Brighid Chords by Damh The Bard

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[Dm] There's a tree by the well in the wood that's covered in _ _ garlic _
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_ Clutees and ribbons [F] that drift in the cool [Dm] morning air _ _ _
_ _ _ _ That's [Bb] where I met _ _ _ [C] an old woman who came [D] from a far [Dm] land _ _
_ _ _ _ Holding [Bb] a flame, _ o [C]'er the _ [Fm] well, enchanting [Dm] _ prayer
_ Goddess _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] of fire, _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] goddess [Dm] of healing, _ _ _ _ _ _ goddess _
[Bb] of spring _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] Welcome _ [Dm] again _ _ _
She [F] _ _ _ _ _
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[Dm] told me she'd be _ in prison, trapped in a mountain _ _ _ _
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_ Taken by the queen [F] of winter from _ [Dm] summer's end _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But in [Bb] her prison _ she [C] heard the spell [F] the people [Dm] were chanting
_ Three _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] days of summer _ _ _ [F] and _ snowdrops are _ [Dm] flowering again _ _ _
_ _ _ Goddess [Bb] of fire, _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] goddess [Dm] of _ healing, _ _ _ _ _ goddess _
[Bb] of spring _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ Welcome [Dm] _ again _ _ _
[F] _ _ She _ _
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[Dm] _ spoke of the cell [F] of the oak where a fire is [Dm] still burning _ _ _
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_ _ Nineteen priestesses, [F] ten, the eternal [Dm] _ flame _ _ _
_ _ _ _ O bird [Bb] of youth, _ _ _ [C] my lady, we are [Dm] still burning _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Bright [Bb] _ Brigantia, _ _ [C] the goddess [F] of many [D] _ [Dm] things _ _ _
_ _ _ Goddess [Bb] of fire, _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Fm] goddess [D] of [Dm] healing, _ _ _ _ _ _ goddess _
[Bb] of spring _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] Welcome _ [Dm] _ again _ _ _
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[Bb] Then I saw her reflection [C] in the _ [F] mirrored well
And I looked deep [Bb] in [Dm] her face _ _ _
[Bb] The old woman gone, [C] a maiden [Fm] now knelt in [Dm] her _ place
And
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[Bb] from my pocket [F] I pulled her in
And in honour of her maiden
[Dm] _ I _ _ _
[Bb] tied it there, _ [Fm] to the tree by the well in [Dm] the wood _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Goddess [Bb] of fire, _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] goddess [Dm] of healing, _ _ _ _ _ _ goddess _
[Bb] of spring _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ Welcome [Dm] again
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Welcome _ _ again _ _ _
_ _ _ Welcome _ [Dm] again _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ Welcome _ _
[Dm] again _ _ _ _
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