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Méav Ní Mhaolchatha - The Calling - Album (2013)
1. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
2. The Calling
3. Light Flight
4. Listen, Listen
5. The Songline To Home
6. Wayfaring Stranger
7. Sovay
8. Shenandoah
9. Once You Were My Lover
10. Glimmering Girl
11. Glasgow's Burning
12. Black Is The Colour
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Track 1 - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
CAPO: 4th Fret
[Intro]
C Dm
[Verse]
The Dmfirst time, Gever I Csaw your face
I Amthought the sun Emrose in your CeyeFs
And the Gmoon and the Cstars
Were the gifts you Ggave
To the A#dark, and the empty Csky
[Verse]
And the Dmfirst time, Gever I Ckissed your mouth
I Amfelt the earth Emmove in mCy hFands
Like the Gtrembling Cheart
Of a captive Gbird
That was A#there, at mCy command
[Verse]
And the Dmfirst time, Gever I Clay with you
I Amfelt your heart Emso close to CminFe
And I Gknew our Cjoy
Would fill the Gearth
And A#last, till the end of Ctime
My love
[Outro]
The Dmfirst time, ever I CsaGw your Cface
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Track 2 - The Calling
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
Am G F Am G C Am
[Verse]
So many Gpaths not Ftaken
So Ammany Gwords unCsaid
Though I Etravel Amfar, they Dmbind me
In a Amweb of Ggolden Amthread
[Verse]
I can hear a Gfar-off Fcalling
As the Amwater Gflows aChead
I am Dwaiting Amfor the Friver-man
In the Amhidden GriverFbed
[Chorus]
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Amooh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Coooh
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Amooh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Amoooh
[Verse]
On the bank, three Gwomen Fpassing
They Ammeasure Gtime for Cme
In the Emirror Amof the Dmwater
They Amcan but Gdarkly Amsee
[Verse]
I will walk beGyond the Fmeadows
With a Amchild in Geither Chand
Through the Driver’s Ammany Fshadows
We will Ampass from Gland to Fland
[Chorus]
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Amooh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Coooh
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Amooh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Amoooh
[Verse]
All the promiGses unFspoken
Lie like Amfallen Gleaves on the Cground
But the Ethread is Amstill unDmbroken
And the Amhidden Gmay be Amfound
[Verse]
When the wheeling Gbirds are Fleaving
They Ampass the Gsinking Csun
We will Dtravel Amwith the Friver-man
Until Amtime and Gtime is Frun
[Chorus]
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Amooh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Coooh
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Amooh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Amoooh
[Chorus]
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Amooh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Coooh
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Amooh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Amoooh
[Chorus]
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Amooh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la
GOoh la-la-la, Fooh la-la-la, Coooh
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Track 3 - Light Flight
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
D C D C
D C D C
[Verse]
DLet's get aCway, you Dsay, find a Cbetter GplaceD
Miles and Cmiles aDway from the Ccity's Grace
AmLook around for Gsomeone Amlying in the Gsunshine
DMarking Emtime, Dhear the Emsighs, Dclose your Ameyes
DBa - da - pa Cdo da Dda - ba - pa Cdo da Gda
[Instrumental]
D C D C G
[Verse]
DStepping from Ccloud to Dcloud, passing Cyears of Glight
DVisit the Cfrosty Dstars in the Cbackward Gflight
AmStar becomes a Gvision, Amnever mind the Gmeaning
DHidden Emthere, Dmoving Emfast, Dit won't Amlast
DBa - da - pa Cdo da Dda - ba - pa Cdo da Gda
[Instrumental]
D C D C G
[Verse]
DTime passes Call too Dsoon, how it Crushes GbyD
Now a Cthousand Dmoons are aCbout to Gdie
AmNo time to reGflect on Amwhat the time was Gspent on
DNothing Emleft, Dfar aEmway, Ddreamers Amfade
DBa - da - pa Cdo da Dda - ba - pa Cdo da GdaDm
[Bridge]
DmStrange Cvisions Gpass me Dmby
AmWinging Gsweetly Dmclose inAmside
DmOveCr the GwaDmter
[Interlude]
Aaah, Caaah, Gaaah, aaDmah
AmAaah, Emaaah, Dmaaah, Amaaah
DmAaah, Caaah, Gaaah, aaDmah
AmAaah, Emaaah, Dmaaah, AmaaahD C D C
[Verse]
DSwirling, the Cwaters Drise up aCbove my Ghead
DGone are the Ccurling Dmists how they Call have Gfled
AmLook, the door is Gopen, Amstep into the Gspace
ProDvided Emthere Dda do Emda, Dda, do Amda
DBa - da - pa Cdo da Dda - ba - pa Cdo da GdaDm
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Track 4 - Listen, Listen
[Intro]
C
[Verse]
The young boy Frose his pretty Cface
All for to Ffeel the salty Cspray
When storms are Fmustering, they Csay
I'll come and Dmtake Gyou all aCway
[Verse]
I am a Ftraveller by Ctrade
I only Fhave what I have Cmade
A fortune Fteller too they Csay
And I can Dmtake Gyou all aCway
[Instrumental]
Ooh, ooh, Fooh, Cetc.
