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The Visit Full Album by Loreena McKennitt
The Visit Full Album
Tuning: E A D G B E
Track List
1. All Souls Night
2. Bonny Portmore
3. Between The Shadows
4. The Lady Of Shalott
5. Greensleeves
6. Tango to Evora
7. Courtyard Lullaby
8. The Old Ways
9. Cymbeline
# 1 - All Souls Night
Capo 5
[Verse]
Am G
Bonfires dot the rolling hillside
F Em D
Figures dance around and around
Am G
To drums that pulse out echoes of darkness
F Em D
Moving to the pagan sound.
[Verse]
Am G
Somewhere in a hidden memory
F Em D
Images float before my eyes
Am G
Of fragrant nights of straw and of bonfires
F Em D
And dancing till the next sunrise.
[Verse]
Am Em
I can see lights in the distance
C G Am Em
Trembling in the dark cloak of night
Am Em
Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing
C G D
A waltz on All Souls Night.
[Verse]
Am G
Figures of cornstalks bend in the shadows
F Em D
Held up tall as the flames leap high
Am G
The green knight holds the holly bush
F Em D
To mark where the old year passes by.
[Verse]
Am Em
I can see lights in the distance
C G Am Em
Trembling in the dark cloak of night
Am Em
Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing
C G D
A waltz on All Souls Night.
[Verse]
Am G
Bonfires dot the rolling hillside
F Em D
Figures dance around and around
Am G
To drums that pulse out echoes of darkness
F Em D
Moving to the pagan sound.
[Verse]
Am G
Standing on the bridge that crosses
F Em D
The river that goes out to the sea
Am G
The wind is full of a thousand voices
F Em D
They pass by the bridge and me.
[Verse]
Am Em
I can see lights in the distance
C G Am Em
Trembling in the dark cloak of night
Am Em
Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing
C G D
A waltz on All Souls Night. (2x)
# 2 - Bonny Portmore
[Verse]
G Am C Am
O Bonnie Portmore, I am sorry to have seen
G Am C G
Such woeful destruction of your ornament tree
Am Bm Am C
For it stood on your shore for many's the long day
Am Bm Am D
Till the long boats from Antrim came to float it away
[Verse]
G Am C Am
O Bonnie Portmore, you shine where you stand
G Am C G
And the more I think on you, the more I think long
Am Bm Am C
If I had you now, as I had once before
Am Bm Am D
All the lords in old England would not purchase Portmore
[Verse]
G Am C Am
All the birds in the forest, they do bitterly weep
G Am C G
Sighing, "Where shall we shelter, o where shall we sleep?"
Am Bm Am C
For the oak and the ash, they are all cut down
Am Bm Am D
And the walls of Bonnie Portmore they are down to the ground
[Verse]
G Am C Am
O Bonnie Portmore, you shine where you stand
G Am C G
And the more I think on you, the more I think long
Am Bm Am C
If I had you now, as I had once before
Am Bm Am D
All the lords in old England would not purchase Portmore.
# 3 - Between The Shadows
(Instrumental - no lyrics)
# 4 - The Lady Of Shalott
(Full Long Version)
Capo 2
[Intro]
C F C F C F C
C F C F C F C
[Verse]
F G C
On either side of the river lie
G/B Am F
Long fields of barley and of rye
C G/B Am F
That clothe the world and meet the sky
G
Through the field the road runs by
F G C Am
To many towered Camelot
G Em Am
And up and down the people go
G C Am
Gazing where the lilies blow
G Em
'Round an island there below
Am G Am
The island of Shalott
[Verse]
C F G C
Willows whiten, aspens quiver
G/B Am F
Little breezes dusk and shiver
C G/B Am F
Through the wave that runs forever
G
By the island in the river
F G C Am
Flowing down to Camelot
G Em Am
Four grey walls and four grey towers
G C Am
Overlook a space of flowers
G Em
And the silent isle embowers
Am G Am
The Lady of Shalott
[Verse]
C F G C
Only reapers, reaping early
G/B Am F
In among the bearded barley
C G/B Am F
Hear a song that echoes cheerly
G
From the river winding clearly
F G C Am
Down to towered Camelot
G Em Am
And by the moon, the reaper weary
