Chords for Burning Times - Charlie Murphy

[A] _ _ [Gm] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [D] _
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_ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
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_ [C] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _
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In the [Bm] cool of the [A] evening, they used to gather,
[Bm] these stars in the meadow [A] circled near an old oak tree.
[Am] At the times [B] appointed [A] _ [B] by [Am] the seasons of [G] the earth
[Bm] _ [A] and the phases [Am] of the moon.
_ [G] In the center [Am] often stood a woman [G] [Dm] equal [G] with the others
[A] and respected for her [Am] work.
[G] One of the many [A] we call the witches, [G] the healers,
and the teachers of [A] the wisdom of the earth.
[Am] The people [G] grew through [A] the knowledge she gave them,
herbs [D] to heal their bodies, [A] spells to make their spirits whole. _
[Em] Hear them chanting, [A] healing _ incantations,
[Em] calling forth the wise [Dm] [B] one.
[Am] She [Em] sings a song.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _
[D] [A] Hecate, the witch, called out to her.
She heard the voice of the witch.
_ _ _ _ _ There were those who [Em] came to power,
[Am] _ who domination, [Em] and [G] they bonded in the worship
[A] of a dead man on a cross.
[Am] They [G] sought control [A] of the common people
by [G] demanding allegiance [A] to the church of Rome.
[Am] And the pope [Bm] declared [A] the inquisition.
It was a [G] war against the women [A] whose power they feared.
[Am] In this _ [A] holocaust against the nature peoples,
nine million [G] [F#m] European [A] women died.
[Am] And the tale is [Em] told of [A] those who by the hundreds
holding together, chose their death in the sea.
While chanting the [Bm] praises [A] of the mother [Am] goddess,
[Bm] a refusal of betrayal, [A] women were dying to be [C#]
free.
[F#] _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] Rise, [A] star, Titiana, Hecate, Demeter, Connie, Inanna.
[D] Rise, star, [G] Titiana, [A] Hecate, Demeter, Connie, Inanna.
[Am] Now the earth [A] is a witch.
And the men still burn her, stripping her down with mining
and the poisons of their war.
[Am] Still to us, the earth [Bm] is a healer, [A] our teacher, our mother.
She's the weaver of a [Em] web of life [A] that keeps us all alive.
[Am] She gives [Em] us the [A] vision to see through the chaos.
[G] She gives us the courage.
[A] It is our will to survive. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Rise, star, Titiana, Hecate, Demeter, Connie, Inanna.
[Am] Rise, star, Titiana, Hecate, Demeter, [A] Connie, Inanna.
Rise, star, Titiana, Hecate, Demeter, Connie, Inanna.
[Am] Rise, [Em] star, [Am] Titiana, Hecate, Demeter, Connie, [A] Inanna.
Rise, star, Titiana, Hecate, Demeter, Connie, Inanna.
Rise, star, [Em] Titiana, [A] Hecate, Demeter, Connie, Inanna.
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