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Big River - Nail

artist:Jimmy Nail

, writer:Jimmy Nail



   Chords:
 {t: Big River - Nail}
{artist: Jimmy Nail }
{key: G}
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g4hfmi0OgM Capo 4
{c: Thanks to Steve Sutton for this version - nice one}
[C] Walking on [F] cobble stone, [C] little bits of [F] skin and bone 
[Am] Jumping on a [Em] tramcar for a [Dm] ride [G] 
[C] I can [F] remember when, [C] I was just a [F] boy of ten, 
[Am] Hanging ar-[Em]ound the old quay [Dm] side [G]

[F] Now all the cap-[C]stans and the [Am] cargo boats and [F] stevedores are gone 
[Am] to where the [C] old ships go, but [Dm] memories 
just [G7] like the seas live [C] on

[C] That was when coal [F] was king, [C] the river was a [F] living thing 
[Am] and I was just a [Em] boy but it was [Dm] mine, [G7] the coaly [C] Tyne [F]

[G] For this was a [C] big [F] river 
I want [Am] you all to [Em] know that I was [Dm] proud 
[G] this was a [C] big [F] river but [Am] that was long  a-[Em]go, 
that's not [Dm] now, [G7] , that's not [C] now 

Instrumental break [C] [F] [G] [G] x 2

[C] My father was a [F] working man, [C] he earned our living [F] with his hands 
[Am] he had to cross the [Em] river every [Dm] day [G] 
[C] he picked up the [F] union card 
[C] out of the [F] Neptune yard 
[Am] mouths to [Em] feed and bills to [Dm] pay [G7] [F] 
then came a [C] time for him to [Am] sail across the sea and [F] far away 
finally [C] when that war was [Dm] won 
they brought him [G7] home and home he [C] stayed

[C] and when his [F] days were done [C] under a [F] golden sun 
[Am] they took him back to [Em] where he longed to [Dm] be 
[G7] back to the sea [C] [F]
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[G] For this was a [C] big [F] river 
I [Am] want you all to [Em] know that I was [Dm] proud 
[G] this was a [C] big [F] river but [Am] that was long  a-[Em]go, 
that's not [Dm] now [G] , that's not [C] now

[C] The Neptune was the [F] last to go, [C] I heard it on my [F] radio 
[Am] then they played the [Em] latest number [Dm] one [G] 
[C] But what do they [F] do all day? 
[C] what are they [F] supposed to say? 
[Am] what does a [Em] father tell his [Dm] son? [G7] [F]

if you be-[C]lieve that there's a [Am] bond between our future [F] and our past, 
try to hold [C] on to what we have 
[Dm] we build them [G7] strong we build to [C] last 
‘cause this is a [F] mighty town 
[C] built upon [F] solid ground 
[Am] and everything they [Em] tried so hard to [Dm] kill 
[G7] we will re-[C]build 

[G] For this was a [C] big [F] river 
I [Am] want you all to [Em] know I’m so very [Dm] proud 
[G] this is a [C] big big [F] river 
[Am] and in my heart I [Em] know it will rise [Dm] again [G] 
[G] the river will rise [C] again!!!				




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