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 - Eirinn (Ireland)
A very nice song that sings about the troubles of Ireland in the later parts of the 20th century
I'm pretty sure these are correct.
I prefer to finger pick this and strum the chorus, but listen to the song to find the bast way.
Standard Tuning
Intro: C, C/B, Am, F, Am, G, F
C C/B Am F
What makes me walk through Ireland's shrines
Am G C
And Ireland's holy shores
C C/B Am F
To see a country crucified
Am G C
Your beauty crowned in thorns
C C/B Am F
And as I watch that wondrous cross
Dm G/D G
That's been hewn down and severed in two
C Am
There's something here
F Am
That draws me near
F G C
To wear the green for you
C, G, Am, F, C, G, C
C C/B Am F
To see you there blood brother Gael
Am G C
The face, the tongue my own
C C/B Am F
Many places in my own country
Am G C
Could not make me feel more at home
C C/B Am F
Laughter and music through the night
Dm G/D G
Your freedom in the dark
C Am F Am
Tonight I swear I'd gladly wear
F G C
The green next to my heart
C G Am F C G C
E---irinn E----irinn
From the long and rolling Antrim hills
Through the wilds of Donegal
The songs of history are sung
Every stone on every wall
But here in our land how can we stand
And wash our hands of shame
When the sins of generations fall
Across the green like rain
Here one world window opens wide
And demons they show face
Some of your men have taken seeds of truth
And planted fields of hate
This way has never won a war
And I fear that when the harvest comes
You'll see your freedom fall on stoney ground
And the green overgrown
[Chorus]
Enjoy!
A very nice song that sings about the troubles of Ireland in the later parts of the 20th century
I'm pretty sure these are correct.
I prefer to finger pick this and strum the chorus, but listen to the song to find the bast way.
Standard Tuning
Intro: C, C/B, Am, F, Am, G, F
C C/B Am F
What makes me walk through Ireland's shrines
Am G C
And Ireland's holy shores
C C/B Am F
To see a country crucified
Am G C
Your beauty crowned in thorns
C C/B Am F
And as I watch that wondrous cross
Dm G/D G
That's been hewn down and severed in two
C Am
There's something here
F Am
That draws me near
F G C
To wear the green for you
C, G, Am, F, C, G, C
C C/B Am F
To see you there blood brother Gael
Am G C
The face, the tongue my own
C C/B Am F
Many places in my own country
Am G C
Could not make me feel more at home
C C/B Am F
Laughter and music through the night
Dm G/D G
Your freedom in the dark
C Am F Am
Tonight I swear I'd gladly wear
F G C
The green next to my heart
C G Am F C G C
E---irinn E----irinn
From the long and rolling Antrim hills
Through the wilds of Donegal
The songs of history are sung
Every stone on every wall
But here in our land how can we stand
And wash our hands of shame
When the sins of generations fall
Across the green like rain
Here one world window opens wide
And demons they show face
Some of your men have taken seeds of truth
And planted fields of hate
This way has never won a war
And I fear that when the harvest comes
You'll see your freedom fall on stoney ground
And the green overgrown
[Chorus]
Enjoy!
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