Auld wives
Am - F - Am
Am G - F
1. Auld wives lifts, auld wives lifts, how have you got here ?
G Am
Where do you come from ? What do you tell ?
Am G - F
I see his face,
I see his face, carved deep in the stone.
G Am
another
mind you have taken away.
F C
G
But I swam across the ocean to find your memory,
F C
G
a trace of all that you've left
behind.
F
C G
And the auld wives swore that you were born to die,
F C G
without a child for to call out your
name.
Am G - F
2. Now I call your name, I call your name, but you can't hear me now,
G Am
no,
you don't recognise my face.
Am G - F
Who are you ?
Who are you ? And why do you call me that ?
G Am
How dare you call me that !
+ CHORUS
F - Am - G F - Am - G
+ But I call your na............me, I call your na..............me.
F - Am - G F - Am - G
I call your na............me, I call your na..............me.
+ F - Am - G
(4x) + CHORUS + Am - G
(4x) ….
(orig.
= capo 2nd) (Bear’s
Den)