{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":280247,"song":"Big River","artist":"Jimmy Nail","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11552484-big-river-chords-by-jimmy-nail/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/280247?type=chord","rating":4.75842,"votes":78,"content":"BIG RIVER\r\nwords and music by Jimmy Nail\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]    x2 (first beat on each chord arpeggiated)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]Esus4[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwalking on cobbled stones, little bits of skin and bone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]G#m[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]Bsus4[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\njumping on a tram car for a ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Esus4[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI can remember then, as I was just a boy of ten[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]G#m[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]Bsus4[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nhanging around the old quayside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nnow all the capstans and the cargo boats[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand stevadores are gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nto where all the old ships go[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#sus4[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]Bsus4[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nbut memories just like the seas live on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nthat was when coal was king,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthe river a living thing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]G#m[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nand I was just a boy, but it was mine,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bsus4[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nthe  coaly tyne[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nfor this was a big river,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI want you all to know that I was proud[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nthis was a big river, but that was long ago,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthat's not now,                 that's not now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nmy father was a working man,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nhe earned our living with his hands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]G#m[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nhe had to cross the river every day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Esus4[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nhe picked up a union card out of the Neptune yard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]G#m[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]Bsus4[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nmouths to feed and bills to pay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]C#m[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthere came a time for him to sail across the sea   and far away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nfinally when the war was won[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#sus4[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]Bsus4[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nyou   brought him home and home he stayed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]            [ch]Esus4[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand when his days were done, under a golden sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]G#m[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nyou took him back to where he longed to be,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bsus4[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\n      Back       to the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nfor this was a big river,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C#m[/ch]              [ch]G#m[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI want you all to know that I was proud[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nthis was a big river, but that was long ago,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthat's not now,                 that's not now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nRepeat Intro\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nthe Neptune was the last to go,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI heard it on my radio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                       [ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]Bsus4[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nand then they played the latest number one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nbut wadda they do all day?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand what are they supposed to say?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]G#m[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nwhat does a father tell his son?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]C#m[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nif you you believe that there's a bond between our future and our past[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F#sus4[/ch]\r\ntry to hold on to what we had,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]Bsus4[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwe     build them strong, we build to last[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                [ch]Esus4[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'cause this is a mighty town, built upon a solid ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]G#m[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nand everything they tried so hard to kill,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bsus4[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nwe      will rebuild[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nfor this was a big river[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C#m[/ch]              [ch]G#m[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]Bsus4[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI want you all to know I'm so very proud[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nthis was a big river, but that was long ago,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Bsus4[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nthat's not now[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand this is a big big river,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]G#m[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand in my heart I know it will rise again[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Esus4[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthe river will rise again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nDedicated to Jimmy Bradford (1914 - 1990)","plain_text":"BIG RIVER\nwords and music by Jimmy Nail\n\n\n[Intro]\nA  Am  E    x2 (first beat on each chord arpeggiated)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRepeat Intro\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDedicated to Jimmy Bradford (1914 - 1990)","chords":["A","Am","E","Esus4","C#m","G#m","F#m","Bsus4","B","F#sus4","F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Esus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,2,0,0]}}}