Chords for Jimmy Nail & Mark Knopfler - Big River (Original Video Clip)

[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Walking on cobbled _ stones, little [A] bits of skin and bone.
[C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] Jumping on a tram car for [F#m] a ride, _ [B] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ I can [A] remember _ [E] then.
_ I [A] was just a boy of ten, [C#m] _ _ hanging [G#m] around the old [F#m] quayside.
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ Now [E] all the capstains and [C#m] the cargo boats and _ [A] stevedores 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 when coal was king, 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] and I want you [G#m] all to know that I [F#m] was proud.
_ _ [B] _ _ This was [E] a big _ _ [A] _ [B] river, [C#m] but that was long [G#m] 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 every [F#m] day.
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ He picked up the union [A] card [E] _ out of [A] the Neptune yard.
[C#m] _ _ Mouths [G#m] to feed and bills [F#m] to pay.
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ There came [E] a time for him [C#m] to sail across the [A] seas and far away.
And finally [E] when that war [F#] was won, you brought [E] him home, [B] home [E] he stayed.
And when his days were done, under [A] a golden [C#m] sun,
_ you took him [G#m] back to where he longed [F#m] to be, _ _ [E] _ [B] back to [E] the sea.
_ _ [A] _ [C#] For this was [E] a big _ [A] river, _ [B] _
[C#m] and I want you all [G#m] to know that I was [F#m] proud.
_ _ _ _ [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] _ _ That's not [E] now. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ That's not [A] now.
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The Neptune was the [A] 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] _ _
[E] _ But what do they [Am] do all day?
[E] _ And what are [A] they supposed to say? _
[C#m] _ What does [G#m] the father tell his [F#m] 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 we [F#] have.
We build on [Em] the strong [B] we've built to [E] last.
Because this is a mighty town _ built upon [A] a solid ground.
[C#m] _ And everything [G#m] they've tried so hard to [F#m] kill, _ _ _ [B] we [E] will rebuild.
_ _ [A] _ [B] For this was a [E] big _ _ [A] river, [B] and I [C#m] want you all [G#m] to know I'm so [F#m] very proud.
_ _ [E] _ [B] This was a [E] _ big [A] river, _ [B] _
[C#m] but that was long [G#m] ago.
_ That's not [F#m] now.
_ _ [B] _ And this is a [E] _ big, big [A] river, _ [B] _
[C#m] and _ _ _ [G#m] it will [A] rise again.
_ _ [E] The [B] river will rise [E] again. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _