{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1145270,"song":"The Old Ways","artist":"Loreena McKennitt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11254531-the-old-ways-chords-by-loreena-mckennitt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1145270?type=chord","rating":4.89809,"votes":21,"content":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard EADGBE\r\n\r\nIntro chords:\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]/[ch]Bm[/ch]/[ch]C[/ch]/[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  The thundering sea is calling me home, home to you.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  On a dark new year's night on the west coast of Clare[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  I heard your voice singing.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Your eyes danced the song, your hands played the tune.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  T'was a vision before me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  We left the music behind and the dance carried on[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  as we stole away to the seashore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  and smelt the brine, felt the wind in our hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  and with sadness you paused.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n  Suddenly, I knew that you'd have to go.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Your world was not mine, your eyes told me so.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n  Yet it was there I felt the crossroads of time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  and I wondered why.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  As we cast our gaze on the tumbling sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  a vision came o'er me,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  of thundering hooves and beating wings[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  in the clouds above.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n  Turning to go, heard you call out my name.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  like a bird in a cage, spreading its wings to fly.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n  \"The old ways are lost\", you sang as you flew[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  and I wondered why.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you.[/tab]\r\n  (x3)\r\n\r\n\r\nrather than strummed - you can play them as below. They're not exactly the same, (these \r\nvariations. The fill can be anything you like within the chord pattern. I've just used \r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] |       [ch]Em[/ch]       |   fill (e.g.)  |       [ch]Bm[/ch]       |   fill (e.g.)  |\r\ne|------0-----0---|------------0---|------2-----2---|---------2------|\r\nB|---------0------|---------0------|---------3------|------------3---|\r\nG|------0-----0---|------0---------|---4--4-----4---|------4---------|\r\nD|---2-----2------|---2------------|---------4------|---4------------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|---2------------|----------------|\r\nE|---0------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] |        [ch]C[/ch]       |   fill (e.g.)  |        [ch]Am[/ch]      |   fill (e.g.)  |\r\ne|------0-----0---|----------------|------0-----0---|---------0------|\r\nB|---------1------|---------1------|---------1------|------1-----1---|\r\nG|---0--0-----0---|------0-----0---|---2--2-----2---|---2------------|\r\nD|---------2------|----------------|---------2------|----------------|\r\nA|---3------------|---3------------|---0------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]","plain_text":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTuning: Standard EADGBE\n\nIntro chords:\nEm\nEm/Bm/C/Am\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  (x3)\n\n\nrather than strummed - you can play them as below. They're not exactly the same, (these \nvariations. The fill can be anything you like within the chord pattern. I've just used","chords":["Em","Bm","C","Am","B","G","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}