Ooh, ooh, Fooh, Cetc.
Ooh, ooh, Fooh, Cetc.
Ooh, ooh, Dmooh, Getc.C
[Chorus]
Listen, lisFten to him Cdo
He is the Fone who is for Cyou
ListeFn, they Csay
He'll come and Dmtake Gus all aCway
CHey____
[Verse]
And over Fthere the young man Cstayed
Upon on the Frocks so rough and Cgrey
Watching the Fboy, watching the Cday
Thinking of Dmhow Ghe came to Cbe
[Verse]
A young man Fhe, he is so Creal
And never Fmore to go aCstray
He is of Fvalue now they Csay
And he can Dmtake Ghimself aCway
[Interlude]
Ooh, ooh, Fooh, Cetc.
Ooh, ooh, Fooh, Cetc.
Ooh, ooh, Fooh, Cetc.
Ooh, ooh, Dmooh, Getc.C
[Chorus]
Listen, lisFten to him Cdo
He is the Fone who is for Cyou
ListeFn, they Csay
He'll come and Dmtake Gus all aCway
CHey____
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Track 5 - The Songline To Home
CAPO: 1st Fret
[Intro]
C Em C Am F Em Dm G C Am
[Verse]
When you Copen your Ameyes
To aFnother grey Amsky
Do your Dmdreams slip aGway?
Do you Clong for the Amnight
When you Fturn from the Amlight
And eDmscape from the Gday?
[Verse]
As you Clie in a broken Fplace
Where you Amknow no-one's Gface
If you don't beAmlong
Listen for my Emsong
Find the Fsongline to Chome
And you're Dmnever aGlone
[Verse]
As you Cwander through each Fday
When you Amcan't find a Gway
As you move aAmlong
You might hear this Emsong
Find the Fsongline to Chome
And you're Dmnever aGlone
[Instrumental]
Am C F C Dm G C Am F C F C G
C F Am G Am Em F C F G
[Verse]
On an Cechoing Amstreet
I can Ffeel your heart Ambeat
I am Dmdrawing you Gnear
For a Cmoment of Ampeace
Your Fjourney will Amcease
And my Dmvoice you will Ghear
[Verse]
When your Cpath's lost without a Ftrace
You can Amstill find this Gplace
Though we are aAmpart
This map's in your Emheart
Far from me or Amnear
Still your voice I'll Emhear
Over land and Amsea
Sing it back to Cme
And you're Fnever aClone
Find the Fsongline to Ghome
Find the Fsongline to Chome
And you're FneverG__ aClone
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Track 6 - Wayfaring Stranger
[Intro]
Em
[Verse]
EmI'm just a poor wayfaring stranger
I travel Amthrough this world aEmlone
EmI spread no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright Amland to which I Emgo
[Verse]
I'm going Cthere to see my Emfather
I'm going Chome no more to B7roam
I'm just going Emover River Jordan
I'm just a-Amgoing over Emhome
[Verse]
EmI know dark clouds will hover over me
I know my Amway is rough and Emsteep
EmThe golden fields lie out before me
Where weary Ameyes no more will Emweep
[Verse]
I'm going Chome to see my Emmother
I'm going Chome no more to B7roam
I'm just going Emover River Jordan
I'm only Amgoing over Emhome
[Verse]
EmI'm just a poor wayfaring stranger
I travel Amthrough this world aEmlone
EmI spread no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright Amland to which I Emgo
[Verse]
I'm going Cthere to see my Emfather
I'm going Chome no more to B7roam
I'm just going Emover River Jordan
I'm just a-Amgoing over Emhome
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Track 7 - Sovay
CAPO: 5th Fret
[Verse]
N.C.
