Runrig - Big Sky
Tuning - Tune guitar down one semi tone. (d#-A#-F#-C#-G#-D#)
Alternatively put capo on 1st fret and transpose all these chords down two half
steps ( So A becomes G, G becomes F etc.)
Intro
Asus2, Gsus2, Asus2, Gsus2
Spoken lyrics:
Asus2
Diardaoin, an ceathramh latha, dhan 'Ghiblein
Gsus2
Deagh latha eile. Air mo chois trath. Leig mi fhein
is m'athair a-mach an crodh. Tha Alasdair a'
Asus2
treabhadh thall taobh an iar. Dh,fhalbh sinn sios a
dh'Orasaigh, fodraigeadh nam beathaichean agus
Gsus2
Thainig sinn air ais timcheall Cleit, a' cumail suil
Asus 2
a-mach airson na h-uain. Tha e math a bhi beo,
Asus2
Tha e math a bhi beo.
A
The light is on me
A
All time is here
G
I'm going down to Clachan
D
To stem the rush of years
A
Big sky above me
A
Powerlines overhead
G
I get lifted up enraptured
D
I keep falling at your feet
Am D
I'm looking over colourfields
Am
Past the white sands
C D
And our human years
G D/F# Em
And it's all waiting here
Am F C G A
Breaking the seed
CHORUS
D Em
It's coming again
C
Gathering the wind
G A
Returning to claim a harvest
D Em
I'm lifted where I stand
C
On the never-ending land
G A D
I'm coming to a sense of home
Spoken verse 2
Asus2
Air an oidhche bha sluagh mor a-staigh agus bha
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/runrig/big_sky_crd.html ]
againn ri dhol suas gu taigh Neil airson tuilleadh
Gsus2
Sheidhrichean. Tha an teaghlach uile dhachaidh
Asus2
A-neisd. A' suidhe air an staidhre a coimhead air an
Uinneag. A' gheallach, an Crogaire, Loch an Aonghais.
Gsus2
Fhad's a bha Ruairidh Sheumais a' gabhail na leabhraichean.
Tha gnothaichean caran mun aon rud.
A
Wind through the barley
A
Your early dream
G
A rising choir of birdsong
D
Your fields of summer green
A
It's all passing over
A
I've no complaints
G
We're just a row of unlit candles
D
Waiting at the gate of saints
Am D
I'm living on the borderline
Am
Between the moment
C D
And the shining miles
G D/F# Em
The far stretching stones
Am F C G A
All the lines of the sown
D Em
It's coming again
C
Gathering the wind
G A
Returning to claim a harvest
D Em
I'm lifted where I stand
C
On the never-ending land
G A D
I'm coming to a sense of home
D Em
The light of ancient shine
C
On your ordinary lives
G A
We joyed went to the fires of harvest
D Em
So open up the land
C
Open up the sand
G A D D
Returning again in Clachan
OUTRO
D G Bm A D
Falling Down, falling down again
G
Falling Down again.
Bm A D
Oh can't hold back the feeling
Play following chords to fade.
D, D, G, Bm, A
Enjoy!
