Ancient Rain Chords by Mary Coughlan

_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [E] Summer [Em] time [B] is almost gone [D] And every [G] clock [C#] an hour put on
[C]
Last night we danced [B] and merry made [C] Under the full [B] moon madness played
_ [Em] An older [B] witch danced with me [G] Later he [C#] sat on my knee
[C] A fiddler [B] flashed his fiddler's grip [C]
To hell [B] and back from lock to [Bm] chain
_ [Em] The witch was [B] clean pushed off my knee [G] By one born one [C#] day after me
[C] We went home [B] with lock and key [C] He left [B] me in the morning
I [Bm] _ [Em] slept [B] on till one o'clock [D] My head [G] felt [C#] like a concrete block
[C] I drank some whiskey [B] and I drank it hot [C] On the first [B] day of [Bm] winter
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[D] Ancient rain [Am] _ [Em] pouring down [G] me [D] Wipe my [Am] bones too
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Ancient [D] rain [G] _ [Am] pouring [Em] [G] down me [D] Wipe my bones [Am] too
[D] _ [Am] _ [D] _ [Em]
The demons [B] taunt in pagan times [D] The past [G] and present [C#] now in rhyme
[C] Two hands [B] that squeeze my life away [C] On this the [B] holy all saints day
_ [D#] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F#] _
_ [A#] _ _ [E] _ _ [D#] _ _ [D] _
_ [D#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ [A#] _ _ [E] _ _ [D#] _
_ [D] _ _ [D#] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] Ancient rain [Am] _
[Em] pouring down _ [G] me Wipe [D] my bones [Am] too
[Em] Ancient [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] rain _
[Am] _ [Em] pouring down [G] _ [D] me Wipe my [Am] bones too
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_ [Am] _ [Em] Ancient rain pouring down [G] me [D] Wipe my bones [Am] too
Ancient _ [G] _ [D] rain _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] pouring _
[D] _ [Am] _ _ [Em] down [G] _ [D] me Wipe my [Am] bones too
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] Ancient rain [Am] _ [Em] pouring _ [G] _ [D] down me Wipe my _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _