An excellent song by Runrig that's relatively easy to play even for beginners as there
are only 4 chords used (C, G, D, Em)
(Translation:
Gaidhlig: 'Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o'
English: 'There's a new grass growing on the top of the soil'
(Just singing in the verses. After the first two choruses, instruments stop playing and
there is only singing, apart from the 3 drum beats used on 'Tha feur ur air bar an
tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o' line.
Verse 1:
G C G
April comes to the new grass on the hills of gold
G C G C
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
G C
Where winter falls in the long cold north
G C G
Black waters wait in the Ice and snow
G C G C
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
G C
Black waters wait in the Ice and sun
C G
Through the glens where your great rivers run
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/runrig/stamping_ground_crd.html ]
Chorus:
C G D C
Back on the stamping ground
Em C G D
to where it all began
C G D C
Back on the stamping ground
G
We come again
Same notes for verses 2 & 3: (G, C)
Same chords for chorus: (C, G, D, C, Em,
C, G, D, C, G, D, C, G)
Verse 2:
So we tend and we nurtur all the seeds we've sown
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
Through all the frosts and rains the west winds blow
till the fields turn ripe and a harvest stored
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
Through all the frosts and rains the west winds blow
We will wait here till the winter's end
Chorus:
Back on the stamping ground
to where it all began
Back on the stamping ground
We come again
Verse 3:
So it's blood on blood, our bond, our word
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
For the strength and weakness of our days
is to take you there on a journey shared
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o
So take this ring, make it sparkle and glow
it's much greater than we may ever know
Chorus:
Back on the stamping ground
to where it all began
Back on the stamping ground
We come again
