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Windward Away by Julie Fowlis


                    Windward Away 


Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:1st fret

To play along, put Capo on first fret
(I prefer to put capo on 3rd fret and play in G)
 
[Verse 1]
A           Asus2     A                         E         D
  Love will come, and love will go, as the seas roll on forever
    F#m       E                   D         A     Asus2  D
And lost love has the everlasting flow of a never-ending river
         F#m    E    D             A          Asus2      D
And it's not an easy reckoning, but sometimes I have the notion
     F#m  E                  A/C# D     Bm        A/C#      D
That womankind, and her heart and mind, sails on a restless ocean
 
[Verse 2]
A        Asus2          A                          E      D
  A tall ship came from windward away, on a grey Atlantic morning
    F#m       E         D              A     Asus2     D
She showed no lights or colors, in the hour before the dawning
     F#m      E          D               A           Asus2     D
On a full rig run to the rising sun, she reached our starboard quarter
         Bm         A/C#          D              Bm         A/C#      D
And I'll ne'er forget the name she bore, she was called The Neptune's Daughter
 
[Verse 3]
A           Asus2         A                           E    D
  Her sails were white as ivory, and her rigging sang like harp-strings
    F#m        E        D          A         Asus2        D
Her spars were black as ebony, and her wheel spun free of lashings
    F#m      E            D                   A            Asus2   D
Her cloak of grey was the spindrift spray, as she split the waves asunder
      F#m     E                 A/C# D          Bm       A/C#   D
I can see her now as she crossed our bow, as we gazed in silent wonder
 
[Verse 4]
F#m                     D             F#m                     D
  Her course was set by destiny, and no helmsman's hand could change her
   F#m        E      D                 A/C#           D
We hailed her and we signaled, "you are standing into danger"
        F#m     E           D             Bm            A/C#      D
But she left us free on the westerly, and I watched her pale sail sinking
       F#m  E         A/C# D         Bm       A/C#  D
And if only I was upon her deck, was all that I was thinking
 
[Verse 5]
A           Asus2     A                          E         D
  Love will come, and love will go, as the years roll on forever
     F#m  E                  D          A     Asus2  D
Lost love has the everlasting flow of a never-ending river
         F#m    E    D             A           Asus2     D
And it's not an easy reckoning, but sometimes I have the notion
     F#m  E                  A/C# D          Bm       A/C#    D
That womankind, and her heart and mind, is a tall ship on the ocean
     F#m  E                  A/C# D     Bm        A/C#      D
That womankind, and her heart and mind, sails on a restless ocean





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