G C Am
Piling sheaves in uplands airy
G Em
Listening, whispers, "'Tis the fairy
Am G Am
The Lady of Shalott"
[Instrumental]
Am Em Am F C G Am F C G Am F G Am
[Verse]
G Am
There she weaves by night and day
G C Am
A magic web with colours gay
G Am
She has heard a whisper say
G C
A curse is on her if she stay
Am G Am
To look down to Camelot
G Em Am
She knows not what the curse may be
G C Am
And so she weaveth steadily
G Em
Little other care hath she
Am G Am
The Lady of Shalott
[Verse]
G Am
And moving through a mirror clear
G C Am
There hangs before her all the year
G Am
Shadows of the world appear
G C
There she sees the highway near
Am G Am
Winding down to Camelot
G Em Am
And sometimes through the mirror blue
G C Am
The knights come riding two and two
G Em
She hath no loyal knight and true
Am G Am
The Lady of Shalott
[Verse]
G Am
But in her web she still delights
G C Am
To weave the mirror's magic sights
G Am
For often through the silent nights
G C
A funeral with plumes and with lights
Am
And music went to Camelot
G Em Am
Or when the moon was overhead
G C Am
Came two young lovers lately wed
G Em
"I'm half sick of shadows," she said
Am G Am
The Lady of Shalott
[Instrumental]
Am Em Am F C G Am F C G Am F G C
[Verse]
F G C
A bowshot from her bower eaves
G/B Am F
He rode between the barley sheaves
C G/B Am F
The sun came dazzling through the leaves
G
And flamed upon the brazen greaves
F G C Am
Of bold Sir Lancelot
G Em Am
A red cross knight forever kneel'd
G C Am
To a lady in his shield
G Em
That sparkled on the yellow field
Am G Am
Beside remote Shalott
[Verse]
G Am
His broad clear brow in sunlight glowed
G C Am
On burnished hooves his warhorse trode
G Am
From underneath his helmet flowed
G C
His coal black curls as on he rode
Am G Am
As he rode back to Camelot
G Em Am
And from the bank and from the river
G C Am
He flashed into the crystal mirror
G Em
"Tirra Lirra," by the river
Am G Am
Sang Sir Lancelot
[Verse]
C F G C
She left the web, she left the loom
G/B Am F
She made three paces through the room
C G/B Am F
She saw the water lily bloom
G
She saw the helmet and the plume
F G C Am
She looked down to Camelot
G Em Am
Out flew the web and floated wide
G C Am
The mirror cracked from side to side
G Em
"The curse is come upon me," cried
Am G Am
The Lady of Shalott
[Instrumental]
Am Em Am F C G Am F C G Am F G Am
[Verse]
G Am
In the stormy east wind straining
G C Am
The pale yellow woods were waning
G Am
The broad stream in his banks complaining
G C
Heavily the low sky raining
Am G Am
Over towered Camelot
G Em Am
Down she came and found a boat
G C Am
Beneath a willow left afloat
G Em
And round about the prow she wrote
Am G Am
'The Lady of Shalott'
[Verse]
G Am
Down the river's dim expanse
G C Am
Like some bold seer in a trance
G Am
Seeing all his own mischance
G C
With a glassy countenance
Am G Am
She looked to Camelot
G Em Am
And at the closing of the day
G C Am
She loosed the chain and down she lay
G Em
The broad stream bore her far away
Am G Am
The Lady of Shalott
[Instrumental]
Am Em Am F C G Am F C G Am F G C
[Verse]
F G C
Heard a carol, mournful, holy
G/B Am F
Chanted loudly, chanted lowly
C G/B Am F
'Til her blood was frozen slowly
G
And her eyes were darkened wholly
F G C Am
Turned to towered Camelot
G Em Am
For 'ere she reached upon the tide
G C Am
The first house by the waterside
G Em
Singing in her song she died
Am G Am
The Lady of Shalott
[Verse]
G Am
Under tower and balcony
G C Am
By garden wall and gallery
G Am
A gleaming shape, she floated by
G C
Dead pale between the houses high
Am
Silent into Camelot
G Em Am
And out upon the wharfs they came
G C Am
Knight and burgher, lord and dame
G Em
And 'round the prow they read her name
Am G Am
'The Lady of Shalott'
[Instrumental]
Am Em Am F C G Am F C G Am F G C
[Verse]
F G C
Who is this? And what is here?
