Jimmy Nail — Big River

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BIG RIVER
words and music by Jimmy Nail

[Intro]
A, Am, E  (repeat)

E          Esus4       E                A
walking on cobble stone, little bits of skin and bone
C#m             G#m             F#m        B, Bsus4
jumping on the tram car for a ride
E       Esus4       E             A
I can remember then, I was just a boy of ten
C#m           G#m               F#m        B, Bsus4
hanging out along the old quayside
A             E             C#m
now all the capstans and the cargo boats
     A
and stevadores are gone
                 E
to where all the old ships go
       F#sus4, F#            Bsus4 B    E
but memories just like the seas live on

              Esus4
that was when coal was king,
E            A
the river a living thing
C#m             G#m                F#m
and I was just a boy, but it was mine, 
Bsus4 B     E    A   B
the  coaly tyne

           E   A
this was a big river,
    C#m            G#m               F#m     B, Bsus4
I want you all to know that I was proud
           E    A        C#m            G#m
this was a big river, but that was long ago,
           F#m     Bsus4 B                   E        
that's not now,                 that's not now
  

E                Esus4
my father was a working man,
E                     A
he earned our living with his hands
C#m                  G#m           F#m     B, Bsus4
he had to cross the river every day
E               Esus4    E           A
he picked up a union card out of the Neptune yard
C#m        G#m                F#m      B, Bsus4
mouths to feed and bills to pay
A           E               C#m                          A
then came a time for him to sail across the sea   and far away
A        E               
finally when the war was won

F#sus4 F#           Bsus4    B             E
you   brought him home and home he stayed


E            Esus4           E       A
and when his days were done, under a golden sun
C#m                  G#m                F#m
you carried him to where he longed to be,
Bsus4       B       E         A, B
Back       to the sea

           E    A
this was a big river,
  C#m              G#m               F#m     B, Bsus4
I want you all to know that I was proud
           E    A        C#m            G#m
this was a big river, but that was long ago,
            F#m     Bsus4  B                 E        
that's not now,                 that's not now


Repeat Intro
  

E                   Esus4
the Neptune was the last to go,
E                 A
I heard it on my radio
C#m                       G#m            F#m   Bsus4, B
and then they played the latest number one
E        Esus4
but what do they do all day?
E                  A
and what are they supposed to say?
C#m          G#m                F#m     Bsus4, B
what does a father tell his son?
A            E                     C#m                              A
if you you believed that there's a bond between our future and our past
            E         
try to hold on to what we had,
F#sus4  F#          Bsus4       B         E    
we     build them strong, we build to last



E                Esus4       E                A
'cause this is a mighty town, it's built upon solid ground
C#m                  G#m               F#m   
and everything they tried so hard to kill,
Bsus4   B         E            A   B
we      will rebuild



           E   A
this was a big river
  C#m              G#m               F#m      Bsus4    B
I want you all to know that I was proud
           E    A        C#m            G#m
this was a big river, but that was long ago,
           F#m     Bsus4   B
that's not now
          E    A
this is a big river,
    C#m             G#m                 A
and in my heart I know it will rise again
       B             E     Esus4    E
the river will rise again


Dedicated to Jimmy Bradford (1914 - 1990)		
    

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