Intro Am C G Em e | ------------------------------------------------------------ | B | -----------0------------------------------------------------ | G | -----0-2-2---2-0--------------------------------0---------0- | D | -0h2-------------2-2-0---0-0-2-0----------0-0-2-----2-0-2--- | A | -----------------------3---------3-----0-2------------------ | E | -----------------------------------3-3---------------------- | Am e | -------------- | B | -----0-------- | G | -2-2----2-0-2- | D | -------------- | A | -------------- | E | -------------- | Verse 1 Am C I'm just a traveler passing through G I wont haunt or bother you Em Am Though you could lend an ear to my story Verse 2 Am C You can call me old Jack G You might have seen me caped in Black Em Am As I roam the streets of the village Intro Riff Verse 3 Am C In her long flowing hair G You might find my story there Em Am Though it was not my own hand that k*lled her Verse 4 Am C I went down a moon lit trail G Rode out on a rail Em Am And began my long life of journeys Chorus Am G Am In the ripple that rolls on the water Am G Am In the high rolling wave out at sea Am G Am In the shadow that flies on the valley Am G Em In the middle is where you'll find me Banjo Solo Am ( C G ) ( Em Am ) Verse 5 Am C In a bath tub for a boat G My passage I did float Em Am Joined the ranks right on the docks of the city Verse 6 Am C In the fire of the Devil's den G With the gray-coated men Em Am I lost all my hope and my two brothers Fiddle Solo Am ( C G ) ( Em Am ) Verse 7 Am C So I wandered in the West G I settled down and did my best Em Am But my heart was unsteady and restless Verse 8 Am C I took a room on Houseton Street G Where the pawned poets would meet Em Am And we poured out the wine of the ages Chorus Am G Am In the ripple that rolls on the water Am G Am In the hard-hearted moon we both see Am G Am In the shadow that falls in the alley Am G Em In the riddle is where I�??ll be Bridge F Am Ten little fingers... F Am Ten little toes... F Am Sleep little baby... G F Will you ever know? G F Will you ever know? Intro Riff Verse 9 Am C Years ago my lid was sealed G They threw me down in the potter's field Em Am With the souls of the lost and forgotten Verse 10 Am C And though my name is dead and gone G I remain and I carry on Em Am And I roam with an old band of brothers Verse 11 Am C And if you strum the ancient string G You may call my spirit in Em Am Or if you blow on the whole of the whistle Verse 12 Am C By an old highland air G I may stop and listen there Em Am Or when the wren pulls her nest from the thistle Chorus Am G Am In the ripple that rolls on the water Am G Am In the high rolling wave out at sea Am G Am In the shadow that flies on the valley Am G Em In a riddle is where you'll find me Intro Riff (x2) e | ------------------------------------------------------------ | B | -----------0------------------------------------------------ | G | -----0-2-2---2-0--------------------------------0---------0- | D | -0h2-------------2-2-0---0-0-2-0----------0-0-2-----2-0-2--- | A | -----------------------3---------3-----0-2------------------ | E | -----------------------------------3-3---------------------- | e | -------------- | B | -----0-------- | G | -2-2----2-0-2- | D | -------------- | A | -------------- | E | -------------- | Outro N.C. High above the cuillen moor Stands the ole' man of storr In the mist, the stone, and the mountain If you scramble up that scree Won't you stay a while for me And watch the white rollin' waves wash the island
