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big river chords by 
Jimmy Nail 
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Key: E major•BPM: 113
Verse 1
G
D
Words and music
G
A
D
by jimmy nail
G
D
Walking on cobble stone,
G
Bm
little bits of skin and bone
F#m
Jumping on the tram car
Em
Asus4
A
D
for a ride
G
I can remember then,
D
G
Bm
I was just a boy of ten
F#m
Hanging out along the
Em
A
G
old quayside
A
D
A
Not all the capstans and
Bm
the cargo boats
G
And stevadores are gone
D
To where all the old ships go
A
E
A
D
But memor ies just like the seas live on
Verse 2
D
G
D
That was when coal was king,
G
Bm
The river a living thing
F#m
And I was just a boy,
Em
Asus4
but it was mine,
A
The coaly tyne
D
Verse 3
G
A
D
G
A
This was a big river,
Bm
F#m
I want you all to know that
Em
Asus4
I was proud
A
D
G
This was a big river,
A
Bm
F#m
but that was long ago,
Em
A
That's not now, that's not now
D
Verse 4
G
D
My fther was a working man,
G
Bm
He earned our living with his hands
F#m
Em
A
D
He had to cross the river every day
G
D
He picked up a union card out of
G
Bm
the neptune yard
F#m
Mouths to feed and the bills
Em
A
G
to pay
A
D
Then came a time for him to sail
Bm
G
across the sea
And far away
D
E
Finally when the war was won
A
You brought him home
D
and home he stayed
Verse 5
D
And when his days were done,
G
under a golden sun
Bm
F#m
You carried him to where
A
Em
A
he longed to be,
Back to the sea
D
Verse 6
G
A
D
G
This was a big river,
A
Bm
F#m
I want you all to know
A
Em
A
that I was proud
D
G
This was a big river,
A
Bm
F#m
but that was long ago,
Interlude 1
That's not now
Em
Asus4
A
D
G
D
G
D
Verse 7
D
G
D
The neptune was the last to go,
G
I heard it on my radio
Bm
F#m
And then they played the latest
Em
Asus4
A
D
number one
G
D
But what do they do all day?
And what are they sup
G
Bm
posed to say?
F#m
What does a father tell his
Em
Asus4
A
G
son?
A
D
If you you believed that there's
Bm
G
a bond between our future
And our past
D
Then try to hold on to what we had,
E
A
D
We build them strong, we built to last
Verse 8
D
G
'cause this is a mighty town,
D
G
Bm
It's built upon solid ground
F#m
And everything they tried
Em
A
so hard to kill,
We will rebuild
D
Verse 9
G
A
D
G
A
This was a big river
Bm
F#m
I want you all to know
Em
A
that I was proud
D
G
This was a big river,
A
Bm
F#m
but that was long ago,
A
Em
A
That's not now
D
G
This is a big river,
A
Bm
F#m
And in my heart I know
G
it will rise again
A
The river will rise again
D
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