Lisa Hannigan – On Love chords

[Verse 1]
Am           C           AmWhen love beckons to you, Follow him
Am                  F       CThough his ways are hard and steep

Dm                 F           CAnd when his wings enfold you, yield to him
Dm                 F           CThough he hides a sword among them

Am                   C    AmAnd when he speaks to you, believe in him
Dm                  F            CThough his voice may shatter your dreams

[Chorus]
           F             CLove will crown and crucify you
             F                        CSo for your growth so he is for your pruning

            F                    CLove will caress your tenderest branches
   Dm                   FAnd shake every clinging root

[Verse 2]
Am                       F                CLike sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself
Am               F             C             AmHe threshes and sifts you, he grinds and he kneads you

 Dm           F                       CAnd then he assigns you to his sacred fire
 Dm                         F                      CThat you may become sacred bread for god’s sacred feast

[Chorus]
           F                    CAll these things shall love do unto you
              F                       CThat you may know the secrets of your heart

             F                  CAnd in that knowledge become a fragment
   Dm                 FA fragment of love’s heart

[Verse 3]
    Am                        F                            CNow if in your fear you seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure
        Am                       F                            CBetter cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor

        Dm                            F                        CInto seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all your laughter
     Dm                          F      Cand weep, and weep, but not all of your tears

[Chorus]
           F           CLove gives naught but itself
           F               Cand takes naught but from itself
         F                    CLove possesses not nor would be possessed
     Dm      FFor love is enough

[Bridge]
                Am          FYou should say I am in the heart of God
      Am              CYou cannot direct the course of love
           Am      F                       CLove it finds you worthy, it directs your course

[Chorus]
            F             CTo wake at dawn with a winged heart
         F                          CTo come home in the evening with gratitude

         F                             CAnd to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart
      Dm                    FAnd a song of praise on your lips