Tonart: E major•
Verse 1
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E
Words and music
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B
E
by jimmy nail
A
E
Walking on cobble stone,
A
C#m
little bits of skin and bone
G#m
Jumping on the tram car
F#m
Bsus4
B
E
for a ride
E
A
C#m
I was just a boy of ten
G#m
Hanging out along the
F#m
B
A
old quayside
B
E
B
Not all the capstans and
A
And stevadores are gone
E
To where all the old ships go
B
F#
B
E
But memories just like the seas live on
Verse 2
E
A
E
That was when coal was king,
A
C#m
The river a living thing
G#m
And I was just a boy,
F#m
Bsus4
but it was mine,
E
Verse 3
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B
E
A
B
This was a big river,
C#m
G#m
I want you all to know that
F#m
Bsus4
I was proud
B
E
A
This was a big river,
B
C#m
G#m
but that was long ago,
F#m
B
That's not now, that's not now
E
Verse 4
A
E
My fther was a working man,
A
C#m
He earned our living with his hands
G#m
F#m
B
E
He had to cross the river every day
A
E
He picked up a union card out of
A
C#m
the neptune yard
G#m
Mouths to feed and the bills
F#m
B
A
to pay
B
E
Then came a time for him to sail
C#m
A
across the sea
And far away
E
F#
Finally when the war was won
Verse 5
E
And when his days were done,
C#m
G#m
You carried him to where
B
F#m
B
he longed to be,
Back to the sea
E
Verse 6
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B
E
A
This was a big river,
B
C#m
G#m
I want you all to know
B
F#m
B
that I was proud
E
A
This was a big river,
B
C#m
G#m
but that was long ago,
Interlude 1
That's not now
F#m
Bsus4
B
E
A
E
A
E
Verse 7
E
A
E
The neptune was the last to go,
C#m
G#m
And then they played the latest
F#m
Bsus4
B
E
number one
A
E
But what do they do all day?
And what are they sup
A
C#m
posed to say?
G#m
What does a father tell his
F#m
Bsus4
B
A
son?
B
E
If you you believed that there's
C#m
A
a bond between our future
And our past
E
Then try to hold on to what we had,
F#
B
E
We build them strong, we built to last
Verse 8
E
A
'cause this is a mighty town,
E
A
C#m
It's built upon solid ground
G#m
And everything they tried
F#m
B
so hard to kill,
We will rebuild
E
Verse 9
A
B
E
A
B
This was a big river
C#m
G#m
I want you all to know
F#m
B
that I was proud
E
A
This was a big river,
B
C#m
G#m
but that was long ago,
B
F#m
B
That's not now
E
A
This is a big river,
B
C#m
G#m
And in my heart I know
B
The river will rise again
E
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