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Verse 1
(D major) A husband wait (E minor) s outside
(B minor) A crying child (A major) pushes
a child (D major) into the night (G major) (B minor)
She was told (D major) he would come (E minor) this time (B minor)
Without leav (A major) ing so much as
a feather (D major) behind (G major) (B minor)
To enact at last (A major) the per (D major) fect (F sharp major) plan
One more sweet boy (B minor) to be (A major)
butchered (G major) by man
Verse 2
But the gateway (E minor) (D major) to the (A major) world
Was still outside the reach (D major) of him (G major) (B minor)
Would (E minor) never be (D major) longed to (A major) angels
Had never belonged (D major) (G major) to (B minor) men
The swan (E minor) upon (D major) Leda (A major) (F sharp major)
Empire (G major) upon Jerusalem
(D major)
Verse 3
A grandmother smug (E minor) gling (B minor) meds
Past where the god (A major) child-soldier
Setanta (D major) stood (G major) dead (B minor)
Our graceful (D major) turn (E minor) er of heads (B minor)
Weaves through the (A major) checkpoints like
a needle (D major) and thread (G major) (B minor)
Someone's frightened
boy (A major) waves (D major) her on (F sharp major)
She offers a mother (B minor) 's smile, (G major)
(A major) and soon (G major) she's gone
Verse 4
The gateway (E minor) to (D major) (A major) the world
The gun in a (D major) trembling (G major) hand (B minor)
Where (E minor) nature (D major) unmakes the (A major) boundary
The pillar of (D major) myth still (G major) stands (B minor)
The swan (E minor) upon (D major) (A major) (F sharp major) Leda
Occupier (G major) upon ancient (D major) land
Interlude 1
(D major) (E minor) (D major) (A major) (D major) (G major)
(B minor) (E minor) (D major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (B minor)
(E minor) (D major) (A major) (F sharp major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 5
The (E minor) gateway (D major) to (A major) the world
Was still outside the (D major) reach of him (G major) (B minor)
Would (E minor) never be (D major) longed
(A major) to angels (F sharp major)
Had nev (G major) er belonged (D major) to men
Swan Upon Leda
Hozier
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