Spanish Dancer Chords & Lyrics - Emmylou Harris

Capo I

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

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

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

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

Solo: C |C|D|G|DC|C|C|D|G|DC|C|C|

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

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

Just like that [D]Spanish dancer [G]I
[C]Just like that [D]Spanish dancer [G]I
[C]Just like that [D]Spanish dancer [G]I
(no cord) C
Throw my roses down for him