Chords with lyrics
A minorAm E MajorE
Hey - ah
A minorAm G+G
Hey - ah
A augmentedA C majorC
Hark, my child, come listen close
G+G D MajorD
Let me tell you of a tale
A augmentedA C majorC
Of a people cursed, a land destroyed
E MajorE
Of a darkness that prevailed
C majorC
A augmentedA witch kingdom once tall and proud
D MajorD
Was ruled by Chochan queens
C majorC
Rhiannon fair was last of these
A minorAm
For hatred stirred beneath
A minorAm E MajorE
Hey - ah
A minorAm G+G
Hey - ah
A minorAm C majorC
The Crochan queens were thus betrayed
D MajorD
By those with iron teeth
A minorAm C majorC
Three days, three nigths the battle raged
E MajorE
'Til every heartbeat ceased
A minorAm C majorC
And as she fell, Rhiannon last
D MajorD
Stretched out a vengeful hand
"Heed my words and heed my curse
A minorAm
Or ne'er return to this here land"
A minorAm G+G
Hey - ah
Chorus:
A minorAm
She said blood to blood
C majorC
And soul to soul
G+G D MajorD
Together this was done
A minorAm C majorC
And only together
G+G E MajorE
Can it be undone
A minorAm C majorC
Be the bridge, be the light
G+G D MajorD
And when the iron melts
A minorAm D MajorD
When flowers spring from killing fields
G+G A minorAm
Only then the land shall be won
A minorAm E MajorE
Hey - ah
A minorAm G+G
Hey - ah
E MajorE A minorAm
Five hundred years the land was dry
C majorC
All witches lost and scattered
Blackbeak, Blueblood, Yellowlegs
G+G E MajorE
Their magic dead and shatterd
A minorAm C majorC
With Crochans gone, hope there was none
G+G D MajorD
To bind and break the curse
C majorC
'Til silver-haired and croocked hearted
A minorAm
Manon learned of her birth
A minorAm E MajorE
Hey - ah
A minorAm G+G
Hey - ah
C majorC
Wing leader and Blackbeak heir
G+G D MajorD
Devourer of souls
C majorC
The long lost child of Crochan blood
G+G E MajorE
With eyes of burning gold
A minorAm C majorC
Both ancient queen, iron warrior
D MajorD
With Thirteen at her side
A minorAm C majorC
They crowned her with a ring of stars
A minorAm
A augmentedA people unified
A minorAm G+G
Hey - ah
Chorus:
A minorAm
Blood to blood
C majorC
And soul to soul
G+G D MajorD
Together this was done
A minorAm C majorC
And only together
G+G E MajorE
Can it be undone
A minorAm C majorC
Be the bridge, be the light
G+G D MajorD
And when the iron melts
A minorAm D MajorD
When flowers spring from killing fields
G+G A minorAm
Only then the land shall be won
A minorAm E MajorE
Hey - ah
A minorAm G+G
Hey - ah
A minorAm
In final days a king arose
G+G
To bathe the world in blood
C majorC
High queen Manon would not be cowed
E MajorE
By his demonic flood
A minorAm C majorC
With every clan of witches
G+G D MajorD
Met she mortals, met she fae
C majorC
And in the hills of Tarrasen
A minorAm
The last stand of light was made
A minorAm E MajorE
Hey - ah
A minorAm G+G
Hey - ah
A minorAm C majorC
With magic dark and cunning
G+G D MajorD
Demons sought to breach the walls
A minorAm C majorC
Should they have broken Orynth's gates
G+G E MajorE
Then all Erilea falls
A minorAm C majorC
So Thirteen left High Queen to live
G+G D MajorD
And Yielded up their lives
C majorC
Blood unified, blood payment made
A minorAm
Flowers bloomed and dead land sighed
A minorAm G+G
Hey - ah
Chorus:
A minorAm
Blood to blood
C majorC
And soul to soul
G+G D MajorD
Together this was done
C majorC
And only together
G+G E MajorE
Has it been undone
A minorAm
These the bridge, these the light
G+G D MajorD
Here now the iron melts
A minorAm D MajorD
Here flowers spring from killing fields
A minorAm
Here now the land is won
A minorAm G+G
Hey - ah
D MajorD A minorAm
See flowers spring from killing fields
D MajorD A minorAm
See now your land is won
A minorAm G+G