Hy-Brasil — Allison Russell
Chords and lyrics for Hy-Brasil by Allison Russell (key of G#).
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]She said the words she learned to [Cm]say
Chorus
[Cm]In the blue camhanaich [Bb]all shimmering still
[Ab]Dame [G]Calluna, low Lady of the Hills
[Cm]Cup of cold sun and a[Bb] winterpill
[Ab]Send me [G]back on my[Cm] way
Seven black rabbits of [Bb]Hy-Brasil
[Ab]Twenty-one petals [G]of daffodils
[Cm]Thirteenth note of the [Bb]blackcap trill
[Ab]I'll [G]fly [Cm]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]Leave my sorrow and [Cm]pain
[Cm]In the blue camhanaich [Bb]all shimmering still
[Ab]Dame [G]Calluna, low Lady of the Hills
[Cm]Cup of cold sun and a[Bb] winterpill
[Ab]Send me [G]back on my[Cm] way
Seven black rabbits of [Bb]Hy-Brasil
[Ab]Twenty-one petals [G]of daffodils
[Cm]Thirteenth note of the [Bb]blackcap trill
[Ab]I'll [G]fly [Cm]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]In the blue camhanaich [Bb]all shimmering still
[Ab]Dame [G]Calluna, low Lady of the Hills
[Cm]Cup of cold sun and a[Bb] winterpill
[Ab]Send me [G]back on my[Cm] way
Seven black rabbits of [Bb]Hy-Brasil
[Ab]Twenty-one petals [G]of daffodils
[Cm]Thirteenth note of the [Bb]blackcap trill
[Ab]I'll [G]fly [Cm]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]In the blue camhanaich [Bb]all shimmering still
[Ab]Dame [G]Calluna, low Lady of the Hills
[Cm]Cup of cold sun and a[Bb] winterpill
[Ab]Send me [G]back on my[Cm] way
Seven black rabbits of [Bb]Hy-Brasil
[Ab]Twenty-one petals [G]of daffodils
[Cm]Thirteenth note of the [Bb]blackcap trill
[Ab]I'll [G]fly [Cm]home today
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