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!
(R and C MacDonald) from the 2016 Album The Story
[Intro]
G G G G
[Verse 1]
G Em G
I'm backing up the lorry, can't wait for night to come
G Em G
I'm sweeping out the back yard on a Friday afternoon
G Em G6 Em
We'll gather round the players and we'll head off for the stars
C D Dsus4 G
Pack the van with poetry, drums and the guitars
[Verse 2]
G Em G
We'll take Billy for the whisky, Willie for the door
G Em G
We'll take Mary Kate and Lizzy for the dancing round the floor
G Em G6 Em
We'll turn this empty hall into city full of lights
C D Dsus4 G
And lift the summer spirits through the passing of the night
[Chorus]
C D C G
There was laughing, and there were tears
C Em Bm D
There were so many shattered hopes and dreams
C D C G
But there was treasure and 40 years
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
[Verse 3]
G Em G
We'll hammer on the two-step, we'll lay it on the snare
G Em G
Romancing the accordion, waltzing out the aires
G Em G Em
These sacred swaying anthems, within our lover's grasp
C D Dsus4 G
Stripping down the willow to the footsteps of the past
[Chorus]
C D C G
There was laughing, and there were tears
C Em Bm D
There were so many shattered hopes and dreams
C D C G
But there was treasure and 40 years
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
[Instrumental]
G C G D
G C G D G
[Bridge]
G C Em
We were kings and queens, the reels go round
Em7 C D
It's the badge of our culture, say it loud
C D C G6
And it's all in the gift of the young and the proud
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
[Verse 4]
G Em G
We're loading out the back door, now the hour is come
G Em G
Driving through the black hills with the red and rising sun
G Em G6 Em
There's a river and a distance, far as eyes can see
C D Dsus4 G
Home by Kyle and Broadford round by Memphis Tennessee
[Link]
D Em C D G
[Chorus]
C D C G
There was laughing, and there were tears
C Em Bm D
There were so many shattered hopes and dreams
C D C G
But there was treasure and 40 years
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
[Instrumental]
G C G D
G C G D G
G C G D
G C G D G
G C G D
G C G D G G
Mark W
[Intro]
G G G G
[Verse 1]
G Em G
I'm backing up the lorry, can't wait for night to come
G Em G
I'm sweeping out the back yard on a Friday afternoon
G Em G6 Em
We'll gather round the players and we'll head off for the stars
C D Dsus4 G
Pack the van with poetry, drums and the guitars
[Verse 2]
G Em G
We'll take Billy for the whisky, Willie for the door
G Em G
We'll take Mary Kate and Lizzy for the dancing round the floor
G Em G6 Em
We'll turn this empty hall into city full of lights
C D Dsus4 G
And lift the summer spirits through the passing of the night
[Chorus]
C D C G
There was laughing, and there were tears
C Em Bm D
There were so many shattered hopes and dreams
C D C G
But there was treasure and 40 years
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
[Verse 3]
G Em G
We'll hammer on the two-step, we'll lay it on the snare
G Em G
Romancing the accordion, waltzing out the aires
G Em G Em
These sacred swaying anthems, within our lover's grasp
C D Dsus4 G
Stripping down the willow to the footsteps of the past
[Chorus]
C D C G
There was laughing, and there were tears
C Em Bm D
There were so many shattered hopes and dreams
C D C G
But there was treasure and 40 years
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
[Instrumental]
G C G D
G C G D G
[Bridge]
G C Em
We were kings and queens, the reels go round
Em7 C D
It's the badge of our culture, say it loud
C D C G6
And it's all in the gift of the young and the proud
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
[Verse 4]
G Em G
We're loading out the back door, now the hour is come
G Em G
Driving through the black hills with the red and rising sun
G Em G6 Em
There's a river and a distance, far as eyes can see
C D Dsus4 G
Home by Kyle and Broadford round by Memphis Tennessee
[Link]
D Em C D G
[Chorus]
C D C G
There was laughing, and there were tears
C Em Bm D
There were so many shattered hopes and dreams
C D C G
But there was treasure and 40 years
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
G D G
In the place where the rivers run
[Instrumental]
G C G D
G C G D G
G C G D
G C G D G
G C G D
G C G D G G
Mark W
Rush Of Fools
Russell Simins
Russell Watson
Russian Musick
Russian Red