Come Witches

intro: Am, F, E 2x

verse:
Am, F, E
Am, G, F, G
C, G, F, E
Am, G, F, E
Am, G, F, G
C, G, Am
(F, E)

ref:
C, G, Am, E
Am, E, F, E
C, G, Am, E
C, G, Am
(F, E)

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Am, F, E 2x

       Am                            F     E
Come, Witches, to the Dance, to the merry Dance!
     Am   G         F    G
Our Lady loves our Lord, O!
      C         G      F        E  Am
With pipe and drum in Moon and Sun
          G        F     E  Am
For fair Dian and merry Pan
         G             F     G
The old ways are made young, O
    C        G         Am      F E  Am F E
The old ways are made young!

      Am                          F       E
When midnight fills the sky, my true love and I
      Am     G      F     G
Will cast a circle round, O
      C        G        F        E   Am
With voices strong in chant and song
           G            F       E      Am
We'll work our will and drink our fill
            G           F    G
And dance the darkness down, O
     C         G        Am    F E  Am F E
And dance the darkness down!

 C             G
To the Lady’s Dance of Life
 Am              E
Her sweet Piper calls
    Am              E
But if you should stumble
F              E
If you should fall
 C               G
Rise up to the Rhythm
         Am      E
That embraces it all
       C        G      Am      F E  Am F E
Come, Witches, to the Dance!

     Am                            F   E
All hail the Beltane fire! May it well inspire!
        Am       G      F G
Burn triumphant to the Lady!
         C           G       F        E   Am
She is crowned this day the Queen of May
                G           F             E        Am
O’er woods and fields Her green sceptre She wields
            G          F   G
The Mother now holds sway, O
     C      G          Am   F E  Am F E
The Mother now holds sway

     Am                          F    E
Farewell, Our Lady Green! It is Hallowe’en!
          Am          G           F   G
Now the Crone wields Her winter sceptre
       C        G          F       E     Am
Though old and wise, young are Her eyes
                   G         F           E     Am
Though Death She brings, “Rebirth!” She sings
             G         F    G
To all that fades and dies, O
   C         G         Am     F E  Am F E
To all that fades and dies

 C             G
To the Lady’s Dance of Life
 Am              E
Her sweet Piper calls
    Am              E
But if you should stumble
F              E
If you should fall
 C               G
Rise up to the Rhythm
         Am      E
That embraces it all
       C        G      Am      F E  Am F E
Come, Witches, to the Dance!

     Am                             F       E
Once in the Full Moon’s gleam as I lay in dream
          Am   G      F  G
Came the Lady to my chamber
   C        G         F     E   Am
In earthly form like woman born
                G       F       E    Am
All Time, all Space lay in Her face
           G      F    G
I rose to Her embrace, O
   C       G      Am    F E Am F E
I rose to Her embrace

    Am                      F      E
So queenly was She, I fell to my knee
     Am       G      F   G
And bent my brow to Her, O
    C          G          F      E  Am
“O no!” said She, “Kneel not to Me
           G        F       E     Am
But stand! Arise! Open your eyes!
           G        F   G
It is yourself you see, O
     C        G      Am    F E  Am F E
Yourself you see in Me!”

       Am                          F      E
Come, Witches, as before, to the Shining Door
      Am      G      F G
Fear not to fling it open!
      C      G       F    E   Am
Fear not to see the Mystery:
             G       F     E   Am
That we are Pan and fair Dian
         G          F  G
And evermore shall be, O
    C    G          Am  F E  Am F E Am
And evermore shall be!