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Dance Of The Robe

Aida

Dance of the Robe
Elton John/Tim Rice

      Dm                       Bb
It's knowing what they want of me that scares me
      C                     C/D      Dm
It's knowing having followed I must lead
                               Bb
It's knowing that each person there compares me
     C                     C/D     Dm
To those in my past whom I now succeed
    C/E                 F                  A/C#
But how can whatever I do for them now be enough
     Dm
Be enough

  Bb     Ab
A-ida, A-ida
              Gb
All we ask of you
      Eb                   Ab
Is a lifetime of service, wisdom, courage
G           Cm
To ask more would be selfish
     Db               C
But nothing less will do
  Bb      Db-Ab-Eb
A-ida,  A-i  -  da

     Dm                          Bb
Your robe should be golden, your robe should be perfect
   C                      C/D          Dm
Instead of this ragged concoction of thread
    Dm                       Bb
But may you be moved by its desperate beauty
    C                          C/D       Dm
To give us new life, for we'd rather be dead
      C/E                      F
Than live in the squalor and shame of the slave
        A/C#          Dm
To the dance, to the dance!

repeat chorus

Ebm / B / Db / Ebm (x8)

Bbm       B
Aida!    Aida!  (x2)
Bbm
Aida!

Fm - Db - Eb - Eb/F - Fm

   Fm                    Db
I know expectations are wild and almost
   Eb                      Eb/F        Fm
Beyond my fulfillment, but they won't hear
                        Db
A word of doubt or see signs of a weakness
    Eb                 Eb/F    Fm
My nigh-on-impossible duty is clear
       Eb/G                Ab
And if I can rekindle our ancestors' dreams
       C/G                       Fm
It's enough, it's enough, it's enough!