Allison Russell - Hy-Brasil

[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 Cm
She said the words she learned to say

[Chorus]
Cm Bb
In the blue camhanaich all shimmering still
Ab G
Dame Calluna, low Lady of the Hills
Cm Bb
Cup of cold sun and a winterpill
Ab G Cm
Send me back on my way
Bb
Seven black rabbits of Hy-Brasil
Ab G
Twenty-one petals of daffodils
Cm Bb
Thirteenth note of the blackcap trill
Ab G Cm
I’ll fly 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 Cm
Leave my sorrow and pain

Cm Bb
In the blue camhanaich all shimmering still
Ab G
Dame Calluna, low Lady of the Hills
Cm Bb
Cup of cold sun and a winterpill
Ab G Cm
Send me back on my way
Bb
Seven black rabbits of Hy-Brasil
Ab G
Twenty-one petals of daffodils
Cm Bb
Thirteenth note of the blackcap trill
Ab G Cm
I’ll fly 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 Bb
In the blue camhanaich all shimmering still
Ab G
Dame Calluna, low Lady of the Hills
Cm Bb
Cup of cold sun and a winterpill
Ab G Cm
Send me back on my way
Bb
Seven black rabbits of Hy-Brasil
Ab G
Twenty-one petals of daffodils
Cm Bb
Thirteenth note of the blackcap trill
Ab G Cm
I’ll fly 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 Bb
In the blue camhanaich all shimmering still
Ab G
Dame Calluna, low Lady of the Hills
Cm Bb
Cup of cold sun and a winterpill
Ab G Cm
Send me back on my way
Bb
Seven black rabbits of Hy-Brasil
Ab G
Twenty-one petals of daffodils
Cm Bb
Thirteenth note of the blackcap trill
Ab G Cm
I’ll fly home today