Nether

Am G C


[Verse]
Dm                              Am
At the turn of the year came a turn in the weather
F
A storm blew down the old ash tree
     Dm       F          Am  Em  Em/G
And opened a way to the nether
Dm              Am
Riven world was plain to see
F
Eons hid her in plain sight
    Dm               Am                Am Em Em/G
The storm, she gave eyes to you and me


[Chorus]
    Am       G          C        F
To love the light that fired a spark
          Am              G             C         F
You must first have been buried in the deep down dark
     Am   G    C
The deep down dark
     Am   G    C
The deep down dark


[Verse]
        Dm                    Am
So we followed the line of a barn owl's flight
    F
In those days, in those distant days
    Dm                 F                      Am   Em Em/G
And set sail for the nether on the river of night
Dm                         Am
Waves like wolves in the shadows ablaze
F
Black hail struck like hammer blows
Dm                   F                          Am  Em Em/G
When again will the dead see the bright sun's rays?


[Chorus]
    Am       G          C        F
To love the light that fired a spark
          Am              G             C         F
You must first have been buried in the deep down dark
     Am   G    C
The deep down dark
     Am   G    C
The deep down dark


[Verse]
Dm                            Am
Deep in the nether where the river slows
F
Reading a map with too many folds
          Dm            F                  Am  Em  G
You were pulled down forever by the undertows
          Dm                 Am
Till you lift me out of the water's jaws
F
Up through a gap in the roof of the night
        Dm          F                 Am   Em G
And my bones grow again in the upper light
    Dm                   F                 Am Em G
The pus flies on my skin, roots pull me apart
      Dm          F                    Am Em G
I am green to my eyes and green to my heart


[Chorus]
    Am       G          C        F
To love the light that fired a spark
          Am              G             C         F
You must first have been buried in the deep down dark
     Am   G    C
The deep down dark
     Am   G    C
The deep down dark