A Great Northern River chords by The Unthanks

Chords with lyrics

Normal Tuning

        A minorAm             FF
the big ships sail up, the big ships sail down
         DmDm
a great northern river
      A minorAm        FF
funnels of red, funnels of black
             DmDm
banded with yellow and silver
       C majorC         FF
bringing in cargos of oil and wood
                  A minorAm
taking home girders of steel and pig iron
       A minorAm            FF
oh, coloured faces, flags from all places
                DmDm
high from the sternposts are flying

       A minorAm          FF
down on the docks, down on the wharves
         DmDm
lofty cranes standing
       A minorAm           FF
stevedores working and rivermen shouting
            DmDm
crews making ready for London
         C majorC
ropes black and tarry
         FF
chains rusty and red
                  A minorAm
lay among timber and bollards and packing
        A minorAm        FF
seagulls wheel over wild river cats
               C minorCm
down on the jetties are watching

Interlude:
A minorAm  FF   DmDm
A minorAm  FF   DmDm
C majorC   FF
A minorAm
Am  FF   DmDm

        A minorAm         FF
nights by the docks, packed smoky pubs
            DmDm
plenty of shouting and swearing
       A minorAm         FF
heavy brown ale, thick muddy stout,
       DmDm
and nobody's caring
         C majorC         FF
a lass starts to warble a popular song
                      A minorAm
they're throwing her pennies and pieces of silver
       A minorAm          FF
closing time called, silence then falls
           DmDm