Beltane

	  		 


Intro riff  
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Verse 1:
 
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Have you ever stood in the April wood and called the new year in 
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While the phantoms of three thousand years fly as the dead leaves spin 
          Bm                                 D5    E 
There's a snap in the grass behind your feet and a tap upon your shoulder 
        Bm                                    D5       E 
And the thin wind crawls along your neck it's just the old gods getting older 


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And the kestral drops like a fall of shot and the red cloud hanging high 
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Come a Beltane 
          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 
Come a Beltane 

Verse 2:
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Have you ever loved a lover of the old elastic truth 
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And doted on the daughter in the ministry of youth 
Bm                                   D5     E 
Thrust your head between the breasts of the fertile innocent 
Bm                             D5      E 
And taken up the cause of love for the sake of argument 


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Or while the kisses drop like a fall of shot from soft lips in the rain 
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Come a Beltane 

Bridge:
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A happy old new year to you and yours 
    A5                         D5 
The sun's up for one more day, to be sure 
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Play it out gladly for your card's marked again 

Instrumental 
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D5 F5 G5 A5 G5 F5 G5 
D5 G5 
D5 F5 G5 A5 G5 F5 G5 
A5 C5 D5 x4 
Bb C F Csus4
 
Intro riff x2 

Verse 3:
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Have you walked around your parks and towns so knife-edged orderly 
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While the fires are burned on the hills upturned in far-off wild country 
    Bm                                 D5     E 
And felt the chill on your window-sill as the green man comes around 
         Bm                      D5  E 
With his walking cane of sweet hazel brings it crashing down 


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Sends your knuckles white as the thin stick bites but it's just your groaning pains 
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Come a Beltane 
          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 
Come a Beltane 
          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 
Come a Beltane 
          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 
Come a Beltane 
          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 
Come a Beltane 
          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 
Come a Beltane 
          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 
Come a Beltane 
          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 
Come a Beltane 
          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 
Come a Beltane 
          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 
Come a Beltane 
          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 
Come a Beltane 
          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 
Come a Beltane