VERSE 1 F C7 F F C Bb
There rise the rain-bringing Sisters,
And they follow the Black Bull.
Whose horns hold black nothing, and light,
So heavy and old it seems full.
VERSE 2 F C7 F F C Bb
Too long since I dreamed of flying,
That wide ringing, clear burst,
That carried me, I was carried,
And lost content, I was cursed.
CHORUS
Answers with its own night, C Dm
Answers with my own dying fall. Bb F
Beneath the willow bough, C Dm
Between the willow and the earth? Bb F
By this world possessed, C Dm
For this earth I sing this last. Bb F
Willow, wake and weep. Am
Earth, my body keep. G
VERSE 3 F C7 F F C Bb
I know no willow ever wept,
And stars shape only black space,
My dreams are nothing in this world,
There’s no love in its embrace.
CHORUS REPEAT
MANDOLIN LEAD
CHORUS REPEAT
End on Dm