Big River, Jimmy Nail , (Newcastle Upon Tyne) Chords

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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Walking [A] on cobbled [E] stones, _ little [A] bits of skin and bones
[C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] Jumping on a tram car for [F#m] a ride _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ I can [A] _ remember [E] then
_ I was [A] just a boy of ten, [C#m] _ _ hanging [G#m] around the old [F#m] quayside
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ Now [E] all the capstans and [C#m] the cargo boats and [A] _
stevedoves are gone
To where [E] all the old ships go [B] but [F#] memories [E] just like [B] the seas [E] live on
Cause that was [A] when coal was key, [E] _ the river [A] was a living thing
[C#m] _ And I was [G#m] just a boy but it [F#m] was my _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] Macquarie time
_ [A] _ [B] For this [E] was a big _ [A] river, [B] _
[C#m] I want you [G#m] all to know that I was [F#m] proud
_ _ _ [B] _
This [E] was a big _ [A] river [B] _
[C#m] but that was [G#m] long ago, that's [F#m] not now, _ _ [E] _ _ [B]
that's [E] not now
My _ _ _ _ _ father was a working _ man, he earned [A] our living with his hands
[C#m] _ He had to [G#m] cross the river _ [F#m] every day, _ [E] he _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ picked up [A] a union [E] card
_ Out of [A] the Neptune yard, [C#m] _ _ mouths [G#m] to feed and bills [F#m] to pay
There [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] came a time for him [C#m] to sail across the [A] seas and far away
Finally [E] when that war [F#] was won, he brought [B] them home and home [E] he stayed
And [A] when his days [E] were done, _ under [A] a golden [C#m] sun
_ He took them [G#m] back to where he [F#m] longed to be, _ _ [E] _ [B] back to [E] the sea
_ _ [A] _ [B] For this was [E] a big _ [A] river, [B] _
[C#m] I want you all [G#m] to know that I [F#m] was proud
This _ [B] _
was [E] a _ _ [A] big river _
[G#m] [C#m] but that was long [G#m] ago, that's [F#m] not now, _ _ [E] _ _ [B]
that's [E] not now, _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
that's [A] not now
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The Neptune [A] was the last to go, [E] _ I heard it [A] on my radio
_ [C#m] And then they [G#m] played the latest number [F#m] one
_ [B] But _ _
_ [E] _ _ what do they [Am] do all [E] day, _ what are [A] they supposed to say
[C#m] _ _ What does [G#m] a father tell [F#m] his son
_ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ If you [E] believe that there's [C#m] a bond between our [A] future and our past
Try to [E] hold on to what [B] we [F#] had, we built [Em] them strong, [B] we built [E] to last
Cause this is a mighty _ town, _ built [A] upon a solid ground
[C#m] _ And [G#m] everything they tried so hard [F#m] to kill, _ _ _ [B] we will [E] rebuild
_ _ [A] For [B]
this was [E] a big _ [A] river, [B] _
[C#m] I want you [G#m] all to know I'm so [F#m] very proud
_ _ [E] _ _ [B]
This was [E] a _ big [A] river _
[B] [C#m] but that was long [G#m] ago, that's [F#m] not now
_ _ [B] _ And this is [E] a _ big, [A] big river [B] _
[C#m] and in my heart [G#m] I know it will rise [A] again
_ [E] The river [B] will rise [E] _ again _ _ _ _
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Walking on _ _ cobblestones, _ little [A] bits of skin and bone
_ [C#m] _ _
Jumping [G#m] on a tram car for [F#m] a ride, _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _