Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA F# minorF#m A augmentedA F# minorF#m
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m
E minorEm A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Verse:
B minorBm D MajorD
Moon rise and star fall
A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
Fire burn and night wind call
B minorBm D MajorD
Drum beat the wild song
A augmentedA F# minorF#m B minorBm A augmentedA F#F#
That heart sings at summer's dawn
B minorBm D MajorD
Sown are the new fields
A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
With bright seed of harvest's yield
B minorBm D MajorD
Far down the roots bind
A augmentedA F# minorF#m B minorBm
The heart's joy to summer's time
Bridge:
E minorEm D MajorD
Leave the fire and come with me
F# minorF#m A augmentedA G+G
We'll lie beneath the flowering tree
E minorEm G+G
And feel the breathing of the earth
D MajorD A augmentedA
Rise and fall
E minorEm D MajorD
The green time sings its song again
F# minorF#m A augmentedA G+G
To wake the hill, to wake the glen
E minorEm G+G
And raise in every living thing
D MajorD E minorEm
An answering call
Verse:
B minorBm D MajorD
Leap o'er the May fire
A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
Hold close your sweet desire
B minorBm D MajorD
For life's wheel will grant soon
A augmentedA F# minorF#m B minorBm E minorEm
The heart's wish for summer's bloom
B minorBm D MajorD
Green shoot and pale flower
A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
Garland the Beltane bower
B minorBm D MajorD
Circle with joined hands
A augmentedA F# minorF#m B minorBm
For heart shines with summer's dance
Instrumental:
E minorEm F# minorF#m A augmentedA G+G
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
E minorEm D MajorD F# minorF#m A augmentedA G+G
E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m B minorBm
Bridge:
E minorEm D MajorD
Leave the fire and come with me
F# minorF#m A augmentedA G+G
To walk beside the dreaming sea
E minorEm G+G
And watch the fading of the stars
D MajorD A augmentedA
As the new day dawns
E minorEm D MajorD
We'll try to catch time in our hands
F# minorF#m A augmentedA G+G
To hold the wave against the sand
E minorEm G+G
And watch this glow upon the land
D MajorD E minorEm
That soon will be gone
Verse:
B minorBm D MajorD
So drum beat and flute sound
A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
Once more we'll circle 'round
B minorBm D MajorD
For the world turns and the wheel spins
A augmentedA F# minorF#m B minorBm
And all ends that once begins
B minorBm D MajorD
This green hour, the heart knows,
A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
Is brief as the budding rose
B minorBm D MajorD
Though wheel turn and bloom fade
A augmentedA E minorEm A augmentedA B minorBm
The heart sings the birth of May
Instrumental:
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
Outro:
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
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B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
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B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
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B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
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B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
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B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
May --
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
May --------
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
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