Hozier – Swan Upon Leda (Guitar Acoustic)

   C       Dm     Am
A husband waits outside

          G               C             F      Am
A crying child pushes a child into the night

          C            Dm        Am
She was told he would come this time

          G                   C       F      Am
Without leaving so much as a feather behind

              G/B        C      E
To enact, at last, the perfect plan

                Am     Gsus4      F
One more sweet boy to be butchered by men

         Dm     C       G/B
But the gateway to the world

                       C       F      Am
Was still outside the reach of him

       Dm     C        G/B
Would never belong to angels

            C          F     Am
Had never belonged to man

     Dm   C    G/B   E
The swan upon Leda

  F              C
Empire upon Jerusalem

    C          Dm        Am
A grandmother smuggling meds

               G                    C             F      Am
Past where the god-child soldier, Sétanta, stood dead

      C        Dm        Am
Our graceful turner of heads

                     G                  C          F       Am
Weaves through the checkpoints like a needle and thread

             G/B          C        E
Someone's frightened boy waves her on

     Am        Gsus4                  F
She offers a mother's smile and soon, she's gone

     Dm     C       G/B
The gateway to the world

                C       F      Am
The gun in a trembling hand

        Dm     C          G/B
Where nature unmakes the boundary

      C        F           Am
The pillar of myth still stands

     Dm   C    G/B   E
The swan upon Leda

  F                     C
Occupier upon ancient land

     Dm     C       G/B
The gateway to the world

                       C       F      Am
Was still outside the reach of him

       Dm     C        G/B
Would never belong to angels

            F          C
Had never belonged to man