Biografia:
O Big Big Train é uma banda de rock progressivo formada em 1990. Os membros principais da banda são o letrista Gregory Spawton, o produtor Andy Poole e o vocalista David Longdon.
O primeiro álbum da banda, Goodbye to the Age of Steam foi lançado em 1994 e co-produzido Martin Orford da banda IQ. O álbum estabeleceu a melancolia típica da banda influenciada pelo rock progressivo da década de 70.
Após dois lançamentos mais acessíveis, a banda volta às suas raízes em 2004 com o lançamento do álbum conceitual Gathering Speed.
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Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
[Intro]
Gm Dm
As a kid I'd see the ships
Cm Gm
Slowly taking shape
Cm7 Dm7
Nightshift riveters and caulkers
Eb Gm
Keeping us awake
[Verse 1]
Gm Gm7 Gm6 Dm Dsus2
My dad worked at Swan
Cm7 Gm
In the Neptune Yard
F
Worked the slipways in all weather
Gm Eb
7:30 start
[Chorus]
Bb
Call me up boy
F Gm Cm7 F7
Sit you down by the fireside spend some time
Bb
All the pride boy
F
And the tears
Gm Cm7 F7
Tears enough to fill the Tyne
[Verse 2]
Gm Gm7 Gm6 Dm Dsus2
Gleaming vessels
Cm7 Gm
Filling up the sky
F
Dwarfing rows of terraced houses
Gm Eb
Larger than life
Gm Gm7 Gm6 Dm Dsus2
Tell me what do you do
Cm7 Gm
When what you did is gone
F
No one throwing you a lifeline
Gm Eb
How do you carry on?
[Chorus]
Bb
Call me up boy
F Gm Cm7 F7
Sit you down by the fireside spend some time
Bb
All the pride boy
F
And the tears
Gm Cm7 F7
Tears enough to fill the Tyne
[Interlude]
Bb F Gm F
Bb F Gm F
Bb F Gm F
[Trumpet solo during interlude]
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B|-----------------|------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
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D|8----------------|10----------------|10----8---------10----7-|----------------------7-|
A|-----------------|------------------|------------------------|--10-8------8------10---|
E|-----------------|------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
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B|-----------------|------------------|----------------------|----------------|
G|------10-----7---|-------10-----7---|----7-7--------7------|----------------|
D|8----------------|10----------------|10--------10----------|7-------8---7---|
A|-----------------|------------------|----------------------|----------------|
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[Bridge]
Eb Dm7
So much larger than life
Cm
From father to son
F Fsus4 F
We carry it on
Eb Dm7
It isn't going change the world
Cm
It isn't going to change the past
F
'Cos some things are meant to last
Eb Dm
So much larger than life
Cm
From father to son
F Fsus4 F
We carry it on
[Chorus]
Bb
Call me up boy
F Gm Cm7 F7
Sit you down by the fireside spend some time
Bb
All the pride boy
F
And the tears
Gm Cm7 F7
Tears enough to fill the Tyne
Cm7 F7
fill the Tyne
F7 Bb
the Tyne...
[Solo to fade out]
Bb F Gm F
Bb F Gm F
Bb F Gm F
Bb F Gm F
Eb Dm Cm F
Eb Dm Cm F
Eb
Call me up, boy
Dm Cm F
Eb
Call me up boy
Dm Cm F
Eb
Call me up boy...
Dm Cm F
Gm Dm
As a kid I'd see the ships
Cm Gm
Slowly taking shape
Cm7 Dm7
Nightshift riveters and caulkers
Eb Gm
Keeping us awake
[Verse 1]
Gm Gm7 Gm6 Dm Dsus2
My dad worked at Swan
Cm7 Gm
In the Neptune Yard
F
Worked the slipways in all weather
Gm Eb
7:30 start
[Chorus]
Bb
Call me up boy
F Gm Cm7 F7
Sit you down by the fireside spend some time
Bb
All the pride boy
F
And the tears
Gm Cm7 F7
Tears enough to fill the Tyne
[Verse 2]
Gm Gm7 Gm6 Dm Dsus2
Gleaming vessels
Cm7 Gm
Filling up the sky
F
Dwarfing rows of terraced houses
Gm Eb
Larger than life
Gm Gm7 Gm6 Dm Dsus2
Tell me what do you do
Cm7 Gm
When what you did is gone
F
No one throwing you a lifeline
Gm Eb
How do you carry on?
[Chorus]
Bb
Call me up boy
F Gm Cm7 F7
Sit you down by the fireside spend some time
Bb
All the pride boy
F
And the tears
Gm Cm7 F7
Tears enough to fill the Tyne
[Interlude]
Bb F Gm F
Bb F Gm F
Bb F Gm F
[Trumpet solo during interlude]
e|-----------------|------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|-----------------|------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------10-----7---|-------10-----7---|----7---------------7---|------------------------| x2
D|8----------------|10----------------|10----8---------10----7-|----------------------7-|
A|-----------------|------------------|------------------------|--10-8------8------10---|
E|-----------------|------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
e|-----------------|------------------|----------------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|------------------|----------------------|----------------|
G|------10-----7---|-------10-----7---|----7-7--------7------|----------------|
D|8----------------|10----------------|10--------10----------|7-------8---7---|
A|-----------------|------------------|----------------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|------------------|----------------------|----------------|
[Bridge]
Eb Dm7
So much larger than life
Cm
From father to son
F Fsus4 F
We carry it on
Eb Dm7
It isn't going change the world
Cm
It isn't going to change the past
F
'Cos some things are meant to last
Eb Dm
So much larger than life
Cm
From father to son
F Fsus4 F
We carry it on
[Chorus]
Bb
Call me up boy
F Gm Cm7 F7
Sit you down by the fireside spend some time
Bb
All the pride boy
F
And the tears
Gm Cm7 F7
Tears enough to fill the Tyne
Cm7 F7
fill the Tyne
F7 Bb
the Tyne...
[Solo to fade out]
Bb F Gm F
Bb F Gm F
Bb F Gm F
Bb F Gm F
Eb Dm Cm F
Eb Dm Cm F
Eb
Call me up, boy
Dm Cm F
Eb
Call me up boy
Dm Cm F
Eb
Call me up boy...
Dm Cm F
Big Chief Mkuja
Big Circo
Big City Dreams
Big Country
Big Cyc
Big Head Todd an (...)
Big House
Big If
Big Japan
Big Joe Turner