Standing Stones chords by Loreena Mckennitt

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Em   C   D   Em   C   D
Em   C   D   Em   C   D
Em  D  Em  C  Em  D  Em  C

Verse:
   Em           D      C      G            Am        G/B    C
In one of these lonely Orkney Isles, there dwelled a maiden fair
    Em          D        C         G             Am      G/B     C
Her cheeks were red, her eyes were blue, she had yellow, curling hair
      Em         D       G        D         Em            C
Which caught the eye and then the heart, of one who could never be
  Em    D     C      G       Am     G/B     C
A lover of so true a maid or fair a form as she

Verse:
 Em        D       C   G              Am        G/B       C
Across the lake in Sandwick dwelled a youth she held most true
    Em   D         C    G         Am            G/B     C
And ever since her infancy he had watched these eyes so blue
    Em        D     G      D           Em     C
The land runs out into the sea, it's a narrow neck of land
      Em        D        C        G            Am     G/B        C
Where weird and grim the Standing Stones, in a circle where they stand

Instrumental:
Em  D  Em  C  Em  D  Em  C

Verse:
    Em    D         C         G         Am     G/B      C
One bonny moonlight Christmas Eve, they met at that sad place
         Em       D         C        G         Am      G/B    C
With her heart in glee, the beams of love were shining on her face
         Em    D           G           D          Em     C
When her lover came and he grasped her hand, what loving words they said
     Em        D        C     G       Am          G/B         C
They talked of future's happy days as through the stones they strayed

Verse:
     Em       D        C       G         Am         G/B          C
They walked toward the lovers' stone and through it passed their hands
     Em       D       C        G             Am        G/B       C
They plighted there a constant troth, sealed by love's steadfast bands
   Em         D        G       D            Em          C
He kissed his maid and then he watched her, that lonely bridge go o'er
    Em      D      C      G                  Am      G/B     C
For little, little did he think, he wouldn't see his darling more

Chorus:
Em       C             D      Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
       C      D
Gazing out to sea
Em       C             D      Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
         C       D
Bring my love to me

Instrumental:
Em  D  Em  C  Em  D  Em  C

Verse:
   Em         D      C        G          Am          G/B   C
He turned his face toward his home, that home he did never see
    Em        D        C    G   Am     G/B     C
And you shall have the story as it was told to me
       Em    D       G       D      Em     C
When a form upon him sprang, with a dagger gleaming bright
   Em          D             C     G          Am         G/B    C
It pierced his heart and his dying screams disturbed the silent night

Instrumental:
Em   C   D   Em   C   D
Em   C   D   Em   C   D
Em  D  Em  C

Verse:
    Em       D      C           G                 Am       G/B  C
The maid had nearly reached her home when she was startled by a cry
    Em        D     C        G        Am       G/B      C
She turned to look around her and her love was standing by
    Em       D        G      D          Em         C
His hand was pointing to the stars, his eyes gazed at the light
    Em     D       C     G        Am       G/B      C
And with a smiling countenance he vanished from her sight

Verse:
    Em      D          C        G          Am      G/B      C
She quickly turned and home she ran, not a word of this was said
    Em       D       C          G             Am       G/B      C
For well she knew at seeing his form that her faithful love was dead
    Em        D       G      D          Em         C
And from that day she pined away, not a smile seen on her face
     Em           D        C       G         Am   G/B      C
With outstretched arms she went to meet him, in a brighter place

Chorus:
Em       C             D      Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
       C      D
Gazing out to sea
Em       C             D      Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
         C       D
Bring my love to me

Chorus:
Em       C             D      Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
       C      D
Gazing out to sea
Em       C             D      Em
Standing Stones of the Orkney Isles
         C       D
Bring my love to me

Outro:
Em  C  D   Em  C  D
Em  C  D   Em  C  D
Em   C   D   Em   C   D