Sovay, Sovay all on a day
N.C.
She dressed herself in man's array
N.C
With a brace of pistols all by her side
N.C.
To meet her true love
To meet her true love, she did Dmride
[Verse]
DmAs she was galloping over the plain
DmShe met her true love and bid him stand
"Stand and deliver, young man" she Amsaid
And if you Dmdo not
If you Fdo not, your life I'll Dmhave
[Verse]
DmHe delivered up his golden store
DmShe says, "Kind sir, there is one thing more
That diamond ring that I see you Amwear
Oh, hand it Dmover
Hand it Fover and your life I'll Dmspare"
[Verse]
Dm"From my diamond ring, I never would part
DmFor it's a token from my sweetheart
Shoot and be damned then you rogue" said Amhe
"And you'll be Dmhanged
You'll be Fhanged for murdering Dmme!"
[Instrumental]
Dm
Am Dm F Dm
[Verse]
DmNext morning, in the garden green
DmYoung Sovay and her true love were seen
He spied his watch hanging by her Amclothes
Which made him Dmblush
Made him Fblush like any Dmrose
[Verse]
Dm"What makes you blush, you silly young thing
DmI thought to have your diamond ring
'Twas I that robbed you all on the Amplain
So take your Dmwatch, love
Take your Fwatch and your gold aDmgain"
[Verse]
Dm"I only did it for to know
DmIf you would be a man or no
If you hadn't been man enough," she Amsaid
"I'd have pulled the Dmtrigger
I'd have pulled the Ftrigger and shot you Dmdead"
"I'd have pulled the trigger
I'd have pulled the Ftrigger and shot you Dmdead"
"I'd have pulled the trigger
I'd have pulled the Ftrigger and shot you Dmdead"
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Track 8 - Shenandoah
CAPO: 3rd Fret
[Intro]
C
[Verse]
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to Fsee Cyou
AFway, you rolling Criver
Oh, AmShenandoah, I long to Fsee you
ACway, I'm bound aEmway, 'Amcross the Fwide MisGsourCi
[Verse]
For seven long years I Fcourted CSally
AFway, you rolling Criver
Seven more Amyears I longed to Fhave her
ACway, I'm bound aEmway, 'Amcross the Fwide MisGsourCi
[Verse]
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to Fsee Cyou
AFway, you rolling Criver
Oh, AmShenandoah, I long to Fsee you
ACway, I'm bound aEmway, 'Amcross the Fwide MisGsourCi
ACway, I'm bound aEmway, 'Amcross the Fwide MisGsourCi
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Track 9 - Once You Were My Lover
[Chorus]
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, tra la Amla, la la la Emla
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, they Amsailed away to sea
Tri Martolod so Gyoung, tra la Amla, la la la Emla
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, they set Amsail from Brittany
[Chorus]
Tri Martolod so Gyoung, tra la Amla, la la la Emla
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, they Amsailed away to sea
Tri Martolod so Gyoung, tra la Amla, la la la Emla
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, they set Amsail from Brittany
[Verse]
A storm began as Cthey set sail
The D7waves swelled high aFround Gthem
The Amwinds were strong, the Cjourney long
They D7landed in NewFfoundEland
[Chorus]
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, tra la Amla, la la la Emla
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, they Amsailed away to sea
Tri Martolod so Gyoung, tra la Amla, la la la Emla
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, they set Amsail from Brittany
[Verse]
They anchored down beCside a mill
And D7met a girl who Fworked Gthere
She Amsaid to one, "I Cknow you well
For D7once you were my FlovEer"
[Chorus]
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, tra la Amla, la la la Emla
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, they Amsailed away to sea
Tri Martolod so Gyoung, tra la Amla, la la la Emla
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, they set Amsail from Brittany
[Verse]
"The ring you bought in CNantes for me
And D7promised we would FmarGry
I Amwaited for a Cyear or more
Why D7so long did you FtarEry?"
