Johnny Flynn – Burial Blessing (Guitar)

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[Intro] N.C. One, two, three, four D A E G D A Bm G [Chorus]
D      A              E    G
I must go now for the grey woods

D       A          Bm      G
Call me westwards, call me westwards

D  A    E  G
Be not afraid

D        A     Bm      G
Sing and pray, cry and sway

     Bm        G      Bm             G
As I enter the shade, sing and pray, cry and sway

   Bm      G
As I move away

D  A    F#m G
Be not afraid
D A E G D A Bm G [Verse]
D         A          E          G
Bury me there in the old hearth glare

D        A          Bm           G
Bury me deep in the dunes by the sea

D       A          E    G
Bury me under the open air

A              Bm          G
Bury me in the roots of a tree

   D    A       Bm  G  A           Bm F#m
Oh bury me with ochre, courts, or ivy-y

G               D        A           Bm G
Bury me without worry or sorrow or envy-y
D A E G D A Bm G [Chorus]
D      A          E          G
I must go now for the grey woods

D       A          Bm      G
Call me westwards, call me westwards

D  A    E  G
Be not afraid

D        A     Bm      G
Sing and pray, cry and sway

     Bm        G      Bm             G
As I enter the shade, sing and pray, cry and sway

   Bm      G
As I move away

D  A    F#m G
Be not afraid
D A E G D A Bm G [Verse]
D        A           E         G
Bury me whole in the totems of time

D       A     Bm        G
Bury me skin, flesh and bones

D        A         E        G
Bury me lane along temporal line

A             Bm                  G
Bury me on my head, place white stones

   D    A       Bm  G  A           Bm F#m
Oh bury me with ochre, courts, or ivy-y

G                 D      A            Bm G
Be my hand on the oar to row to eternity-y
D A E G D A Bm G [Bridge]
Bm                       D              A
I will still be with you in the river's flow

Bm          G    D                  A
In the undertow, where the brambles grow

Bm                     D            A
I will still be by you in the fox's eye

Bm               G    D           A
In the seabird's cry, in the city sky
D A E G D A Bm G [Chorus]
D      A          E          G
I must go now for the grey woods

D       A          Bm      G
Call me westwards, call me westwards

D  A    E  G
Be not afraid

D        A     Bm      G
Sing and pray, cry and sway

     Bm        G      Bm             G
As I enter the shade, sing and pray, cry and sway

   Bm      G
As I move away

D  A    F#m G
Be not afraid
[Outro] D A E G D A Bm G D A E G D A Bm G