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Selkie-Boy by The Lost Words: Spell Songs, Julie Fowlis
Selkie-Boy
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
Tuning: GCEA
Capo: No capo (you may find that finger-picking is easiest with capo on 2,
but you'll need to transpose the other chords accordingly.)
Song is in 4/4
[Intro]
A|--------2-----| |--------2-----| |--------2-----|
E|--2-----------| [x2] |--------------| [x2] |--------------| [x4]
C|--------------| |--2-----------| |--------------|
G|-----2-----2--| |-----2-----2--| |--2--2-----2--|
A|--------2-----| |--------2-----| |--------2-----|--------7-----|
E|--2-----------| [x2] |--------------| [x2] |--------------|--------------|
C|--------------| |--2-----------| |--------------|--------------|
G|-----2-----2--| |-----2-----2--| |--2--2-----2--|--2--2-----2--|
[x2]
(This can be carried into the verses)
OR
F#m D A
F#m D A F#m
[Verse 1]
F#m D A
Go now, Selkie-Boy, swim from the shore
F#m D A
Rinse your ears clean of human chatter
F#m D A
And empty your bones of heather and moor
F#m D A F#m
And your mind of human matter
[Chorus]
D
Hear us and hasten
F#m Bm
High are our voices
D F#m E
Offering welcome, and keening our joy
D
High are our voices
F#m Bm
Offering welcome
D
And drawing you down
E F#m D A
to where you - belong
[Verse 2]
F#m D A
Selkie, Selkie-Boy, come join your kin
F#m Bm A
Eager your kind are to meet you
F#m D A
As salt sets its seal on your silky skin
F#m D A
Let green sea rise up to greet you
[Chorus]
D
Hear us and hasten
F#m Bm
High are our voices
D F#m E
Offering welcome, and keening our joy
D
High are our voices
F# Bm
Offering welcome
D D E
And drawing you down to where you ...
[Bridge]
E D E D
E D
Blue is the water - it beckons you ...
E Bm
Blue is the water - it beckons you ...
E D
Blue is the water - it beckons you ...
E
Blue is the water
Bm A
[Verse 3]
F#m D A
Oh, Selkie-Boy, swim from the shore
F#m D A
Rinse your ears clean of human chatter
F#m D A
And empty your bones of heather and moor
F#m D A
And your mind of its human matter
[Outro]
D
Hear us and hasten
F#m Bm
High are our voices
D F#m E
Offering welcome, and keening our joy
D
Hear us and hasten
F#m Bm
High are our voices
D F#m E
Offering welcome, and keening our joy
D
High are our voices
F# Bm
Offering welcome
D
And drawing you down to where you ...
N.C.
Belong
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