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