Darkening Bell Chords by Emily Portman

_ Listen, the [F] crow's bark is [Bb] tolling, a [G] darkening bell
_ _ Dreamer, lie still in the gently cupped palm of the hill _
Dream yourself down, dream yourself deep underground
_ To damp brook emblazoned with hunters and swift [Bb]-running hounds
_ Dreamer, drawn deeper by the dark gleam of [F] fool's gold
Your [Bb] hair will fright, turn lightening silver
[Gm] Behold the hail king crouches waiting, his bronze [Cm] skin adorned
With grey like a new garnet, he beckons [C] with nails made [Gm] of iron
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_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] He points to a small mound of stone in this temple [Cm] above _ _
Here a resting [Cm] cocoon with no promise of [Gm] rebirth
_ _ Obsidian rock glitters with underground [Cm] spring
To moisten the mouths of the dead, [Gm] now they open and say _ _ _ _
Do [Eb] not eat our food, [Cm] nor drink our black [Gm] cave water _ _ _
If [Eb] you value the flesh on [Cm] your bones, life's [Gm] blossoming daughter
_ _ Do [Eb] not linger, [Cm] linger too long at the cave's [Gm] dark opening _ _ _
It [Eb] will close its great [Cm] teeth and crush [D] you _ within _ _
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_ More blind you crawl, [Cm] heart decaying with eye [C] sockets aching
[Eb] Enter dizzying space, wild times flourishing, dog [C] roses rambling
_ Etched on the insides, a jagged [Eb] rock tomb
_ _ Dreamer, your dark thing [Cm] will come, let it not [Gm] be too soon _
_ [C] _ Dreamer, your dark thing will come, let it not be [G] too soon _ _ _ _ _
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