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SHEET MUSIC PIANO ♦ VOCAL
The Old Ways From From the Quinlan Road CD “The Visit” Visit”
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Old Ways
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Words and Music by Loreena McKenni "
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D/F
Em
Melody
Piano
E m/G
Am
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Em
C/G
D/F
The thun- dering waves
© 1991 Quinlan Road Limited
are call-ing me home
Am
home
to you
! e Old Ways
Em
D /F
The pound- ing sea
Em
is
call-ing me home
Bm
On a dark new year's night
Em
home
to you
C
Am
On the west coast of Clare
Bm
Your eyes danced the song
Am
C/G
I
heard
your voice
C
Your hands played the tune
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sing-ing
D
T'was a vi-sion be-fore
me.
! e Old Ways
Bm
Em
We left the mu - sic behind -
Em
and the dance
carried on
Bm
We smelt
the brine,
Em
as we stole
a-way
C
felt the wind in our hair
Bm
that you'd have to go
Am
C
D
With sadness you paused.
C
Your world was not mine,
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to the sea -shore
Suddenly - I knew
D
your eyes told me so
Yet it was there
! e Old Ways
Em
Bm
I felt the cross -
roads of time
Em
C
And I won- dered
Bm
As we cast
our gaze
Em
why.
C
on the tum - bling sea
Bm
Of thun-dering hooves
D
Am
A
vi-sion came o
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ver me
D
C
and beat - ing wings
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In the clouds a - bove.
Turning to go
! e
Em
Bm
heard you call out my name,
Em
Old Ways
D
C
Like a bird in a cage
spreading its wings to fly
Bm
you sang as you flew
Em
C
And I won - dered
D
why.
E m/G
D/F
The thun-dering waves
"The old ways are lost,"
are call-ing me home
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Am
home
to you
! e Old Ways
Em
E m/G
D/F
The pound- ing sea
Em
is call-ing me home
D/F
are call-ing me home
D/F
E m/G
The pound-ing sea
home
to
you
E m/G
The thun-dering waves
Em
Am
is call-ing me home
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Am
home
to you
Am
home
to you
Em
