Lord of the Dance
1963 — Sydney Carter
Key: G (D-DUDUDU)
Version 3 (2017-04-15)
GCEA
Chords
I
G
danced in the
danced in the
Em
morning When the
morning When the
G
world was
world was
Em
begun,
begun,
And I
Am
danced in the
danced in the
D7
moon And the
moon And the
C
stars and the
stars and the
D
sun,
sun,
And I
G
came down from
came down from
Em
heaven And I
heaven And I
G
danced on the
danced on the
Em
earth
earth
At
Am
Bethle
Bethle
D7
-hem I
-hem I
G
had
had
Cm
my
my
G
birth.
birth.
G
Dance
Dance
Em
then where
then where
G
-ver you may
-ver you may
Em
be,
be,
G
I am the
I am the
Em
Lord of the
Lord of the
Am
Dance said
Dance said
D7
He,
He,
And I'll
G
lead you all Wher
lead you all Wher
Em
-ever you may be,
-ever you may be,
And I'll
D
lead you
lead you
D7
all in the
all in the
G
dance
dance
Cm
said
said
G
He.
He.
I
G
danced for the
danced for the
Em
scribes And the
scribes And the
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phari
phari
Em
-sees
-sees
But they
Am
would not
would not
D7
dance And they
dance And they
C
wouldn't follow
wouldn't follow
D
me,
me,
I danced
G
for the
for the
Em
fishermen For
fishermen For
G
James and
James and
Em
John
John
They
Am
came with
came with
D7
me And the
me And the
G
dance
dance
Cm
went
went
G
on.
on.
G
Dance
Dance
Em
then where
then where
G
-ver you may
-ver you may
Em
be,
be,
G
I am the
I am the
Em
Lord of the
Lord of the
Am
Dance said
Dance said
D7
He,
He,
And I'll
G
lead you all Wher
lead you all Wher
Em
-ever you may be,
-ever you may be,
And I'll
D
lead you
lead you
D7
all in the
all in the
G
dance
dance
Cm
said
said
G
He.
He.
I
G
danced on the
danced on the
Em
Sabbath And I
Sabbath And I
G
cured the
cured the
Em
lame
lame
The
Am
holy
holy
D7
people
people
C
said It was a
said It was a
D
shame
shame
They
G
whipped and they
whipped and they
Em
stripped And they
stripped And they
G
hung me
hung me
Em
high
high
And they
Am
left me
left me
D7
there On a
there On a
G
Cross
Cross
Cm
to
to
G
die.
die.
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Dance
Dance
Em
then where
then where
G
-ver you may
-ver you may
Em
be,
be,
G
I am the
I am the
Em
Lord of the
Lord of the
Am
Dance said
Dance said
D7
He,
He,
And I'll
G
lead you all Wher
lead you all Wher
Em
-ever you may be,
-ever you may be,
And I'll
D
lead you
lead you
D7
all in the
all in the
G
dance
dance
Cm
said
said
G
He.
He.
I
G
danced on a
danced on a
Em
Friday (slow down) When the
Friday (slow down) When the
G
sky turned
sky turned
Em
black
black
It's
Am
hard to
hard to
D7
dance With the
dance With the
C
devil on your
devil on your
D
back
back
They bur
G
-ied my
-ied my
Em
body And they
body And they
G
thought I'd
thought I'd
Em
gone
gone
But
Am
I am
I am
D7
the dance And I
the dance And I
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still
still
C
go
go
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on. (Speed up)
on. (Speed up)
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Dance
Dance
Em
then where
then where
G
-ver you may
-ver you may
Em
be,
be,
G
I am the
I am the
Em
Lord of the
Lord of the
Am
Dance said
Dance said
D7
He,
He,
And I'll
G
lead you all Wher
lead you all Wher
Em
-ever you may be,
-ever you may be,
And I'll
D
lead you
lead you
D7
all in the
all in the
G
dance
dance
Cm
said
said
G
He.
He.
They
G
cut me
cut me
Em
down And I
down And I
G
leapt up
leapt up
Em
high
high
I
Am
am the
am the
D7
life That'll
life That'll
C
never, never
never, never
D
die
die
I'll
G
live in
live in
Em
you If you'll
you If you'll
G
live in
live in
Em
me
me
I
Am
am the
am the
D7
Lord of the
Lord of the
G
dance
dance
C
said
said
G
He.
He.
G
Dance
Dance
Em
then where
then where
G
-ver you may
-ver you may
Em
be,
be,
G
I am the
I am the
Em
Lord of the
Lord of the
Am
Dance said
Dance said
D7
He,
He,
And I'll
G
lead you all Wher
lead you all Wher
Em
-ever you may be,
-ever you may be,
And I'll
D
lead you
lead you
D7
all in the
all in the
G
dance
dance
Cm
said
said
G
He.
He.
G
Cm
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