The Irish Rovers – I Am Lord Of The Dance (Guitar)

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Lord Of The Dance:The Irish Rovers. #26 in Canada in 1972. [Verse 1]
G                                Em          G
I danced in the morning when the world was begun.

  D                          C             D
I danced in the Moon and the Stars and the Sun.

  G                           D         Em
I came down from Heaven and I danced on Earth..

   D           C      G
at Bethlehem I had my birth.
[Chorus]
G                Em           G
Dance, dance, wherever you may be..

Em                   D            
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He.

         G                 Em           G
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be..

         D                   G
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!
(lead you all in the Dance, said He!) [Verse 2]
G                                Em    G
I danced for the scribes and the phar..isees.

         D                        C               D
But they would not dance and they wouldn't follow me.

  G                         D         Em
I danced for fishermen, for James and John..

     D                    C          G
they came with me and the Dance went on.
[Chorus]
G                 Em           G
Dance, dance, wherever you may be..

Em                   D            
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He.

         G                 Em           G
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be..

         D                   G
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!
(lead you all in the Dance, said He!) [Verse 3]
G                             Em        G
I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame.

    D                      C     D
The holy people thought it was a shame.

     G                              Em      G
They cut and they stripped and they hung me high..

         D                  C        G
and they left me there on a cross to die.
[Chorus]
G                 Em           G
Dance, dance, wherever you may be..

Em                   D            
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He.

         G                 Em           G
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be..

         D                   G
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!
(lead you all in the Dance, said He!) [Verse 4]
G                             Em         G
I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black.

     D                      C             D
It's hard to dance with the devil on your back.

     G               Em      G
They buried my body, but I'd gone..

    D                    C        G
but I am the Dance and I still go on.
[Chorus]
G                 Em           G
Dance, dance, wherever you may be..

Em                   D            
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He.

         G                 Em           G
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be..

         D                   G
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!
(lead you all in the Dance, said He!) [Verse 5]
G                      Em       G
They cut me down but I leapt up high.

D                        C            D
I am the Light that will never, never die.

     G                     Em      G
I'll live in you if you'll live in Me..

  D                  C           G
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He.
[Chorus]
G                 Em           G
Dance, dance, wherever you may be..

Em                   D            
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He.

         G                 Em           G
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be..

         D                   G
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!
(lead you all in the Dance, said He!) [Outro]
G                 Em           G
Dance, dance, wherever you may be..

Em                   D            
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He.

         G                 Em           G
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be..

         D                   G
And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!
(lead you all in the Dance, said He!) A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.