[Chorus]
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, tra la Amla, la la la Emla
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, they Amsailed away to sea
Tri Martolod so Gyoung, tra la Amla, la la la Emla
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, they set Amsail from Brittany
[Verse]
"I was, they said, too Cpoor to wed
And D7could no longer Fsee Gyou
One Amday, three martoClod, we fled
The D7storm it blew us Fto Eyou"
[Instrumental]
Am G Am Em Am G Am
Am G Am Em Am G Am
[Chorus]
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, tra la Amla, la la la Emla
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, they Amsailed away to sea
Tri Martolod so Gyoung, tra la Amla, la la la Emla
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, they set Amsail from Brittany
[Verse]
"Your destiny is Chere with me
Our D7love will always Ffeed Gus
We'll Amlive like birds, so Cwild and free
WherD7ever life may Flead Eus"
[Chorus]
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, tra la Amla, la la la Emla
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, they Amsailed away to sea
Tri Martolod so Gyoung, tra la Amla, la la la Emla
Tri MartoAmlod so Gyoung, they did Amsail away, did sail away, did sail away to sea
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Track 10 - Glimmering Girl
CAPO:1st Fret
[Intro]
Em D C D G Em D A Em
[Verse]
I went out to the Dhazel wood
Because a Amfire was in my Emhead
And cut and peeled a Dhazel wand
And hooked a Amberry to a Emthread
[Verse]
And Gwhen white moths were Don the wing
And Emmoth-like stars were flickering B7out
I Emdropped the berry Din a stream
And caught a Amlittle silver EmtroutD A Em
[Verse]
When I had laid it Don the floor
I went to Amblow the fire a-Emflame
But something rustled Don the floor
And someone Amcalled me by my Emname
[Verse]
It Ghad become a Dglimmering girl
With Emapple blossom in her B7hair
Who Emcalled me by my naDme and ran
And faded Amthrough the brightening Emair
[Instrumental]
Em D C D Em
Em D C D Em
[Verse]
Though I am old with Dwandering
Through hollow Amlands and hilly Emlands
I will find out where Dshe has gone
And kiss her Amlips and take her Emhands
[Verse]
And Gwalk among long Ddappled grass
And Empluck till time and times are B7done
The Emsilver apples of the Dmoon
The golden Amapples of the Emsun
[Outro]
Em D C D Em
Em D C D Em
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Track 11 - Glasgow's Burning
[Intro]
Am
[Verse]
AmAlasdair Mhic
AmCholla Ghasda
AmAs do laimh-s' gun
AmEarbainn tapaidh
AmMharbhadh Tighearna
AmAch-nam-Breac leat
AmChula mi'n de
AmSgeul nach bait leam
AmGlaschu a bhith
AmDol 'na lasair
AmGlaschu a bhith
AmDol 'na lasair
Am'S Obair-Dheathain
Am'N deidh a cherished
[Instrumental]
Am G Am G Am
[Verse]
AmAlasdair Mhic
AmCholla Ghasda
AmAs do laimh-s' gun
AmEarbainn tapaidh
AmMharbhadh Tighearna
AmAch-nam-Breac leat
AmChula mi'n de
AmSgeul nach bait leam
AmGlaschu a bhith
AmDol 'na lasair
AmGlaschu a bhith
AmDol 'na lasair
Am'S Obair-Dheathain
Am'N deidh a cherished
[Instrumental]
Am G Am G Am
[Verse]
AmAlasdair Mhic
AmCholla Ghasda
AmAs do laimh-s' gun
AmEarbainn tapaidh
AmMharbhadh Tighearna
AmAch-nam-Breac leat
AmChula mi'n de
AmSgeul nach bait leam
AmGlaschu a bhith
AmDol 'na lasair
AmGlaschu a bhith
AmDol 'na lasair
Am'S Obair-Dheathain
Am'N deidh a cherished
[Outro]
Am G Am G Am
C G Am G Am
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Track 12 - Black Is The Colour
[Intro]
Em
[Verse]
Black is the Ccolour Dof my true love's Emhair
Her lips are Clike Dsome roses Emfair
The sweetest Csmile Dand the gentlest Emhands
I love the gCround Dwhereon she Emstands
[Verse]
I love my Clove Dand well she Emknows
I love the Cground Dwhereon she Emgoes
I hope the Cday Dwill one day Emcome
When she and CI Dwill be as Emone
[Verse]
I go to the CClyde Dfor to mourn and Emweep
For satisCfied DI never can Embe
I write her Cletters, Djust a few short Emlines
And suffer Cdeath Da thousand Emtimes
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The Calling
by Méav Ní Mhaolchatha
Chords in this song · guitar
C
Dm
G
Am
Em
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Méav Ní Mhaolchatha - The Calling - Album (2013)
1. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
2. The Calling
3. Light Flight
4. Listen, Listen
5. The Songline To Home
6. Wayfaring Stranger
7. Sovay
8. Shenandoah
9. Once You Were My Lover
10. Glimmering Girl
11. Glasgow's Burning
12. Black Is The Colour
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Track 1 - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
CAPO: 4th Fret
[Intro]
C Dm
[Verse]
Dm G C
The first time, ever I saw your face
Am Em C F
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
G C
And the moon and the stars
G
Were the gifts you gave
A# C
To the dark, and the empty sky
[Verse]
Dm G C