G/B Am F
And in the lighted palace near
C G/B Am F
Died the sound of royal cheer
G
They crossed themselves for fear
F G C F
The Knights at Camelot
C F G C
Lancelot mused a little space
G Am C
He said, "She has a lovely face
Am
God in his mercy lend her grace
F G C
The Lady of Shalott"
[Outro]
C F C F C F C
# 5 - Greensleeves
[Intro]
C - G - F - E - Am
[Verse]
Am C G
Alas my love you do me wrong
F E
To cast me off discourteously;
Am C G
And I have loved you oh so long
F E Am
Delighting in your company.
[Verse]
C G
Greensleeves was my delight,
F E
Greensleeves my heart of gold
C G
Greensleeves was my heart of joy
F E Am
And who but my lady Greensleeves.
[Instrumental]
C - G - F - E - Am
[Verse]
Am C G
I have been ready at your hand
F E
To grant whatever thou would'st crave;
Am C G
I have waged both life and land
F E Am
Your love and goodwill for to have.
[Verse]
C G
Greensleeves was my delight,
F E
Greensleeves my heart of gold
C G
Greensleeves was my heart of joy
F E Am
And who but my lady Greensleeves.
[Instrumental]
C - G - F - E - Am
[Verse]
C G
Thy petticoat of sendle white
F E
With gold embroidered gorgeously;
Am C G
Thy petticoat of silk and white
F E Am
And these I bought gladly.
[Verse]
C G
Greensleeves was my delight,
F E
Greensleeves my heart of gold
C G
Greensleeves was my heart of joy
F E Am
And who but my lady Greensleeves.
[Outro]
C - G - F - E - Am
# 6 - Tango to Evora
(Instrumental - no lyrics)
# 7 - Courtyard Lullaby
Capo 2
[Intro]
D
[Verse]
Am7 D
Within the deep night sky
Am7 D
The stars lie in its embrace
Am7 D
The courtyard still in its sleep
Am7 D
Peace comes over your face
[Verse]
Am7 D
"Come to me," it sings
Am7 D
"Hear the pulse of the land
Am7 D
The ocean's rhythms pull
Am7 D
To hold your heart in its hand"
[Verse]
Am D
When the wind blows strong
C D
Across the cypress trees
Am D
The nightbirds cease their song
C D
So gathers memories
[Verse]
Am7 D
Last night you spoke of a dream
Am7 D
Where forests stretched to the east
Am7 D
And each bird sang its song
Am7 D
A unicorn joined in a feast
[Verse]
Am D
And in a corner stood
C D
A pomegranate tree
Am D
With wild flowers there
C D
No mortal eye could see
[Verse]
Am7 D
Yet still some mystery befalls
Am7 D
Sure as the cock crows at morn
Am7 D
The world in stillness keeps
Am7 D
The secret of babes to be born
[Verse]
Am D
Come to me, my love
C D
Hear the pulse of the land
Am D
The ocean's rhythms pull
C D
To hold your heart in its hand
[Verse]
Am7 D
I heard an old voice say
Am7 D
"Don't go far from the land
Am7 D
The seasons have their way
Am7 D
No mortal can understand"
# 8 - The Old Ways
[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
# 9 - Cymbeline
Capo 5
[Intro]
C G C F Em Am F C G C
C G C F Em Am F G Am
Am Dm G C G Am Dm G Em
Am F G C G Am F G Am
[Verse]
F G C F Em
Fear no more the heat o' the sun__
Am F G C G
Nor the furious winters' rages__
C F G C F Em
Thou thy worldly task__ hast done
Am F G Am
Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages
[Verse]
Dm G C G
Golden lads and girls all must__
Am Dm Em
As chimney-sweepers come to dust
Am F G C G
The sceptre, learning, physic, must__
Am F G Am Dm Am
All follow this and come to dust
[Verse]
F G C F Em
Fear no more the frown o' th' great
Am F G C G
Thou art past the tyrant's stroke
C F G C F Em
Care no more to clothe and to eat__
Am F G Am
To thee the reed, the reed is as the oak
[Verse]
Dm G C G
The sceptre, learning, physic, must__
Am Dm Em
All follow this and come to dust
Am F G C G
All lovers young, all lovers must__
Am F G D Am
Consign to thee and come to dust
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