Chords for Burning Times

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[B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ In the _ cold [D] of the [E] evening _ [F#m] they used [Em] to gather
_ [D] Meet the stars in a meadow _ [Em] circled near [F#] an old [Em] oak tree _
At the _ times [D] _
appointed _ [E] _ _ [F#m] by [Em] the seasons of [D] the _ _ _ earth
And [Em] the phases [F#m] of [Em] her moon _ _ _ _ _
_ _ In [D] the center _ [Em] often [F#m] stood [Em] a woman
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Equal with the others, _
[Em] respected [F#] for her [Em] _
worth
_ _ One [D] of the many [Em] they called [F#m] _ [Em] the witches, _ [D] the healers
The teachers of [Em] the wisdom [F#] of the [Em] earth _ _ _
_ [G] And the people [D] grew [Em] with the _
[F#m] knowledge [Em] she gave them
[D] _ Herbs to heal their bodies, smells [Em] to make [F#m] their [Em] spirits whole
_ [G] Hear _ [D] them chanting _
[Em] healing [F#m] _ _ [Em] _ _
incantations
[D] Calling for the wise ones, _ [Em] celebrating [F#m] in dance [Em] and song _ _
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Aisis [F#] Astarte Diana, [Em] _
_ Hecate [Bm] Dimitra Kali _ [E] _ Inanna _ _
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_ Aisis Astarte Diana, _ _ Hecate Dimitra [Bm] Kali [E] _ _
Inanna
[Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ They _ _ were those who came [D] to _ power [Em] _
[F#m] through _ [Em] domination _
[D] They were bonded in their worship of [Em] a dead [F#m] man on [Em] a cross
_ _ They sought [D] _ control _
[Em] _ [F#m] of the common [Em] people
_ [D] By demanding _ allegiance _ _ [Em] to [F#m] the church [Em] of Rome
And [G] the pope, he [D] _
commenced _ [Em] the _ _ _ Inquisition
It [D] was a war against the women _ [Em] whose _ [F#m] powers [Em] they feared
[D] In this _ _ _ _ holocaust, [Em] in [F#] this [Em] age of evil _
[D] _ Nine million _ _ [Em] European _ [F#] women they [Em] _ _ died _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Em] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _
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[F#m] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And the tale was [F#] told of [D] _ those [Em] _ [F#m] who by [Em] the hundredth
_ [D] _ Holding hands _ together, [Em] chose their [F#m] deaths in [Em] the sea _
_ While [D] chanting _ phrases [Em] _ [F#m] of the [Em] mother goddess
_ [D] Their refusal for betrayal, women [Em] were [F#m] dying to [Em] be free _ _ _ _ _
_ Aisis [Bm] Astarte Diana, _ [Em] _ Hecate [Bm] Dimitra Kali _ [Em] _
Inanna _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Aisis [Bm] Astarte Diana, _ [Em] _
Hecate [Bm] Dimitra Kali _ _ Inanna _ _ _
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_ _ _ Now the earth is [F#m] a [D] witch _
[Em] _ [E] and we still burn her
[D] Stripping her down with mining _ [Em] and the [F#] poisoning [Em] of her wells
Still to us, the earth is [D] a healer, [Em] a teacher _ and a mother
_ [D] A weaver of a web of light [Em] that keeps [F#m] us all [Em]
alive
[G] She _ gives us the [D] vision [Em] to see [F#m] through [Em] the chaos _
[D] She gives us the courage, it [Em] is our [F#m] will to [Em] _ _ survive _ _
_ _ _ Aisis Astarte [Bm] _ Diana, [Em] _
Hecate Dimitra [Bm] Kali _
[E] _ Inanna
_ [Em] _ _
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Aisis Astarte [Bm] _ Diana, [Em] _ Hecate Dimitra [Bm]
Kali [Em] Inanna _ _ _
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_ Aisis [Bm] Astarte _ [Em] Diana, _ Hecate [Bm] Dimitra Kali [F#] Inanna _
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_ _ Aisis Astarte Diana, Hecate Dimitra Kali Inanna _
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