The Merry Dancer

The Merry Dancer easy guitar chords by Abbey Lincoln

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Capo

  • G

  • Em

  • D

  • C

  • C#dim

    4

  • Am

  • F

  • E

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • Em

  • D

  • C

  • C#dim

    4

  • Am

  • F

  • E

  • A

  • Bm

    2
    • Verse 1
    G
    Em
    G

    Mama told me of a beauty that
    Em
    G
    D
    G

    is made of purest gold.
    D
    G
    D

    One the weather will not tarnish,
    Em
    G
    D
    G

    one that never will grow old.
    C

    She said, beauty comes from understanding,
    D
    C
    G

    look ing at the things we see.

    Beauty of the human spirit,
    D
    G

    beauty that will set us free.

    Here in a house with shuttered windows,
    D
    G

    lives a dancer tall and fair.
    D
    G

    Light of rainbows, many,

    many colors
    D
    G

    Crowned with scarlet and purple hair
    C

    It's been said,

    Larry

    Nelson
    C#dim

    Has been never, ever seen
    D
    Am

    That in the house there lives a wretched soul,
    D
    G

    cold and mean
    C

    But the merry,
    G

    merry dancer always makes his presence known

    When you stand before the mirror,
    Am
    G
    D
    G
    Am
    D
    G

    in the secret of the throne.

    There is a golden mirror on
    D

    the temple wall

    Lighted by a candle
    G
    D
    G

    Shining through the hallway
    C

    Red and purple colors
    D
    C
    Am
    G
    D
    F

    Flam ing with desire
    E
    A
    Am

    Dance before the mirror
    D
    G

    Reflecting holy fire
    C

    See the

    Spirit,

    Mary's

    Spirit
    G
    C
    Am
    C
    G

    In the mirror stand ing there

    When you stand before the mirror,
    D
    G
    D
    G

    you will see the golden stair.

    Free, free from care and worry
    D

    Images of grace

    Dance before the mirror
    G

    Whirl in time and space
    C

    Whirl and shine and shimmer
    G
    D
    F
    E

    Purple, green and blue
    A
    Am

    Dance before the mirror

    Aurora,
    D
    G

    Borealis, you
    C

    Dance before the mirror
    Am
    G

    Dance, dance the night away
    C

    Dance before the mirror
    D
    G

    till the light of day

    There is an ancient mirror

    made of purest gold
    C
    G

    When you stand before the mirror,
    E
    Am
    D
    G

    you will see the dance unfold.
    C
    G
    E

    When you stand before the mirror
    Am
    D

    See the dance,
    Am
    D
    see the dance unfold
    Outro 1
    Bm

    D
    G
    D
    G
    D
    G
    D

    G

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