Hy-brasil chords by Allison Russell

♫ Intro:
Cm G 2x

♫ Verse:
Cm
My great grandmother was a magic weaver
G
Came across the water and caught the fever
Cm
Wondered if her mother could hear her when
G                 Cm
She said the words she learned to say



♫ Chorus:
Cm           F
In the blue camhanaich all shimmering still
Ab     G
Dame Calluna, low Lady of the Hills
Cm          F
Cup of cold sun and a winterpill
Ab     G   Cm
Send me back on my way
            F
Seven black rabbits of Hy-Brasil
Ab         G
Twenty-one petals of daffodils
Cm           F
Thirteenth note of the blackcap trill
Ab   G  Cm
I'll fly home today

♫ Verse:
Cm
Down in the cradle oh I would hear her
G
As I breathed my soul believed if
Cm
I sang those words I could leave there
G           Cm
Leave my sorrow and pain

Cm           F
In the blue camhanaich all shimmering still
Ab     G
Dame Calluna, low Lady of the Hills
Cm          F
Cup of cold sun and a winterpill
Ab     G   Cm
Send me back on my way
            F
Seven black rabbits of Hy-Brasil
Ab         G
Twenty-one petals of daffodils
Cm           F
Thirteenth note of the blackcap trill
Ab   G  Cm
I'll fly home today

♫ Verse:
Cm
Though my brittle body was caught in his snare
G
My soul would learn how to travel where
Cm
The eyes of the rabbits were gleaming there
G
On the isle of Hy-Brasil

♫ Verse:
Cm
Seven years we drown, seven years we rise
G
Said the black rabbit with the ancient eyes
Cm
You'll be free, oh lura lae
G
He cannot match your will

♫ Chorus:
Cm           F
In the blue camhanaich all shimmering still
Ab     G
Dame Calluna, low Lady of the Hills
Cm          F
Cup of cold sun and a winterpill
Ab     G   Cm
Send me back on my way
            F
Seven black rabbits of Hy-Brasil
Ab         G
Twenty-one petals of daffodils
Cm           F
Thirteenth note of the blackcap trill
Ab   G  Cm
I'll fly home today

♫ Verse:

Cm
Though I drowned for ten years
I'm still rising
G
Stronger for my pain and suffering
Cm
My body was broken but my heart's reborn
G
I'm freer than the sky

♫ Chorus:
Cm           F
In the blue camhanaich all shimmering still
Ab     G
Dame Calluna, low Lady of the Hills
Cm          F
Cup of cold sun and a winterpill
Ab     G   Cm
Send me back on my way
            F
Seven black rabbits of Hy-Brasil
Ab         G
Twenty-one petals of daffodils
Cm           F
Thirteenth note of the blackcap trill
Ab   G  Cm
I'll fly home today