Runrig - Big Sky

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

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!