Follow The Heron (CHORDS) by Karine Polwart

[Verse]~
G                         C
The back of the winter is broken

Am                D7          G
And light lingers long by the door

G                                C
And the seeds of the summer have spoken

Am             D7           G
In gowans that bloom on the shore


[Chorus]~
D                      Em             C
By night and day we'll sport and we'll play

   G                          Am       D7
And delight as the dawn dances over the bay

G                            C
Sleep blows the breath of the morning away

Am              D7      G
And we follow the heron home


[Verse]~
G                         C
In darkness we cradled our sorrow

Am                 D7          G
And stoked all our fires with fear

G                                  C
Now these bones that lie empty and hollow

Am             D7           G
Are ready for gladness to cheer


[Chorus]~
D                      Em             C
By night and day we'll sport and we'll play

   G                          Am       D7
And delight as the dawn dances over the bay

G                            C
Sleep blows the breath of the morning away

Am              D7      G
And we follow the heron home


[Verse]~
G                           C
So long may you sing of the salmon

Am                   D7             G
And the snow-scented sounds of your home

G                                  C
While the north wind delivers its sermon

Am             D7         G
Of ice and salt water and stone


[Chorus]~
D                      Em             C
By night and day we'll sport and we'll play

   G                          Am       D7
And delight as the dawn dances over the bay

G                            C
Sleep blows the breath of the morning away

Am              D7      G
And we follow the heron home


D                      Em             C
By night and day we'll sport and we'll play

   G                          Am       D7
And delight as the dawn dances over the bay

G                            C
Sleep blows the breath of the morning away

Am              D7      G
And we follow the heron home


[End]~
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