On Love

Am           C           Am
When love beckons to you, Follow him
Am                  F       C
Though his ways are hard and steep

Dm                 F           C
And when his wings enfold you, yield
 to him
Dm                 F           C
Though he hides a sword among them

Am                   C    Am
And when he speaks to you, believe 
in him
Dm                  F            
Though his voice may shatter your 
C
dreams

[Chorus]
           F             C
Love will crown and crucify you
             F                     
So for your growth so he is for 
   C
your pruning

            F                  
Love will caress your tenderest 
  C
branches
   Dm                   F
And shake every clinging root

[Verse 2]
Am                       F       
Like sheaves of corn he gathers 
         C
you unto himself
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Am               F             C
He threshes and sifts you, he 
             Am
grinds and he kneads you

 Dm           F              
And then he assigns you to his 
         C
sacred fire
 Dm                         F     
That you may become sacred bread 
                 C
for god’s sacred feast

[Chorus]
           F                    C
All these things shall love do unto 
you
              F                 
That you may know the secrets of 
      C
your heart

             F                
And in that knowledge become a 
  C
fragment
   Dm                 F
A fragment of love’s heart

[Verse 3]
    Am                        F   
Now if in your fear you seek only 
                         C
love’s peace and love’s pleasure
        Am                       F
Better cover your nakedness and 
                            C
pass out of love's threshing-floor

        Dm                     
Into seasonless world where you 
       F                     
shall laugh, but not all your 
   C
laughter
     Dm                          F
and weep, and weep, but not all of
      C
 your tears

[Chorus]
           F           C
Love gives naught but itself
           F               C
and takes naught but from itself
         F                    C
Love possesses not nor would be 
possessed
     Dm      F
For love is enough

[Bridge]
                Am          F
You should say I am in the heart of 
God
      Am              C
You cannot direct the course of love
           Am      F              
Love it finds you worthy, it 
         C
directs your course

[Chorus]
            F             C
To wake at dawn with a winged heart
         F                      
To come home in the evening with 
    C
gratitude

         F                         
And to sleep with a prayer for the 
    C
beloved in your heart
      Dm                    F
And a song of praise on your lips