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The Old Ways by Loreena McKennitt
The Old Ways
Tuning: Standard EADGBE
Intro chords:
Em
Em/Bm/C/Am
Em Bm C Am
The thundering sea is calling me home, home to you.
Em Bm C Am
The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you.
Em Bm C
On a dark new year's night on the west coast of Clare
Am
I heard your voice singing.
Em Bm C
Your eyes danced the song, your hands played the tune.
Am
T'was a vision before me.
Em Bm C
We left the music behind and the dance carried on
Am
as we stole away to the seashore
Em Bm C
and smelt the brine, felt the wind in our hair
Am
and with sadness you paused.
Em Bm
Suddenly, I knew that you'd have to go.
C Am
Your world was not mine, your eyes told me so.
Em Bm
Yet it was there I felt the crossroads of time
C Am
and I wondered why.
Em Bm C
As we cast our gaze on the tumbling sea,
Am
a vision came o'er me,
Em Bm C
of thundering hooves and beating wings
Am
in the clouds above.
Em Bm
Turning to go, heard you call out my name.
C Am
like a bird in a cage, spreading its wings to fly.
Em Bm
"The old ways are lost", you sang as you flew
C Am
and I wondered why.
Em Bm C Am
The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you.
Em Bm C Am
The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you.
(x3)
In the original recording, after the first chorus, the verses and choruses are picked
rather than strummed - you can play them as below. They're not exactly the same, (these
are highly simplified) but it sounds great anyway and will give you an idea of how to add
variations. The fill can be anything you like within the chord pattern. I've just used
these as examples.
| Em | fill (e.g.) | Bm | fill (e.g.) |
e|------0-----0---|------------0---|------2-----2---|---------2------|
B|---------0------|---------0------|---------3------|------------3---|
G|------0-----0---|------0---------|---4--4-----4---|------4---------|
D|---2-----2------|---2------------|---------4------|---4------------|
A|----------------|----------------|---2------------|----------------|
E|---0------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| C | fill (e.g.) | Am | fill (e.g.) |
e|------0-----0---|----------------|------0-----0---|---------0------|
B|---------1------|---------1------|---------1------|------1-----1---|
G|---0--0-----0---|------0-----0---|---2--2-----2---|---2------------|
D|---------2------|----------------|---------2------|----------------|
A|---3------------|---3------------|---0------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
The thundering waves are calling me home to you
The pounding sea is calling me home to you
On a dark new year's night
On the west coast of Clare
I heard your voice singing
Your eyes danced the song
Your hands played the tune
T'was a vision before me.
We left the music behind and the dance carried on
As we stole away to the seashore
We smelt the brine, felt the wind in our hair
And with sadness you paused.
Suddenly I knew that you'd have to go
Your world was not mine, your eyes told me so
Yet it was there I felt the crossroads of time
And I wondered why.
As we cast our gaze on the tumbling sea
A vision came o'er me
Of thundering hooves and beating wings
In clouds above.
As you turned to go I heard you call out my name,
You were like a bird in a cage spreading its wings to fly
"The old ways are lost, " you sang as you flew
And I wondered why.
The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you
The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you
The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you
The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
Em
Em D/F# C/G Am Em D/F# C/G Am Em
[Chorus]
D/F# C/G Am Em
The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you
D/F# C/G Am Em
The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you
[Verse]
Bm C
On a dark New Year's night, on the west coast of Clare
Am Em
I heard your voice singing
Bm C
Your eyes danced the song, your hands played the tune
D Em
'Twas a vision before me
[Verse]
Bm C
We left the music behind and the dance carried on
Am Em
As we stole away to the seashore
Bm C
And smelt the brine, felt the wind in our hair
D
With sadness you paused
[Verse]
Em Bm
Suddenly I knew that you'd have to go
C D
Your world was not mine, your eyes told me so
Em Bm
Yet it was there I felt the crossroads of time
C D Em
And I wondered why
[Verse]
Bm C
As we cast our gaze on the tumbling sea
Am Em
A vision came o'er me
Bm C
Of thundering hooves and beating wings
D
In the clouds above
[Verse]
Em Bm
Turning to go, heard you call out my name
C D
Like a bird in a cage, spreading its wings to fly
Em Bm
"The old ways are lost," you sang as you flew
C D Em
And I wondered why
[Chorus]
D/F# C/G Am Em
The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you
D/F# C/G Am Em
The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you
[Chorus]
D/F# C/G Am Em
The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you
D/F# C/G Am Em
The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you
[Chorus]
D/F# C/G Am Em
The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you
D/F# C/G Am Em
The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you
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