Maid of the Loch (You And I And The Sky) - Karine Polwart

6/8 time = 123 456
DADGAD Tuning
Capo @ III  Play as D, sounds in F

INTRO  ||: D  A  F#m  G  :|| 2x

D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)    F#mOh (244222@1)my dear
     G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)       Dyour (xx0232@1)waters are wonderous clear
              A (x02220@1)   F#mAnd (244222@1)the north wind
  G (320003@1)    Acaresses (x02220@1)my skin

~CHORUS~
  Em (022000@1)           A (x02220@1)    You make me feel
          D (xx0232@1)       A/C# (042220@1)    Like I could relinquish
          Bm7 (x20202@1)   D/A (x00232@1)     G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)    This body of stone and steel...  and fly

        Em (022000@1)   F#mG      AAnd (x02220@1)you cradle me  like a lover
    Em (022000@1)       F#m (244222@1)     G (320003@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)rock me in your arms like a mother
Em (022000@1)      F#m (244222@1)  G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)   Em (022000@1) F#m (244222@1)G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)    
With your lullaby of water and  sky

D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)    F#mOh (244222@1)mo chroi
          G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)         DYou're (xx0232@1)as deep and as wide as the sea
              A (x02220@1)   F#mAnd (244222@1)you carry me so
        G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)      EmThere's (022000@1)nowhere that we can't go

~REPEAT CHORUS~

Em (022000@1)     F#m (244222@1)        G (320003@1)             AOh (x02220@1)how I wish that my hold would rip open
    Em (022000@1)  F#m (244222@1)             G (320003@1)          AAnd (x02220@1)you'd fill me with your love like an ocean
Em (022000@1)       F#m (244222@1)   G (320003@1)          AI (x02220@1)would be ever so beautifully 
Em (022000@1)F#m (244222@1)  G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) EmF#m GA         EmF#m GA
bro-ken... You and I...       You and I...
        EmF#m G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)       EmF#m GA          
You and I...        You and I...        
        D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)        F#mG
And the sky... And the sky...
        D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)         F#mG
And the sky...  And the sky...

D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)    F#m (244222@1) Oh my queen
            G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)        DI (xx0232@1)want to reveal all that's never been seen
              A (x02220@1)         F#mAnd (244222@1)show them your power
               G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)         EmThat (022000@1)blooms in your belly just like a flower

~REPEAT CHORUS~

Em (022000@1)       F#m (244222@1)    G (320003@1)        AEverything (x02220@1)holy and everything hidden
      Em (022000@1)         F#m (244222@1)      G (320003@1)          AWe're (x02220@1)holding each other, the loch and the Maiden
      Em (022000@1)      F#m (244222@1)    G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)    Em (022000@1)    F#m (244222@1)GA        
We go waltzing around... Merry dancers.   You and I
        D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)         F# (244322@1)G (320003@1)      
And the sky...  And the sky... 
        D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)         F# (244322@1)G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)  
And the sky...  And the sky... 

("mo chroi" is pronounced, "muh cree", and is Irish for "my darling")

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    Suggested Chord Grips (DADGAD Tuning)
      
      D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)        F#m (244222@1)        G (320003@1)      
    o   oo       o  oo        o oo       oooo   
 II |||1||   VI |||1||   II |||1||     ||||||  
    ||||||  VII 2|3|||      ||||||     ||||||   
    ||3|||      ||||||   IV 34||||     ||||||  
  V |4||||                           V 34||||  

     Em (022000@1)        A/C# (042220@1)      Bm7 (x20202@1)      D/A (x00232@1)   oooo      x o oo      x o oo       xoo oo
    ||||||      ||||||      ||||||     ||||||
II  23||||   II |||1||   II |2|1||  II |||1||
    ||||||      ||||||      ||||||     |||||| 
             IV |3||||

-Concert pitch chords-

FC AmBb  
F C Am Bb C
Gm C F C/E Dm7 C Bb  C
Gm Am Bb C