Lughnasadh

Abmi     Gb                Abmi 
Feel me sleep beneath your feet 
          Gb 
While the year is waning, 
Abmi      Gb                 Abmi 
And all about you the bare fingers plead 
    Gb                 Abmi 
And reach towards the sky, 
 
           Gb               Abmi 
A crown of thorns about my head, 
         Gb 
When the dark is rising, 
Abmi          Gb               Abmi 
And from the shadows walks a God, a seed, 
Gb                    Abmi 
A hope for brand new life. 
 
Bridge: 
Abmi 
  Can you hear the Spirits of the Earth can you? 
H 
  Can you hear the Spirits of the Earth can you? 
Eb 
  Can you hear the Spirits of the Earth? 
          Gb 
  Can you hear them call, can you hear them sing? 
 
Chorus: 
  Abmi          Gb 
  Lughnasadh! Is the life and the death of the Corn King, 
  Abmi         H                        Gb   Abmi 
  Lughnasadh! Life and rebirth of the Corn King! 
  Abmi          Gb 
  Lughnasadh! Is the life and the death of the Corn King, 
  Abmi         H                        Gb    Abmi 
  Lughnasadh! Life and rebirth of the Corn King! 
 
I turn my green face to the Sun, 
As the year is waxing, 
And all about animals call my name 
In forest and in sky. 
 
My horns of velvet reflect the Moon, 
Silver wheel of my Lady, 
She comes towards me as the May reveals 
Her White and virgin skin. 
 
Bridge+Chorus 
 
I turn my gold face to the Sun 
As the year is waning, 
The time has come now for my life to end 
As metal rubs on stone, 
 
She comes towards me across the fields, 
Chariot's wheels a-blazing, 
Her hair on fire, cut me crush me, bake me, 
Eat me, I am yours. 
 
Bridge+Chorus