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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE OLD WAYS - Loreena McKennitt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: heatherly_yours Email: felenei@hotmail.com Tuning: Standard EADGBE Intro chords: Em Em/Bm/C/Am
Em The thundering Bmsea is calling me Chome, home to Amyou. Em The pounding Bmsea is calling me Chome, home to Amyou.
Em On a dark new year's Bmnight on the west coast of CClare I heard your Amvoice singing. Em Your eyes danced the Bmsong, your hands played the Ctune. T'was a vision Ambefore me.
Em We left the music beBmhind and the dance carried Con as we stole Amaway to the seashore Em and smelt theBm brine, felt the wind in our Chair and with sadness you Ampaused.
Suddenly, I Emknew that you'd have to Bmgo. Your world was not Cmine, your eyes told me Amso. Yet it was Emthere I felt the crossroads of Bmtime and I wondered Cwhy. Am
Em As we cast our Bmgaze on the tumbling Csea, a vision came Amo'er me, Em of thundering Bmhooves and beating Cwings in the clouds Amabove.
Turning to Emgo, heard you call out my Bmname. like a bird in a Ccage, spreading its wings to Amfly. "The old ways are Emlost", you sang as you Bmflew and I wondered Cwhy. Am
Em The thundering Bmwaves are calling me Chome, home to Amyou. Em The pounding Bmsea is calling me Chome, home to Amyou. (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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|