Chords for BURNING TIMES

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_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [B] _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ [Em] _
In the [D] cold of the [E] evening, [F#m] they [Em] used to gather
[D] Meet the stars in the meadows [Em] circled [G#] near an [Em] old oak tree
At the [D] times appointed [Em] _ [F#m] [Em] by the seasons [D] of the _ earth
[G] And the [F#m] phases [Em] of her moon
_ _ _ [D] In the center [Em]
[F#m] often [Em] stood a woman
[D] Equal with the others, [G]
[F#m] respected [Em] for her worth
[D] One of the [G] many they [F#m] called [Em] the witches, [D] the healers
The teachers [Em] of the [F#m] wisdom [Em] of the earth
_ [G] And the [D] people grew [Em] with the [F#m] [Em] knowledge she gave [D] them
Herbs to heal their bodies, [G] smells to [F#m] make their [Em] spirits whole
[G] _ [D] Hear them chanting, [Em] [F#m] healing [Em] _ [D] incantations
Calling for the wise ones, [G] [F#m] celebrating in [Em] dance and song _ _
Ais is [G] a star, dey diana, [Em] eka [Bm] tey demitr kala hi [Em]
inana
_ _ _ _ _ Ais is a star, dey [Bm] diana, [Em] eka tey demitr [Bm] kala hi [Em]
inana
_ _ _ There were those who [D] came to [Em] power [F#m] through [Em] domination
[D] They were bonded in their worship [Em] of a [F#m] dead [Em] man on a cross
They [F#m] sought control [Em] [F#m] of the [Em] common people
[D] By demanding allegiance [Em] [F#m] to the [Em] church of Rome
[G] And the [D] poets, [Em] the [D] _ [Em] Inquisition
[D] It was a war against the women [Em] whose flowers they feared
[G] In this [D] holocaust, [Em] in this age of evil
[D]
Nine million European [Em] _ [Bm] [Em] women they died
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [F#] _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [F#m] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [F#] _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [F#m] _ [Em] _
_ _ And the tale was [F#] told of [D] [Em] those [F#m] who [Em] by the [D] hundredth
Holding hands together, [Em] chose [F#m] their deaths [Em] in the sea
While [D] chanting [Em] phrases [F#m] of the [Em] mother goddess
[D] They refused the forebetrayal, [Em] women were [F#m] dying [Em] to be free
_ Ais is a [Bm] star, dey diana, [Em] eka tey [Bm] demitr kala hi [Em] inana _
_ _ _ Ais is a [Bm] star, dey diana, [Em] eka tey [Bm] demitr kala hi [Em] inana _
_ _ _ _ Now the earth [F#m] is a [D] witch [G] [F#] and [Em] we still burn [D] her
Stripping her down with mining [Em] and the [F#] poisoning [Em] of her wells
Still to us the [D] earth is a [Em] healer, a [D] teacher [Em] and a mother
[D] A weaver of a web of [Em] light that [D] keeps us [Em] all alive
[G] She gives [D] us the vision [Em] to [D] see [Em] through the chaos
[D] She gives us the courage, [Em] it is [D] our will [Em] to survive _
Ais is a star, dey [Bm] diana, [Em] eka tey [Bm] demitr kala hi [Em]
inana
_ _ _ _ _ Ais is a [Bm] star, dey diana, [Em] eka tey [Bm] demitr kala hi [Em]
inana _ _ _ _ _ _
Ais is a [Bm] star, dey [Em] diana, eka tey [Bm] demitr kala hi [Em]
inana _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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