The Old Ways

Tom: Em

Em              Bm                   C            Am
  The thundering waves are calling me home (me home) to you
Em             Bm              C               Am
  The pounding sea is calling me home (me home) to you

Em                  Bm
  On a dark new year's night
                  C
  On the west coast of Clare
            Am
  I heard your voice singing
Em                  Bm
  Your eyes danced the song
                   C
  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
  We smelt the brine, felt the wind in our hair
                  D (riff1)
  And with sadness you paused.

            Em                 Bm
  Suddenly I knew that you'd have to go
                 C                      Am
  My world was not yours, your eyes told me so
            Em                      Bm
  Yet it was there I felt the crossroads of time
              C      D
  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
            D (riff1)
  In clouds above.

               Em                     Bm
  As you turned to go I heard you call my name,
                       C                        Am
  You were 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
  And I wondered why.

  D (riff1)
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