Spanish Dancer

Capo I 

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Oh mama there's this Spanish dancer 
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Whose steps I follow when he comes near 
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The red dress of temptation 
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Over a long black slip of fear 
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Will I fall beneath the shadow 
                 Em 
Of some broken cross 
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My arms emptied and all my treasures los------t 

C               D 
Still like that Spanish dancer 
G                D           C 
I throw my roses down for him    
             D 
Across these beds of darkness 
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He opens his arms and gathers them in 

G           D 
Oh mama the bridges were burning 
C            D 
Over a river black and cold 
G                 D                C 
But I walked when love commanded me 
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Up to the edges of his soul 
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But I'm still frightened of that dark divide 
            C              G          D 
Will I gain entrance or be denie-------d 


C               D 
Still like that Spanish dancer 
G                D         C 
I throw my roses down for him 
             D 
Across these beds of darkness 
G                     D            C   
He opens his arms and gathers them in  

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Oh mama when you were a young girl 
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Did you ever love a man so much 
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As if he were some fantastic jewel 
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That you should never be worthy of 
Em             C                  Em 
But all those illusions strip and fall 
          C                G        D 
And he is just a man after al------ l 

C               D 
Still like that Spanish dancer 
G                D           C 
I throw my roses down for him 
           D 
Across the beds of darkness 
G                     D              C 
He opens his arms and gathers them in 

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Just like that Spanish dancer I 
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Just like that Spanish dancer I 
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Just like that Spanish dancer I 
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Throw my roses down for him