And the first time, ever I kissed your mouth
Am Em C F
I felt the earth move in my hands
G C
Like the trembling heart
G
Of a captive bird
A# C
That was there, at my command
[Verse]
Dm G C
And the first time, ever I lay with you
Am Em C F
I felt your heart so close to mine
G C
And I knew our joy
G
Would fill the earth
A# C
And last, till the end of time
My love
[Outro]
Dm C G C
The first time, ever I saw your face
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Track 2 - The Calling
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
Am G F Am G C Am
[Verse]
G F
So many paths not taken
Am G C
So many words unsaid
E Am Dm
Though I travel far, they bind me
Am G Am
In a web of golden thread
[Verse]
G F
I can hear a far-off calling
Am G C
As the water flows ahead
D Am F
I am waiting for the river-man
Am G F
In the hidden riverbed
[Chorus]
G F Am F
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la
G F C
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, oooh
G F Am F
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la
G F Am
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, oooh
[Verse]
G F
On the bank, three women passing
Am G C
They measure time for me
E Am Dm
In the mirror of the water
Am G Am
They can but darkly see
[Verse]
G F
I will walk beyond the meadows
Am G C
With a child in either hand
D Am F
Through the river’s many shadows
Am G F
We will pass from land to land
[Chorus]
G F Am F
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la
G F C
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, oooh
G F Am F
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la
G F Am
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, oooh
[Verse]
G F
All the promises unspoken
Am G C
Lie like fallen leaves on the ground
E Am Dm
But the thread is still unbroken
Am G Am
And the hidden may be found
[Verse]
G F
When the wheeling birds are leaving
Am G C
They pass the sinking sun
D Am F
We will travel with the river-man
Am G F
Until time and time is run
[Chorus]
G F Am F
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la
G F C
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, oooh
G F Am F
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la
G F Am
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, oooh
[Chorus]
G F Am F
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la
G F C
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, oooh
G F Am F
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la
G F Am
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, oooh
[Chorus]
G F Am F
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la
G F C
Ooh la-la-la, ooh la-la-la, oooh
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Track 3 - Light Flight
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[Intro]
D C D C
D C D C
[Verse]
D C D C G D
Let's get away, you say, find a better place
C D C G
Miles and miles away from the city's race
Am G Am G
Look around for someone lying in the sunshine
D Em D Em D Am
Marking time, hear the sighs, close your eyes
D C D C G
Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da
[Instrumental]
D C D C G
[Verse]
D C D C G
Stepping from cloud to cloud, passing years of light
D C D C G
Visit the frosty stars in the backward flight
Am G Am G
Star becomes a vision, never mind the meaning
D Em D Em D Am
Hidden there, moving fast, it won't last
D C D C G
Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da
[Instrumental]
D C D C G
[Verse]
D C D C G D
Time passes all too soon, how it rushes by
C D C G
Now a thousand moons are about to die
Am G Am G
No time to reflect on what the time was spent on
D Em D Em D Am
Nothing left, far away, dreamers fade
D C D C G Dm
Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da
[Bridge]
Dm C G Dm
Strange visions pass me by
Am G Dm Am
Winging sweetly close inside
Dm C G Dm
Over the water
[Interlude]
C G Dm
Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah
Am Em Dm Am
Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah
Dm C G Dm
Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah
Am Em Dm Am D C D C
Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah
[Verse]
D C D C G
Swirling, the waters rise up above my head
D C D C G
Gone are the curling mists how they all have fled
Am G Am G
Look, the door is open, step into the space
D Em D Em D Am
Provided there da do da, da, do da
D C D C G Dm
Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da
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Track 4 - Listen, Listen
[Intro]
C
[Verse]
F C
The young boy rose his pretty face
F C
All for to feel the salty spray
F C
When storms are mustering, they say
Dm G C
I'll come and take you all away
[Verse]
F C
I am a traveller by trade
F C
I only have what I have made
F C
A fortune teller too they say
Dm G C
And I can take you all away
[Instrumental]
F C
Ooh, ooh, ooh, etc.
