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[Verse 1]
EB
I am the face within the leaves,
F#m
I am the voice within the trees,
A
I am boy, I am man,
E
The face of the changing land,
EB
And I have been your constant guide,
F#m
From your caves on the mountainside,
A
We have walked hand in hand.
[Verse 2]
EB
And everywhere that I have been,
F#m
My passing turns the grey to green,
A
The birds sing to the dawn,
E
And the land has awoken.
E
Now my Lady lays with me,
BF#m
Our love weaves its tapestry,
AB
Eternal threads, unbroken.
[Chorus]
E
I am lover, I am father,
AE
I am Horned God and King,
E
I’m the life in all of Nature,
AE
That is reborn every Spring,
C#mA
Call of stag and cry of eagle,
EB
I am Child of Barleycorn,
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And I am the Antlered Crown and Standing Stone!
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
EB
I am the oats, the corn and grain,
F#m
A bearded man with a crooked cane,
A
Cut me down, I must die,
For the land to be born again,
EB
But don’t you cry and don’t you grieve,
F#m
For soon the Wild Hunt I will lead,
AB
On the night of Samhain.
[Chorus]
E
I am lover, I am father,
AE
I am Horned God and King,
E
I’m the life in all of Nature,
AE
That is reborn every Spring,
C#mA
Call of stag and cry of eagle,
EB
I am Child of Barleycorn,
EC#mAE
And I am the Antlered Crown and Standing Stone!
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
EB
The air is cold, the sky is grey,
F#m
Where am I this Winter’s day,
A
Bones of trees, fallen leaves,
E
The time of the Winter Queen,
EB
But through the wind and snow and rain,
F#m
Know a part of me remains,
ABEB
The Holly stands, evergreen
[Chorus]
E
I am lover, I am father,
AE
I am Horned God and King,
E
I’m the life in all of Nature,
AE
That is reborn every Spring,
C#mA
Call of stag and cry of eagle,
EB
I am Child of Barleycorn,
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And I am the Antlered Crown and Standing Stone!
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Standing Stone!