The Old Ways

Em    D/F#  C/G   Am
Em    D/F#  C/G   Am

[Chorus]
Em                  D/F#                 C/G           Am
   The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you.
Em                D/F#              C/G           Am
   The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you.

[Verse]
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   On a dark New Year's night, on the west coast of Clare, I heard your voice singing.
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   Your eyes danced the song, your hands played the tune. 'Twas a vision before me.
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   We left the music behind and the dance carried on as we stole away to the seashore.
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   And smelt the brine, felt the wind in our hair. With sadness you paused.

[Bridge]
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Suddenly I knew that you'd have to go. Your world was not mine, your eyes told me so.
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Yet it was there I felt the crossroads of time, and I wondered why.

[Verse]
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   As we cast our gaze on the tumbling sea, a vision came o'er me.
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   Of thundering hooves and beating wings in the clouds above.

[Verse]
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Turning to go, heard you call out my name. Like a bird in a cage, spreading its wings to fly.
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"The old ways are lost," you sang as you flew. And I wondered why.

[Chorus]
Em                  D/F#                 C/G           Am
   The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you.
Em                D/F#              C/G           Am
   The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you.
Em                  D/F#                 C/G           Am
   The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you.
Em                D/F#              C/G           Am
   The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you.
Em                  D/F#                 C/G           Am
   The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you.
Em                D/F#              C/G           Am
   The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you.

[Outro]
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(repeat until fadeout)