Intro uses the chorus chords:
In the chorus, play the bass note of the D minor chords on the first measure,
and the full chord on the second measure.
Dm | (Dm) Bb G7 C | Dm | F C |
Dm | (Dm) Bb G7 C | Dm | F A5 |
Dm | (Dm) Bb G7 C | Dm | F C |
Dm | (Dm) Bb G7 C | Dm | F A |
Bb C Am
Dm Am Dm Am/C
Far from the sea and distant lands
Dm Am Dm Am/ C
Came men with thirty ships
Dm Am Dm C
Had wanted to reach the Neva by night
F C
But the weather was not on their side
Gm Dm
And as the wind grew stronger and stronger
Gm Dm
The rain ran down our cheeks
F C
The bow was turned towards Gardar
A
The sail flew up again
Dm Bb G7 C
Holmgard and beyond
Dm F C
That's where the winds will us guide
Dm Bb G7 C
For fame and for gold
Dm F A
Set sail for those lands unknown
Instrumental:
| Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 Bb6 |
| Bbmaj7 | Bbmaj7 Bb6 |
| Bbmaj7 | C6 C |
| Gm | F/G |
| Gm | F/G A5 F5 D5 |
| Gm | F/G |
| Gm | F/G A5 F5 D5 |
| F | Fm7 |
| F | Fm7 |
| F G5add7 Ab | Bb F |
| Db Eb | Bb |
| F G5add7 Ab | Bb F |
| Db Eb | F Eb F |
Dm Am Dm Am/C
Osmo and Dalk, Kyy, Kokko and Ulf
Dm Am Dm Am/C
Were glad to be off the oars
Dm Am Dm C
Turo had eaten too much again
F C
Now hanging himself overboard
Gm Dm
The Tostensson twins were excited as always
Gm Dm
Adventure was their game
F C
Myself, Hakon the Bastard
A
was out to find my name
Dm Bb G7 C
Holmgard and beyond
Dm F C
That's where the winds will us guide
Dm Bb G7 C
For fame and for gold
Dm F A
Set sail for those lands unknown
Dm ...... (throughout spoken word part; feel free to skip)
Who is "I" without a past?
A river without a source?
An event without a cause?
Threads of different lengths
Some longer, some shorter
So many of them spun together
The crones keep on weaving
The algorithm of our lives
Cause and effect, the fates of men
D5 E5-F5 E5 D5-C5 A5
Dm
We know the way to Aldeigju
Dm
Upstream the river Alode
F G Dm
You take us to the portage
Am
And further (South)
Dm
Long is the way to the unknown
Dm Em F
Long are the rivers in the East
F G Dm
Far lies the land that Ingvar
Dm7 B5 A5 G5 A
And his men desi-re to reach
Bb C F
Many dangers lie ahead
Bb F C
Some of us may never return
Bb C F G
Rather sold as a slave to the Saracens
Asus4 A Asus4 A
Than chained to your bed, chained by your life!
Dm Bb G7 C
Holmgard and beyond
Dm F C
That's where the winds will us guide
Dm Bb G7 C
For fame and for gold
Dm F A
Set sail for those lands unknown
Dm | (Dm) Bb G7 C | Dm | F C |
Dm | (Dm) Bb G7 C | Dm | F A G A |
Half time: Bbmaj7 | Gm9 | Dm/A | D |