F C
Ooh, ooh, ooh, etc.
F C
Ooh, ooh, ooh, etc.
Dm G C
Ooh, ooh, ooh, etc.
[Chorus]
F C
Listen, listen to him do
F C
He is the one who is for you
F C
Listen, they say
Dm G C
He'll come and take us all away
C
Hey____
[Verse]
F C
And over there the young man stayed
F C
Upon on the rocks so rough and grey
F C
Watching the boy, watching the day
Dm G C
Thinking of how he came to be
[Verse]
F C
A young man he, he is so real
F C
And never more to go astray
F C
He is of value now they say
Dm G C
And he can take himself away
[Interlude]
F C
Ooh, ooh, ooh, etc.
F C
Ooh, ooh, ooh, etc.
F C
Ooh, ooh, ooh, etc.
Dm G C
Ooh, ooh, ooh, etc.
[Chorus]
F C
Listen, listen to him do
F C
He is the one who is for you
F C
Listen, they say
Dm G C
He'll come and take us all away
C
Hey____
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Track 5 - The Songline To Home
CAPO: 1st Fret
[Intro]
C Em C Am F Em Dm G C Am
[Verse]
C Am
When you open your eyes
F Am
To another grey sky
Dm G
Do your dreams slip away?
C Am
Do you long for the night
F Am
When you turn from the light
Dm G
And escape from the day?
[Verse]
C F
As you lie in a broken place
Am G
Where you know no-one's face
Am
If you don't belong
Em
Listen for my song
F C
Find the songline to home
Dm G
And you're never alone
[Verse]
C F
As you wander through each day
Am G
When you can't find a way
Am
As you move along
Em
You might hear this song
F C
Find the songline to home
Dm G
And you're never alone
[Instrumental]
Am C F C Dm G C Am F C F C G
C F Am G Am Em F C F G
[Verse]
C Am
On an echoing street
F Am
I can feel your heart beat
Dm G
I am drawing you near
C Am
For a moment of peace
F Am
Your journey will cease
Dm G
And my voice you will hear
[Verse]
C F
When your path's lost without a trace
Am G
You can still find this place
Am
Though we are apart
Em
This map's in your heart
Am
Far from me or near
Em
Still your voice I'll hear
Am
Over land and sea
C
Sing it back to me
F C
And you're never alone
F G
Find the songline to home
F C
Find the songline to home
F G C
And you're never__ alone
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Track 6 - Wayfaring Stranger
[Intro]
Em
[Verse]
Em
I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger
Am Em
I travel through this world alone
Em
I spread no sickness, toil or danger
Am Em
In that bright land to which I go
[Verse]
C Em
I'm going there to see my father
C B7
I'm going home no more to roam
Em
I'm just going over River Jordan
Am Em
I'm just a-going over home
[Verse]
Em
I know dark clouds will hover over me
Am Em
I know my way is rough and steep
Em
The golden fields lie out before me
Am Em
Where weary eyes no more will weep
[Verse]
C Em
I'm going home to see my mother
C B7
I'm going home no more to roam
Em
I'm just going over River Jordan
Am Em
I'm only going over home
[Verse]
Em
I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger
Am Em
I travel through this world alone
Em
I spread no sickness, toil or danger
Am Em
In that bright land to which I go
[Verse]
C Em
I'm going there to see my father
C B7
I'm going home no more to roam
Em
I'm just going over River Jordan
Am Em
I'm just a-going over home
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Track 7 - Sovay
CAPO: 5th Fret
[Verse]
N.C.
