Tabbed by: heatherly_yours


Tuning: Standard EADGBE



intro chords:
E5
E/C5


E5               B5                C5             A5
  The thundering sea is calling me home, home to you.
E5             B5                C5             A5
  The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you.

E5                     B5                         C5
  On a dark new year's night on the west coast of Clare
               A5
  I heard your voice singing.
E5                     B5                          C5
  Your eyes danced the song, your hands played the tune.
                 A5
  T'was a vision before me.

E5                    B5                         C5
  We left the music behind and the dance carried on
              A5
  as we stole away to the seashore
E5             B5                           C5
  and smelt the brine, felt the wind in our hair
                       A5
  and with sadness you paused.

              E5                      B5
  Suddenly, I knew that you'd have to go.
                     C5                       A5
  Your world was not mine, your eyes told me so.
             E5                             B5
  Yet it was there I felt the crossroads of time
                 C5          A5
  and I wondered why.

E5               B5                   C5
  As we cast our gaze on the tumbling sea,
                A5
  a vision came o'er me,
E5              B5                 C5
  of thundering hooves and beating wings
                A5
  in the clouds above.

             E5                        B5
  Turning to go, heard you call out my name.
                   C5                            A5
  like a bird in a cage, spreading its wings to fly.
                    E5                     B5
  "The old ways are lost", you sang as you flew
                 C5         A5
  and I wondered why.

E5               B5                   C5             A5
  The thundering waves are calling me home, home to you.
E5             B5                C5             A5
  The pounding sea is calling me home, home to you.
  (x3)


In the original recording, after the first chorus, the verses and choruses are picked
rather than strummed - you can play them as below. They're not exactly the same, (these 
are highly simplified) but it sounds great anyway and will give you an idea of how to add 
variations. The fill can be anything you like within the chord pattern. I've just used 
these as examples.


        E5          fill (e.g.)         B5          fill (e.g.)  
e | ------o-----o--- | ------------o--- | ------2-----2--- | ---------2------ | 
B | ---------o------ | ---------o------ | ---------3------ | ------------3--- | 
G | ------o-----o--- | ------o--------- | ---4--4-----4--- | ------4--------- | 
D | ---2-----2------ | ---2------------ | ---------4------ | ---4------------ | 
A | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---2------------ | ---------------- | 
E | ---o------------ | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | 


         C5          fill (e.g.)          A5         fill (e.g.)  
e | ------o-----o--- | ---------------- | ------o-----o--- | ---------o------ | 
B | ---------1------ | ---------1------ | ---------1------ | ------1-----1--- | 
G | ---o--o-----o--- | ------o-----o--- | ---2--2-----2--- | ---2------------ | 
D | ---------2------ | ---------------- | ---------2------ | ---------------- | 
A | ---3------------ | ---3------------ | ---o------------ | ---------------- | 
E | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |