Beltane

Intro riff A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 x2 [Verso 1] A5 D5 A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 Have you ever stood in the April wood and called the new year in A5 D5 A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 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 Bb C F Csus4 And the kestral drops like a fall of shot and the red cloud hanging high A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 Come a Beltane A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 Come a Beltane [Verso 2] A5 D5 A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 Have you ever loved a lover of the old elastic truth A5 D5 A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 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 Bb C F Csus4 Or while the kisses drop like a fall of shot from soft lips in the rain A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 Come a Beltane A5 D5 A happy old new year to you and yours A5 D5 The sun's up for one more day, to be sure E G5 D5 Play it out gladly for your card's marked again Instrumental D5 G5 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 [Verso 3] A5 D5 A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 Have you walked around your parks and towns so knife-edged orderly A5 D5 A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 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 Bb C F Csus4 Sends your knuckles white as the thin stick bites but it's just your groaning pains 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 A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 Come a Beltane