Biography:
Runrig were a Scottish folk rock band founded by brothers Calum and Rory Macdonald in 1973 in Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland. The band was popular across the United Kingdom, Denmark and Germany and was notable for combining original songs in Gaelic with a rock sound, thus reflecting the Gaelic culture.
Runrig began in 1973 as a three-piece named the "Run Rig Dance Band", its members comprising Calum Macdonald and Rory Macdonald, and their friend, accordionist Blair Douglas.
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Other songs:
- Every River
- Hearts Of Olden Glory
- Pride Of Summer
- Protect And Survive
- The Ocean Road
- Year Of The Flood
- 18Th July
- A Dhinnse Na Firinn
- Abhainn An T
- Air A Chuan
- Air An Traigh
- Alba
- All The Miles
- All Things Must Change
- Always The Winner
- Amazing Things
- An Cuibhle Mor
- An Ros
- An T
- An Ubhal As Airde
- And The Accordions Played
- And Well Sing
- Ard
- Big Sky
- Big Songs Of Hope And Cheer
- Book Of Golden Stories
- Canada
- Cearcal A Chuain
- Cho Buidhe Sa Bha I Riabh
- City Of Lights
- Clash Of The Ash
- Cnoc Na Feille
- Da Mile Bliadhna
- Dance Called America
- Dream Fields
- Dust
- Edge Of The World
- Eirinn
- Empty Glens
- Every Beating Heart
- Fichead Bliadhna
- Flower Of The West
- Foghar Nan Eilean 78
- Forever Eyes Of Blue
- Gabriels Sword
- Going Home
- Harvest Moon
- Headlights
- Healer In Your Heart
- Hearthammer
- Ill Keep Coming Home
- In Scandinavia
- In Search Of Angels
- Life Is
- Lighthouse
- Loch Lomond
- Mairi
- May Morning
- Maymorning
- Meadhan Oidhche Air An Acarseid
- Morning Tide
- Move A Mountain
- News From Heaven
- Nightfall On Marsco S Tu Mo Leannan
- O Cho Meallt
- Onar
- One Thing
- Only The Brave
- Oran
- Our Earth Was Once Green
- Pog Aon Oidhche Earraich
- Precious Years
- Pride Of The Summer
- Proterra
- Ravenscraig
- Recovery
- Rise And Fall
- Road And The River
- Rocket To The Moon
- Running To The Light
- Saints Of The Soil
- Satellite Flood
- Siol Ghoraidh
- Skye
- Smalltown
- Somewhere
- Song Of The Earth
- Sraidean Na Roinn
- Stamping Ground
- Stepping Down The Glory Road
- Tear Down These Walls
- Thairis Air A Ghleann
- That Final Mile
- That Other Landscape
- The Apple Came Down
- The Cutter
- The Dancing Floor
- The Everlasting Gun
- The Greatest Flame
- The Message
- The Mighty Atlantic
- The Old Boys
- The Only Rose
- The Place Where The Rivers Run
- The Ship
- The Story
- The Wedding
- The Wire
- The Years We Shared
- Things That Are
- This Beautiful Pain
- This Darkest Winter
- This Day
- This Is Not A Love Song
- This Time Of Year
- Tir A Mhurain
- Tir An Airm
- Travellers
- Wall Of China One Man
- Wonderful
- Worker For The Wind
- World Appeal
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Runrig - An cuibhle Mor (The Big Wheel)
Capo on 1st fret
Intro:
C, C, Eb, Eb, C
C
Na cuibhlichean a' tionndadh
F C
An rathad deas agus tuath
C F C
Na cuibhlichean a gluasad mar tha' saoghal iad a tionndadh mun cuairt
C
Glaschu
C
Dun Eideann
C
Inbhirnis
C
Sruighlea
C
Na cuibhlichean a tionndadh
F C
gach duthaich muir agus tir
C F C
Tro ghleanntan tro' bhailtean a dh'ionnsaigh an aite agaibh fhein'
C
Steornabhagh
C
Obar Dheadhain
C
An Gearasdan
C
Dun Deagh Lunnainn
C
A'Ghearmailt
C
Eirinn
C
Ameiriga
F C
An cuibhle mor nach stad gu brath
F C
Tionndadh oganaich gu aois
F C
A' nochd tha'n rathad mor n'ar coinneamh
G
Gun am ann ach an drasda
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
Bridge: (Played over radio snippets)
C, C, C, G/C
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
'S ioma la chaidh seachad
C
A ghaoth a sedeadth tro an uir
C
'S ioma la bha 'ghrian ag eirigh oirnn
C
Seasamh anns an eorna nuair a bha sin og
C
Aghmhor. Aghmhor. Aruith tro na raointean 's iad a'fas
C
Abaich. Orach. Coimhead ri na speuran
C
'S ioma la 'S ioma la. Feitheamh 'son a chuairt
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
Repeat to fade.
