Blues for Dumuzi

CAPO I

Chorus:
dm             am
He's down; my lord has fallen down,
      dm                       E   Edom7
He's lying in the ditches of Arali.
am           am7           dm          Fdom7
Weep for the husband, the brother, the son;
  E    Edom7 am
Dumuzi is no more.

am
Who will play his reed pipes
dm
When that north wind blows?
am                       E      Edom7
The wind must play them for him.
am                         dm              Fdom7
Who will smooth my thighs with his honeyed hand,
 E     Edom7       am   am7
Now my husband is gone?

CHORUS

Empty is the sheepfold,
The sheep have all run free;
Broken is the cup we used to drink from.
I suffered and I pleaded, but his dream has all come true;
They've seized my brother from me.

CHORUS

The wind of Ninhursag 
Wails news down off the steppe;
My heart plays the reed pipe of mourning.
He wandered once so freely, but I'll not see him again;
My boy will wander no more.

CHORUS