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Caravanserai Tab

by Loreena Mckennitt


 
                       CARAVANSERAI (An Ancient Muse - 2006)

  Intro: (II)-3-3-5-6-5-3-1-1-3 (III)-2
           (II)-3-3-5-6-5-3-6-8-10-10
           (II)-3-3-5-6-5-3-1-1 (III)-3-2
           (II)-3-3-5-6-5-3-1-1-5-3
           ( Dm - F - C - Am ) x 4

                                           
  This glancing life is like a morning star
                                          
  A setting sun, or rolling waves at sea
                                            
  A gentle breeze or lightning in a storm
                                 
  A dancing dream of all eternity

                                                       
  The sand was shimmering in the morning light
                                           
  And dancing off the dunes so far away
                                            
  The night held music so sweet, so long
                                            
  And there we lay until the break of day

                                                
  We woke that morning at the onward call
                                              
  Our camels bridled up, our howdahs full
                                           
  The sun was rising in the eastern sky
                                          
  Just as we set out to the desert’s cry

                          
  Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you

                                               
  The tents grew smaller as we rode away
                                             
  On earth that tells of many passing days
                                                      
  The months of peace and all the years of war
                                               
  The lives of love and all the lives of fears

                          
  Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you

                                                    
  We crossed the river beds all etched in stone
                                              
  And up the mighty mountains ever known
                                          
  Beyond the valleys in the searing heat
                                      
  Until we reached the caravanserai

                          
  Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you
                          
  Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you

                                           
  What is this life that pulls me far away
                                                 
  What is that home where we cannot reside
                                              
  What is that quest that pulls me onward
                                              
  My heart is full when you are by my side

 
                          
  Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you
                          
  Calling, yearning, pulling, home to you