big river Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Wor[D]ds and music
[G]by jimmy nail[A][D]
Walking on cobble [G]stone[D],
little bits [G]of skin and [Bm]bone
Jumping on [F#m]the tram car
for [Em]a ride[Asus4][A][D]
I can [G]remember then,
[D]I was just a boy[G] of ten[Bm]
Hanging [F#m]out along the
old quay[Em]side[A][G]
Not all the [A]cap[D]stans [A]and
[Bm]the cargo boats
[G]And stevadores are gone
To where all the [D]old ships go
But [A]memor[E] ies just li[A]ke the seas live on[D]

[Verse 2]
That was when [D]coal was [G]king,[D]
The river a [G]living [Bm]thing
And I was just a [F#m]boy,
but it was [Em]mine,[Asus4]
[A]The coaly tyne
[D]

[Verse 3]
[G]
[A]This was a [D]big [G]river,[A]
I [Bm]want you all to [F#m]know that
I was [Em]proud[Asus4]
[A]This was a [D]big [G]river,
[A]but tha[Bm]t was long ago[F#m],
That's not [Em]now, [A]that's not now
[D]

[Verse 4]
My fther was a working [G]man,[D]
He earned our living [G]with his [Bm]hands
He had to cross the [F#m]river every [Em]day[A][D]
He picked up [G]a union [D]card out of
the nep[G]tune [Bm]yard
Mouths to [F#m]feed and the bills
[Em]to pay[A][G]
Then came [A]a time for [D]him to sail
[Bm]across the s[G]ea
And far away
Finally [D]when the war was [E]won
You brought him [A]home
and home he [D]stayed

[Verse 5]
And when his [D]days were done,
under a [G]golden sun
[Bm]You carried him to where[F#m]
he longed [A]to [Em]be,[A]
Back to the sea
[D]

[Verse 6]
[G]
[A]This was a [D]big [G]river,
[A]I wan[Bm]t you all to [F#m]know
that I [A]was [Em]proud[A]
This was a [D]big [G]river,
[A]but tha[Bm]t was long ago[F#m],

[Interlude 1]
That's not now
[Em][Asus4][A]
[D][G][D][G]
[D]

[Verse 7]
The neptune was the [D]last [G]to [D]go,
I heard it on my [G]radio
[Bm]And then they played the lates[F#m]t
number [Em]one[Asus4][A][D]
But what do they do [G]all [D]day?
And what are they sup
[G]posed [Bm]to say?
What does a [F#m]father tell his
[Em]son?[Asus4][A][G]
If you you be[A]lieved that [D]there's
a [Bm]bond between our fu[G]ture
And our past
Then try to hold [D]on to what we had,
[E]We build them [A]strong, we built to [D]last

[Verse 8]
'cause this is a [D]mighty [G]town,
[D]It's built upon [G]solid [Bm]ground
And everything they [F#m]tried
so hard [Em]to kill,[A]
We will rebuild
[D]

[Verse 9]
[G]
[A]This was a [D]big [G]river[A]
I [Bm]want you all [F#m]to know
that I was [Em]proud[A]
This was a [D]big [G]river,
[A]but tha[Bm]t was long ago[F#m],
That's [A]not [Em]now[A]
This is a [D]big [G]river,
[A]And in [Bm]my heart I know[F#m]
it will rise [G]again
The [A]river will rise again
[D]