Sovay, Sovay all on a day
N.C.
She dressed herself in man's array
N.C
With a brace of pistols all by her side
N.C.
To meet her true love
Dm
To meet her true love, she did ride
[Verse]
Dm
As she was galloping over the plain
Dm
She met her true love and bid him stand
Am
"Stand and deliver, young man" she said
Dm
And if you do not
F Dm
If you do not, your life I'll have
[Verse]
Dm
He delivered up his golden store
Dm
She says, "Kind sir, there is one thing more
Am
That diamond ring that I see you wear
Dm
Oh, hand it over
F Dm
Hand it over and your life I'll spare"
[Verse]
Dm
"From my diamond ring, I never would part
Dm
For it's a token from my sweetheart
Am
Shoot and be damned then you rogue" said he
Dm
"And you'll be hanged
F Dm
You'll be hanged for murdering me!"
[Instrumental]
Dm
Am Dm F Dm
[Verse]
Dm
Next morning, in the garden green
Dm
Young Sovay and her true love were seen
Am
He spied his watch hanging by her clothes
Dm
Which made him blush
F Dm
Made him blush like any rose
[Verse]
Dm
"What makes you blush, you silly young thing
Dm
I thought to have your diamond ring
Am
'Twas I that robbed you all on the plain
Dm
So take your watch, love
F Dm
Take your watch and your gold again"
[Verse]
Dm
"I only did it for to know
Dm
If you would be a man or no
Am
If you hadn't been man enough," she said
Dm
"I'd have pulled the trigger
F Dm
I'd have pulled the trigger and shot you dead"
"I'd have pulled the trigger
F Dm
I'd have pulled the trigger and shot you dead"
"I'd have pulled the trigger
F Dm
I'd have pulled the trigger and shot you dead"
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Track 8 - Shenandoah
CAPO: 3rd Fret
[Intro]
C
[Verse]
F C
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see you
F C
Away, you rolling river
Am F
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see you
C Em Am F G C
Away, I'm bound away, 'cross the wide Missouri
[Verse]
F C
For seven long years I courted Sally
F C
Away, you rolling river
Am F
Seven more years I longed to have her
C Em Am F G C
Away, I'm bound away, 'cross the wide Missouri
[Verse]
F C
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see you
F C
Away, you rolling river
Am F
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see you
C Em Am F G C
Away, I'm bound away, 'cross the wide Missouri
C Em Am F G C
Away, I'm bound away, 'cross the wide Missouri
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Track 9 - Once You Were My Lover
[Chorus]
Am G Am Em
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
Am G Am
Tri Martolod so young, they sailed away to sea
G Am Em
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
Am G Am
Tri Martolod so young, they set sail from Brittany
[Chorus]
G Am Em
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
Am G Am
Tri Martolod so young, they sailed away to sea
G Am Em
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
Am G Am
Tri Martolod so young, they set sail from Brittany
[Verse]
C
A storm began as they set sail
D7 F G
The waves swelled high around them
Am C
The winds were strong, the journey long
D7 F E
They landed in Newfoundland
[Chorus]
Am G Am Em
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
Am G Am
Tri Martolod so young, they sailed away to sea
G Am Em
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
Am G Am
Tri Martolod so young, they set sail from Brittany
[Verse]
C
They anchored down beside a mill
D7 F G
And met a girl who worked there
Am C
She said to one, "I know you well
D7 F E
For once you were my lover"
[Chorus]
Am G Am Em
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
Am G Am
Tri Martolod so young, they sailed away to sea
G Am Em
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
Am G Am
Tri Martolod so young, they set sail from Brittany
[Verse]
C
"The ring you bought in Nantes for me
D7 F G
And promised we would marry
Am C
I waited for a year or more
D7 F E
Why so long did you tarry?"
