Key: G
Introduction:
G D G
The bells will ring, church steeple's catching fire
G D G
And if you promise spring then I know you are a liar
C G
Cause in the spring, tender grasses won't burn easily
C G D
The thrushes sing, still my lover won't return to me
Em D G
Wild parsnips they still scar my lungs, while thistles will burn my feet
D G D G
And if you join our Chorus, you'll never fear anymore
D G D G
So here comes the Chorus, we will meet on a fatal shore
Em G
Souverian, souverian, the elder
Em G
Souverian, souverian, the free
Em G
Souverian, souverian, the felled heart
Em C G
So very young, so very young were we
C G
Birds will sing, still my lover won't return to me
C G D
You promise spring, still my lover won't return to me
Em D G
Wild parsnips scar my lungs, and the thistles are burning my feet
D G D G
So here comes the Chorus, you will never fear anymore
D G D G
If you join our Chorus, we will meet on a fatal shore
G C Em D
G?(for this section, I finger pick the bottom three strings,
playing eight counts and then the bottom string open for eight counts, alternating.
C G
We were so very young, still my lover won't return to me
C G D
Thrushes sing, still my lover won't return to me
Em D G
Wild parsnips they still scar my lungs, while thistles still burn my feet