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
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
A great Runrig song from the 'In Search of Angels' album.
This song is quite a tricky one to match chords to so you need to listen to the song to
get the timing right, especially for the descending bass notes played through the verse.
Capo - 2nd fret
Intro riff:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-2-4---5-5--4-4--2-2--0-2-4--2-0----------------------|
D|------------------------------------2----0---2-0--------|
A|---------------------------------------3----------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-2-4---5-5--4-4--2-2--4--2-0--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------2---0--0---0------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Intro: G, G, G, G
Intro: (play over intro riff)
Em, C, G, D, G, C, Am, D
Em, C, G, D, Em, C, D, D
G G/F# Em D C
C/B Am
I'm alive again on a Maymorning
G G/F# Em
Going to wipe the slate clean
C Am C D
Follow my dreams
G G/F# Em D C
C/B Am
All the yearning buds are here again
C D
With the the promise of a new life to come
C D G
Spring is here again
(Intro chords)
(Verse 2)
(Intro chords)
Bridge (where the strings play): G, C, D, G,
C, G, D, G
(Verse 3)
Outro:
G C G C
I'm alive again
G C G C
I'm alive again
G C G C
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive again
G C G C
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive again
(intro chords to finish)
Lyrics
The sun is melting over the hills
All our roads are waiting
To be revealed
For this day in history has brought us to here
Now it's all there for the taking
The day is what you see
The light's returning, the work is in hand
All the cynics have vanished
From where we stand
All the chances wasted are drawing me near
And all around there's new life rising
From the winter fields
I'm alive again
I'm alive again
This song is quite a tricky one to match chords to so you need to listen to the song to
get the timing right, especially for the descending bass notes played through the verse.
Capo - 2nd fret
Intro riff:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-2-4---5-5--4-4--2-2--0-2-4--2-0----------------------|
D|------------------------------------2----0---2-0--------|
A|---------------------------------------3----------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-2-4---5-5--4-4--2-2--4--2-0--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------2---0--0---0------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Intro: G, G, G, G
Intro: (play over intro riff)
Em, C, G, D, G, C, Am, D
Em, C, G, D, Em, C, D, D
G G/F# Em D C
C/B Am
I'm alive again on a Maymorning
G G/F# Em
Going to wipe the slate clean
C Am C D
Follow my dreams
G G/F# Em D C
C/B Am
All the yearning buds are here again
C D
With the the promise of a new life to come
C D G
Spring is here again
(Intro chords)
(Verse 2)
(Intro chords)
Bridge (where the strings play): G, C, D, G,
C, G, D, G
(Verse 3)
Outro:
G C G C
I'm alive again
G C G C
I'm alive again
G C G C
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive again
G C G C
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive again
(intro chords to finish)
Lyrics
The sun is melting over the hills
All our roads are waiting
To be revealed
For this day in history has brought us to here
Now it's all there for the taking
The day is what you see
The light's returning, the work is in hand
All the cynics have vanished
From where we stand
All the chances wasted are drawing me near
And all around there's new life rising
From the winter fields
I'm alive again
I'm alive again
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