[Chorus]
Am G Am Em
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
Am G Am
Tri Martolod so young, they sailed away to sea
G Am Em
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
Am G Am
Tri Martolod so young, they set sail from Brittany
[Verse]
C
"I was, they said, too poor to wed
D7 F G
And could no longer see you
Am C
One day, three martolod, we fled
D7 F E
The storm it blew us to you"
[Instrumental]
Am G Am Em Am G Am
Am G Am Em Am G Am
[Chorus]
Am G Am Em
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
Am G Am
Tri Martolod so young, they sailed away to sea
G Am Em
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
Am G Am
Tri Martolod so young, they set sail from Brittany
[Verse]
C
"Your destiny is here with me
D7 F G
Our love will always feed us
Am C
We'll live like birds, so wild and free
D7 F E
Wherever life may lead us"
[Chorus]
Am G Am Em
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
Am G Am
Tri Martolod so young, they sailed away to sea
G Am Em
Tri Martolod so young, tra la la, la la la la
Am G Am
Tri Martolod so young, they did sail away, did sail away, did sail away to sea
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Track 10 - Glimmering Girl
CAPO:1st Fret
[Intro]
Em D C D G Em D A Em
[Verse]
D
I went out to the hazel wood
Am Em
Because a fire was in my head
D
And cut and peeled a hazel wand
Am Em
And hooked a berry to a thread
[Verse]
G D
And when white moths were on the wing
Em B7
And moth-like stars were flickering out
Em D
I dropped the berry in a stream
Am Em D A Em
And caught a little silver trout
[Verse]
D
When I had laid it on the floor
Am Em
I went to blow the fire a-flame
D
But something rustled on the floor
Am Em
And someone called me by my name
[Verse]
G D
It had become a glimmering girl
Em B7
With apple blossom in her hair
Em D
Who called me by my name and ran
Am Em
And faded through the brightening air
[Instrumental]
Em D C D Em
Em D C D Em
[Verse]
D
Though I am old with wandering
Am Em
Through hollow lands and hilly lands
D
I will find out where she has gone
Am Em
And kiss her lips and take her hands
[Verse]
G D
And walk among long dappled grass
Em B7
And pluck till time and times are done
Em D
The silver apples of the moon
Am Em
The golden apples of the sun
[Outro]
Em D C D Em
Em D C D Em
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Track 11 - Glasgow's Burning
[Intro]
Am
[Verse]
Am
Alasdair Mhic
Am
Cholla Ghasda
Am
As do laimh-s' gun
Am
Earbainn tapaidh
Am
Mharbhadh Tighearna
Am
Ach-nam-Breac leat
Am
Chula mi'n de
Am
Sgeul nach bait leam
Am
Glaschu a bhith
Am
Dol 'na lasair
Am
Glaschu a bhith
Am
Dol 'na lasair
Am
'S Obair-Dheathain
Am
'N deidh a cherished
[Instrumental]
Am G Am G Am
[Verse]
Am
Alasdair Mhic
Am
Cholla Ghasda
Am
As do laimh-s' gun
Am
Earbainn tapaidh
Am
Mharbhadh Tighearna
Am
Ach-nam-Breac leat
Am
Chula mi'n de
Am
Sgeul nach bait leam
Am
Glaschu a bhith
Am
Dol 'na lasair
Am
Glaschu a bhith
Am
Dol 'na lasair
Am
'S Obair-Dheathain
Am
'N deidh a cherished
[Instrumental]
Am G Am G Am
[Verse]
Am
Alasdair Mhic
Am
Cholla Ghasda
Am
As do laimh-s' gun
Am
Earbainn tapaidh
Am
Mharbhadh Tighearna
Am
Ach-nam-Breac leat
Am
Chula mi'n de
Am
Sgeul nach bait leam
Am
Glaschu a bhith
Am
Dol 'na lasair
Am
Glaschu a bhith
Am
Dol 'na lasair
Am
'S Obair-Dheathain
Am
'N deidh a cherished
[Outro]
Am G Am G Am
C G Am G Am
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Track 12 - Black Is The Colour
[Intro]
Em
[Verse]
C D Em
Black is the colour of my true love's hair
C D Em
Her lips are like some roses fair
C D Em
The sweetest smile and the gentlest hands
C D Em
I love the ground whereon she stands
[Verse]
C D Em
I love my love and well she knows
C D Em
I love the ground whereon she goes
C D Em
I hope the day will one day come
C D Em
When she and I will be as one
[Verse]
C D Em
I go to the Clyde for to mourn and weep
C D Em
For satisfied I never can be
C D Em
I write her letters, just a few short lines
C D Em
And suffer death a thousand times
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