Em
Hail! Son of kings /
D
make the ever-dying sign /
C              D           Em      G              Bm F#m Bm
cross your fingers in the sky for those about to BE.
F          Bb        C         D
There am I waiting along the sand.
C           F       G           D    G   D   Em
Cast your sweet spell upon the land and sea.

(same)
Magus Perde, take your hand from off the chain.
Loose a wish to still / the rain / the storm about to BE.
Here am I (voyager into life).
Tough are the soles that tread the knife's edge.

Em                  D       G   D      Em            C F B
Break the circle / stretch the line / call upon the devil.
Em                  D       G   D             A     G   D
Bring the gods / the gods' own fire.In the conflict revel.

B                      D   B     A          B      D  B   A
The passengers / upon the ferry crossing / waiting to be born /
  B               D   B     A                 B        D  B   A
renew the pledge of life's long song / rise to the reveille horn.

E               G  E        D        E       G  E        D
Animals / queueing at the gate that stands upon the shore /
E              G  E     D             E       G  E  A   G
breathe the ever-burning fire that guards the ever-door.

(SAME)
Man / son of man / buy the flame of ever-life (yours to breathe and
breath the pain of living): living BE!
Here am I!
Roll the stone away from the dark into ever-day.
 

Words and music by  IAN ANDERSON
TRANSCRIPTION BY PACO JIMENEZ (SPAIN)

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