Giant chords by Stan Rogers

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Drop D MajorD (D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

"Giant" (Stan Rogers)
From "Fogerty's Cove" (1977)

Tune DADGBD(DOUBLE Drop-D) and capo on 5th fret.

Intro::

D5D5

Verse::

   D MajorD            Am7Am7
Cold wind on the harbour and rain on the road,
  D MajorD            G+G
Wet promise of winter brings recourse to coal.
    FF            D MajorD       G+G
There's fire in the blood and a fog on Bras d'Or
  FF     C majorC       D MajorD
The giant will rise with the moon.

Verse::

     D MajorD             Am7Am7
'Twas the same ancient fever in the Isles of the Blest,
     D MajorD             G+G
That our fathers brought with them when they "went West".
     FF            D MajorD      G+G
It's the blood of the Druids that never will rest
  FF     C majorC       D MajorD
The giant will rise with the moon.

Chorus::

  FF     C majorC   D MajorD   C majorC      G+G
So crash the glass down! move with the tide!
   FF              G+G     D MajorD
Young friends and old whiskey are burning inside,
FF      C majorC  D MajorD   C majorC      G+G  G/AG/A G+G
Crash the glass down! Fingal will rise...
     FF D MajorD
With the moon.

Verse::

  D MajorD           Am7Am7
In inclement weather the people are fey,
   D MajorD              G+G
Three thousand year stories as the night slips away.
 FF           D MajorD     G+G
Remembering Fingal feels not far away...
  FF     C majorC       D MajorD
The giant will rise with the moon.

Verse::

  D MajorD                Am7Am7
The wind's in the north, there'll be new moon tonight,
  D MajorD          G+G
And we have no circle to dance in its sight.
  FF                     D MajorD        G+G
So light a torch, bring bring the bottle, and build the fire bright!
  FF      C majorC      D MajorD
The giant will rise with the moon.

Chorus::

  FF     C majorC   D MajorD   C majorC      G+G
So crash the glass down! move with the tide!
                      D MajorD
Young friends and old whiskey are burning inside,
                  G+G G/AG/A G+G
Crash the glass down! Fingal will rise...
     FF D MajorD
With the moon.

Verse::

  D MajorD            Am7Am7
Cold wind on the harbour and rain on the road,
   D MajorD             G+G
Wet promise of winter brings recourse to coal.
     FF           D MajorD       G+G
There's fire in the blood and a fog on Bras d'Or
  FF     C majorC       D MajorD
The giant will rise with the moon.