The Old Ways

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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