Intro
Cm Cm Ab Ab Fm Fm
[Riff]
Cm Cm Ab Ab Fm Fm A#
[Verse 1]
Cm Cm
In the morning mist
Eb Ab
by the waning moon
Ab
through the woods she set on foot
Fm
With a sacred blade cut the berries down
A# Am G F#m A/E
Dug up the dreaded mandrake root
[Interlude]
Am G F#m A/E
[Chorus]
C F Am Am
Tread my path to summer's end
C F Am Am
This bequest I leave you, she says
C F Am Am
You will see what could be evergreen
C F Am Am
Turn to copper and fade to gray
[Verse 2]
Cm Cm
By the standing stones
Ab
Atropine eyes smiled at me
Ab Fm
Sitting in a sluggish vertigo
Fm A#
Sands of time form another dream
[Verse 3]
Cm Cm
No love without sacrifice
Eb Ab
No life springs without decay
Ab
The final kiss is a wormy one
Fm Fm
In soil's cold caress to rest we'll lay
A# Am G F#m A/E
to rest we'll lay
[Interlude]
Am G F#m A/E
[Chorus]
C F Am Am
Tread my path to summer's end
C F Am Am
This bequest I leave you, she says
C F Am Am
You will see what could be evergreen
C F Am Am
Turn to copper and fade to gray
[Outro]
Cm Cm Ab Ab Fm Fm A# x4
(with riff, fade out)
-TTP