Song Of The Wandering Aengus - Dave Van Ronk Chords
Chords: D, Bm, F#m, Em, A, Am, A7, Dmaj7, C, E
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Genre: folk, blues, traditional
Written by William Butler Yeats in 1897
Recorded by Dave Van Ronk in 1966
* indicates a change in lyrics
[Intro]
D D D D
[Verse 1]
D Bm F#m
I went out to the hazel wood
Em A D F#m
Because a fire was in my head
D Bm F#m
I* cut and peeled a hazel wand,
Em Am A7
And hooked a berry to a thread;
Em Am A
And when white moths were on the wing,
D Dmaj7 Bm D
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
Em D F#m
I dipped* the berry in a stream
Em Am Em C A7
And caught a little silver trout.
[Verse 2]
A D Bm F#m
When I had laid it on the ground*
Em A D F#m
And stooped* to blow the fire a-flame,
D Bm F#m
But something rustled in the leaves*,
Em Am
And someone called me by my name:
Em Am A A7
It had become a glittering* girl
D F#m Bm D
With apple blossoms* in her hair
Em D F#m
Who called me by my name and ran
Em Am Em C A
And vanished in* the brightening air.
[Verse 3]
D Bm F#m
Though I am old with wandering
Em A A7 D F#m
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
D Bm F#m
I will find out where she has gone,
Em Am
And see her face* and take her hands;
Em Am A
And walk through* long green* dappled grass,
D F#m Bm D
And pluck till time and times are done,
E Em D F#m
The silver apples of the moon,
Em Am Em C A7
The golden apples of the sun.
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