Verse 1
[Em] [D]
Summer time has almost gone
[G] [A]
And every clock, an hour put on
[C] [B]
Last night we danced and merry-made
[C] [B]
Under the full moon, madness played
Verse 2
[Em] [D]
An older witch, he danced with me
[G] [A]
Later he sat on my knee
[C] [B]
A fiddler flashed his fiddler's grin
[C] [B]
To hell and back, from lock to chain
Verse 3
[Em] [D]
The witch was clean, washed al fine
[G] [A]
But born one day after me
[C] [B]
We were told was lock and key
[C] [B]
He left me in the morn'in
Verse 4
[Em] [D]
I slept on till one o'clock
[G] [A]
My head felt like a concrete block
[C] [B]
I drink some whiskey lord, I drink it hot
[C] [B]
On the first day of winter
Chorus
[G] [D] [Am] [Em]
Ancient rain, pouring down
[G] [D] [Am]
Wears my bones to the ground
[G] [D] [Am] [Em]
Ancient rain, pouring down
[G] [D] [Am]
Wears my bones to the ground
Verse 5
[Em] [D]
The demons taunt in pagan times
[G] [A]
The past and present now in rhyme
[C] [B]
Two hands that squeeze my life away
[C] [B]
On this the holy All Saints Day
Instrumental
[G] [D] [Am] [Em]
[G] [D] [Am]
[G] [D] [Am] [Em]
[G] [D] [Am]
Chorus
[G] [D] [Am] [Em]
Ancient rain, pouring down
[G] [D] [Am]
Wears my bones to the ground
[G] [D] [Am] [Em]
Ancient rain, pouring down
[G] [D] [Am]
Wears my bones to the ground
Outro
[G] [D] [Am] [Em]
Ancient rain, pouring down
[G] [D] [Am]
Wears my bones to the ground
[G] [D] [Am] [E]
Ancient rain, pouring down
[G] [D] [Am]
Wears my bones to the ground
