Song Of The Wandering Aengus Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays450

Song Of The Wandering Aengus by Caroline Herring is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, G, Em and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
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Intro: Am 

                        C 
I went out to the hazel wood 
          G              Am 
Because a fire was in my head 
                             C 
And I cut and peeled a hazel wand 
             G          Am 
And hooked a berry to a thread 


               C                 Em 
And when white moths were on the wing 
              Am                    F 
And moth-like stars were flickering out 
            Am         C 
I dropped a berry in a stream 
             G             Am 
And caught a little silver trout 


                          C 
When I had laid it on the ground 
          G              Am 
I went to blow the fire aflame 
                             C 
And something rustled on the floor 
            G               Am 
And someone called me by my name 


         C                 Em 
It had become a glimmering girl 
           Am              F 
With apple blossoms in her hair 
              Am             C 
She called me by my name and ran 
             G                  Am 
And vanished in the brightening air 


Instrumental:

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante