Key: D major•
Verse 1
And they scattered seeds
Bm
D
on the ground
G
D
G
And one is lost and one is found
D
G
Water is moving underground
D
Verse 2
When I was a young girl
I would sleep in a tall tree
G
D
On the down of bending boughs
And from the mount of his shoulders
I would traverse the valleys
G
D
Through his dusk and dawning eyes
Verse 3
the doe to my arrow
"and you will wear my bones
and my skin"
Hunting my dress
A
Bm
D
Love is ruthless
Verse 4
I would carry an ember
And when he asks me to rest with him
I would lay down my fire
Em
D
And in that heart we'd sing and talk
Verse 5
And you are an owl
And we will stike a truce in
the the billowing tower
D
G
with a fire light
Bm
D
Love is ruthless
Interlude 1
D
A
Bm
B
Verse 6
Bm
D
G
It's easier when I'm fast asleep
F#m
G
to me anymore
Bm
D
G
The river bed has married me
A
F#m
So I don't want you to come to
Interlude 2
G
A
Asus4
A
Am
Verse 7
And the ritual of bathing
In the pools at bridal falls
And from the mouth of my lover
I will drink of the river
G
D
And kiss his jade and marble walls
Verse 8
D
G
D
You have spilled the red from
G
D
my heart with your arrow
G
D
And I will give my flesh and
my blood and my marrow
And you will wear my bones
G
D
and my skin
Hunting my dress
A
G
D
Love is ruthless
Verse 9
D
And the tall trees all fell down
And they scattered seeds on the ground
Water is moving underground
Verse 10
showed to me the sky
It's so much more than you and I
D
G
D
G
D
The river is whispering goodbye
Bye
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