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Ballad Of The Fox Hunter by Loreena McKennitt
Ballad Of The Fox Hunter
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
D A Em G
Bm A G G
x3
[Verse 1]
D Em A
"Lay me in a cushioned chair
D F#m
Carry me, ye four
Bm G D Bm
With cushions here and cushions there
Em A
To see the world once more
Em Bm
To stable and to kennel go
G A D A
Bring what there is to bring
Em Bm
Lead my Lollard to and fro
G A G
Or gently in a ring
[Verse 2]
D Em A
Put the chair upon the grass
D F#m
Bring Rody and his hounds
Bm G D Bm
That I might contented pass
Em A
From these earthly bounds."
Em Bm
His eyelids drop, his head falls low
G A D A
His old eyes cloud with dreams
Em Bm
The sun falls on all things that grow
G A G
Falls in sleepy streams
[Interlude]
D A Em G
Bm A G G
[Verse 3]
D Em A
Brown Lollard treads upon the lawn
D F#m
And to the armchair goes
Bm G D Bm
There the old man's dreams are gone
Em A
He smoothes the long, brown nose
Em Bm
And now moves many affable tongue
G A D A
Upon his wasted hands
Em Bm
Leading aged hounds and young
G A G
The huntsman near him stands
[Verse 4]
D Em A
The servants round his cushioned place
D F#m
Are with new sorry wrung
Bm G D Bm
The hounds are gazing on his face
Em A
The aged hounds and young
Em Bm
The fire is in the old man's eyes
G A D A
His fingers move and sway
Em Bm
When the wandering music dies
G A G
They hear him feebly say:
[Chorus]
Bm G D Bm
"Oh huntsman Rody, blow the horn
Em A D A
Make the hills reply
Bm G D Bm
I cannot blow upon my horn
Em A D
I can but weep and sigh."
[Interlude]
A Em G
Bm A G G
D A Em G
Bm A G G
[Verse 5]
D Em A
One blind hound lies apart
D F#m
On the sun-smitten grass
Bm G D Bm
He holds commune with his heart
Em A
The moments pass and pass
Em Bm
The blind hound with a mournful wail
G A D A
He lifts his wintry head
Em Bm
The servants bear the body in
G A G
The hounds wail for the dead
[Chorus]
Bm G D Bm
Oh huntsman Rody, blow the horn
Em A D A
Make the hills reply
Bm G D Bm
Huntsman Rody, blow the horn
Em A D
Make the hills reply
Bm G D Bm
Huntsman Rody, blow the horn
Em A D A
Make the hills reply
Bm G D Bm
The huntsman loosens on the morn
Em A D
A gay and mournful cry
[Outro]
A Em G
Bm A G G
D A Em G
Bm A G G
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