<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><song><key>C</key>
<lyrics>[V1]
.  C             Am               C           Am
 I danced in the morning when the world was begun
.  Dm                         G7
 I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun
.  C              Am           C             Am
 I came down from Heaven and I danced on the earth
.   Dm    G7    C   F  C
 In Bethlehem I had my birth

[C1]
.   C      Am        C            Am
   &quot;Dance, then, wherever you may be
.   C        Am          Dm           G7
   &quot;I am the Lord of the Dance,&quot; said He
.            C    F   C        Am           C
   &quot;And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be
.            Dm       G7         C       F    C
   &quot;And I'll lead you all in the dance,&quot; said He.

[V2]
.  C              Am             C    Am
 I danced for the scribe and the pharisee
.         Dm                       G7
 But they would not dance and they would not follow me
.  C              Am             C         Am
 I danced for the fishermen, for James and John
.     Dm        G7         C     F    C
 They came with me and the dance went on

[C2]
.   C      Am        C            Am
   &quot;Dance, then, wherever you may be
.   C        Am          Dm           G7
   &quot;I am the Lord of the Dance,&quot; said He
.            C    F   C        Am           C
   &quot;And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be
.            Dm       G7         C       F    C
   &quot;And I'll lead you all in the dance,&quot; said He.

[V3]
.  C             Am             C        Am
 I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame
.    Dm          G7
 The holy people said it was a shame
.     C                Am                C       Am
 They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high
.         Dm      G7         C     F  C
 And they left me there on a cross to die

[C3]
.   C      Am        C            Am
   &quot;Dance, then, wherever you may be
.   C        Am          Dm           G7
   &quot;I am the Lord of the Dance,&quot; said He
.            C    F   C        Am           C
   &quot;And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be
.            Dm       G7         C       F    C
   &quot;And I'll lead you all in the dance,&quot; said He.

[V4]
.  C           Am                          C          Am
 I danced on a Friday (slow down) when the sky turned black
.     Dm                     G7
 It's hard to dance with the world on your back
.     C         Am            C           Am
 They buried my body and they thought I'd gone
.                     Dm       G7          C     F  C
 (speed up again) But I am the dance and I still go on

[C4]
.   C      Am        C            Am
   &quot;Dance, then, wherever you may be
.   C        Am          Dm           G7
   &quot;I am the Lord of the Dance,&quot; said He
.            C    F   C        Am           C
   &quot;And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be
.            Dm       G7         C       F    C
   &quot;And I'll lead you all in the dance,&quot; said He.

[V5]
.     C      Am         C        Am
 They cut me down and I leapt up high
.Dm                     G7
 I am the life that'll never, never die
.     C       Am            C       Am
 I'll live in you if you'll live in me
. Dm       G7          C       F    C
 &quot;I am the Lord of the Dance,&quot; said he.

[P1]
.   C      Am        C            Am
   &quot;Dance, then, wherever you may be
.   C        Am          Dm           G7
   &quot;I am the Lord of the Dance,&quot; said He
.            C    F   C        Am           C
   &quot;And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be
.            Dm       G7         C       F    C
   &quot;And I'll lead you all in the dance,&quot; said He.</lyrics>
<title>Lord of the Dance</title>
</song>