Translation:
The wheels keep turning
The road stretches north and south
The wheels keep moving
Like the globe they keep turning around
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Stirling
The wheels keep turning
Through each country land and sea
Through the glens and the cities
towards the place that you call your own
Stornoway, Aberdeen, Fortwilliam, Dundee
London, Germany, Ireland, America
This is the big wheel that never stands still
Turning our youth to old age
Tonight the road reaches out before us
And the present is the only time we have
Many are the days that have gone
The wind blowing through the dust of the earth
Many are the days that the sun rose on us
Standing in the barley when we were young
Joyful. Joyful
Running through the fields as they grew
Ripe. Golden
Looking towards the open skies
Many days, many days, many days
Waiting for the journey
The big wheel, The big wheel
The Big Wheel, The big Wheel
Capo on 1st fret
Intro:
C, C, Eb, Eb, C
C
Na cuibhlichean a' tionndadh
F C
An rathad deas agus tuath
C F C
Na cuibhlichean a gluasad mar tha' saoghal iad a tionndadh mun cuairt
C
Glaschu
C
Dun Eideann
C
Inbhirnis
C
Sruighlea
C
Na cuibhlichean a tionndadh
F C
gach duthaich muir agus tir
C F C
Tro ghleanntan tro' bhailtean a dh'ionnsaigh an aite agaibh fhein'
C
Steornabhagh
C
Obar Dheadhain
C
An Gearasdan
C
Dun Deagh Lunnainn
C
A'Ghearmailt
C
Eirinn
C
Ameiriga
F C
An cuibhle mor nach stad gu brath
F C
Tionndadh oganaich gu aois
F C
A' nochd tha'n rathad mor n'ar coinneamh
G
Gun am ann ach an drasda
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
Bridge: (Played over radio snippets)
C, C, C, G/C
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
'S ioma la chaidh seachad
C
A ghaoth a sedeadth tro an uir
C
'S ioma la bha 'ghrian ag eirigh oirnn
C
Seasamh anns an eorna nuair a bha sin og
C
Aghmhor. Aghmhor. Aruith tro na raointean 's iad a'fas
C
Abaich. Orach. Coimhead ri na speuran
C
'S ioma la 'S ioma la. Feitheamh 'son a chuairt
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
C
An Cuibhle Mor
Repeat to fade.
Translation:
The wheels keep turning
The road stretches north and south
The wheels keep moving
Like the globe they keep turning around
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Stirling
The wheels keep turning
Through each country land and sea
Through the glens and the cities
towards the place that you call your own
Stornoway, Aberdeen, Fortwilliam, Dundee
London, Germany, Ireland, America
This is the big wheel that never stands still
Turning our youth to old age
Tonight the road reaches out before us
And the present is the only time we have
Many are the days that have gone
The wind blowing through the dust of the earth
Many are the days that the sun rose on us
Standing in the barley when we were young
Joyful. Joyful
Running through the fields as they grew
Ripe. Golden
Looking towards the open skies
Many days, many days, many days
Waiting for the journey
The big wheel, The big wheel
The Big Wheel, The big Wheel
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