Chords for The Sands of Vatersay - The Browne Sisters and George Cavanaugh at 2015 Pleasanton Highland Games

_ _ The moon of the castle [Eb] bay burns [Bb] candle white,
And Brulis and Kerri [Cm] lift me in [F] the light.
_ [Bb] Mordor lifts and silence [Eb] ends deep in [Bb] the night.
I watch and regret that [F] I'm _ _ leaving. _ _ _ _
[Eb] Farewell, [Bb] old Shand,
[Gm] The bar to [Bb] sleep with you and the rocks on [F] the _ [Bb] shore.
Tears run silver from your father [Gm] to Björn, [Bb] a bride,
Slowly _ [F] for his _
[Bb] baby. _ _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _
No lynx should come silent, [Eb] it's _ [Bb] breakers lie,
In slow, weaving movement [Gm] attuned to [F] the sky.
[Bb] My eyes search for darkness and vainly I try
To slother my thoughts and [F] my _ _ feelings.
[Gm] _
_ _ _ Farewell, old Shand,
The bar to [Bb] sleep with you and the rocks on [F] the shore.
[Bb] _ Tears run silver from your father [Gm] to Björn, [Bb] a bride,
_ Slowly for [F] his _ _ [Bb] baby. _
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Gentle, _ gentle folk [Gm] of the _ [Bb] Hebrides, _
Parting must [Gm] and ask [F] not why.
[Bb] _ _
[F] Slowly turn [Bb] your back [Gm] on the [Bb] Hebrides,
Smile though your heart [F] must be _ _
[Bb] grieving. _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ Farewell, [Bb] old Shand,
The bar to sleep with you and the rocks on [F] the shore.
_ [Bb]
Tears run silver from your father to [F] Björn, a [Bb] bride,
Slowly for [F] his _ [Bb] baby. _ _ _
Slowly _ for his _ _ [Bb] baby. _
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