)
Bm7(7fr) E7(5fr) A(5fr) A#dim(5fr) Bm7(7fr)
There were questions in the eyes
E7(5fr) A/C#(9fr) Cdim(7fr) Bm7(7fr)
Of other dancers as we floated over the floor
E7(5fr) A(5fr)
There were questions,
A#dim(5fr) Bm7(7fr) E7(5fr) Am7(5fr)
But my heart knew all the answers
F#dim Gm7 C7
And perhaps a few things more
G(3fr) Em(7fr) Am7(5fr) D7(7fr)
Now in a cottage made of lilacs and laughter
G(3fr) Em(7fr) Cmaj7 B7
I know the meaning of the words "ever after"
Em(7fr) Cm6 Gmaj7(3fr) Bm7(7fr) Bbm7(6fr)
And I'll always see polka dots and moonbeams
Am7(5fr) D7(3fr) Gmaj7(3fr) E7-9(6fr)
When I kiss my pug-nosed dream
Am7(5fr) D7(3fr) G(3fr) Gmaj9(5fr)
When I kiss my pug-nosed dream.