Spanish Dancer

Capo I G D Oh mama there's this Spanish dancer C D Whose steps I follow when he comes near G D The red dress of temptation C D Over a long black slip of fear Em C Will I fall beneath the shadow Em Of some broken cross C G D 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 G D C 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 D Up to the edges of his soul Em C Em 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 Solo: C |C|D|G|DC|C|C|D|G|DC|C|C| G D Oh mama when you were a young girl C D Did you ever love a man so much G D As if he were some fantastic jewel C D 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 D G Just like that Spanish dancer I C D G Just like that Spanish dancer I C D G Just like that Spanish dancer I (no cord) C Throw my roses down for him