Swan Upon Leda Acoustic Chords by Hozier

Swan Upon Leda Acoustic Chords by Hozier

Capo 2

[Intro]
 
C
 
[Verse 1]
 
   C       Dm     Am
A husband waits outside
          G               C             F      Am
A crying child pushes a child into the night
          C            Dm        Am
She was told he would come this time
          G                   C       F      Am
Without leaving so much as a feather behind
              G/B        C      E
To enact, at last, the perfect plan
                C     G      F
One more sweet boy to be butchered by men
 
 
[Chorus]
 
         Dm     C       G/B
But the gateway to the world
                       C       F      Am
Was still outside the reach of him
       Dm     C        G/B
Would never belong to angels
            C          F     Am
Had never belonged to man
     Dm   C    G/B   E
The swan upon Leda
  F              C
Empire upon Jerusalem
 
[Verse 2]
 
    C          Dm        Am
A grandmother smuggling meds
               G                    C             F      Am
Past where the god-child soldier, Sétanta, stood dead
      C        Dm        Am
Our graceful turner of heads
                     G                  C          F       Am
Weaves through the checkpoints like a needle and thread
             G/B          C        E
Someone's frightened boy waves her on
     C        G                  F
She offers a mother's smile and soon, she's gone
 
[Chorus]
 
     Dm     C       G/B
The gateway to the world
                C       F      Am
The gun in a trembling hand
        Dm     C          G/B
Where nature unmakes the boundary
      C        F           Am
The pillar of myth still stands
     Dm   C    G/B   E
The swan upon Leda
  F                     C
Occupier upon ancient land
 
 
[Outro]
 
 
     Dm     C       G/B
The gateway to the world
                       C       F      Am
Was still outside the reach of him
       Dm     C        G/B
Would never belong to angels
            F          C
Had never belonged to man