Runrig is a Scottish folk rock band founded by brothers Calum and Rory Macdonald in 1973 in Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland. The band is now popular across the United Kingdom, Denmark and Germany and is 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 &quot;Run Rig Dance Band&quot;, its members comprising Calum Macdonald and Rory Macdonald, and their friend, accordionist Blair Douglas<span title="Unknown artist" class="bbcode_unknown"></span>. The line-up played its first gig at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow.

Runrig ist eine schottische Folk-Rock-Band, gegründet 1973 von den Brüdern Rory (Bass, Gesang, Akustikgitarre) und Calum MacDonald (Perkussion, Gesang) und Blair Douglas (Akkordeon), wenig später verstärkt durch den Sänger Donnie Munro (Gesang, akustische Gitarre). Einige Mitglieder der Gruppe gingen, neue kamen dazu. Zur &quot;klassischen&quot; Besetzung gehörten Iain Bayne (Schlagzeug), Malcolm Jones (Gitarren, Flöten, Young Midi-Pipes, Dudelsack, Akkordeon, Gesang), Peter Wishart (Keyboards).  

Runrig son un grupo de musica folclorica escocesa fundada por lo hermanos Rory y Calcum McDonald en 1973 en las rurales islas del oeste de Escocia. Combinan de una manera original la musica en gaelico (lengua minoritaria en Escocia y otro paises celtas) con el sonido rock, reflejando la cultura gaelica. Runrig es un icono el folk-rock en Escocia siendo, probablemente,  el grupo de este tipo de música mas popular de todo el Reino Unido.

Em
  Can anyone explain
C                       G
  I shared your truth today
D                 Em
  So far away the rains
C         D
  And the ocean
 
                    Em
  I see your flower growing
C                   G
  I see your rivers flowing
D                  Em
  I see your skies open
C                    D
  In the year of the flood
 
 
        G                D
You may walk and you may run
               Bm                        Em
You leave your footprints all around the sun
                   D                       G
And every time the storm and the soul wars come
                 D
You just keep on walking
               G            D
It?s been this way from the start
          Bm                              Em
Everybody walking round with holes in the heart
          D                       G
Everybody holding up skies in the dark
                  D
As the stars keep falling 
 
 
It?s coming clear as day
Like comets blazing trails
Through the shadows and the veils
All along the valley
 
In every sunrise spent
All our beginnings end
All our doves sent
For the hour of knowing
 
 
You may walk and you may run
You leave your footprints all around the sun
And every time the storm and the soul wars come
You just keep on walking
It?s been this way from the start
Everybody walking round with holes in the heart
Everybody holding up skies in the dark
As the stars keep falling 
 
 
Em      C       Em      D 
  Ohoho   ohoho   ohoho    3x 
 
 
Can anyone explain
I shared your truth today
So far away the rains
And the ocean
 
 
You may walk and you may run
You leave your footprints all around the sun
And every time the storm and the soul wars come
You just keep on walking
It?s been this way from the start
Everybody walking round with holes in the heart
Everybody holding up skies in the dark
As the stars keep falling 
 
Em      C       Em      D  2x
 
Em      C       Em      D 
  Ohoho   ohoho   ohoho    3x

Year Of The Flood

G                 C            G
I still hear the snares in the square
G                     D
Colours ablaze in the evening
G                          Em
The air was still down the stormy hills
C                         D
It's good to be young and daring

G                        C           G
She was the pride of the summer that year
G                         D
She was my sweetheart, my lady
G                           Em
We walked to Black Rock and stopped by the Loch
C                         D
It's good to be young and daring
C
It's good to be young

[Chorus]
G              D
Beat the drum, Beat the drum
Em                C          D
Like a heartbeat, Lonely and Strong
x2

G                    C              G
Across the bay I can still hear the strains
G                     D
The two step loud and blaring
G                              Em
We walked hand and hand to the beat of the band
C                         D
It's good to be young and daring

[Chorus]

G                C             G
I still hear the snares in the square
G                     D
Colours ablaze in the evening
G                        Em
She was the pride of the summer that year
C                         D
It's good to be young and daring

Pride Of Summer

Intro: C
 
         C        F       C
I walked out, one morning fair 
       Am    G    F         C     
By the ocean road to linger there 
                C         Em      F
And the sun was up, I saw see the blue 
           C           G         C
But it was night in my heart for you 
 
 
                C           F        C
And the turning wave filled my empty thoughts 
              F          C        G      C
With a homing power that washed a sea of loss 
         C                 F
I saw my light, I held the flame 
               C         G     C
That we should take this road again 
 
Em              E            F 
  One more, and I can see it all again 
           C
Like I was young 
                    G
Strong in heart and dreams 
E                                  F
  Once more I?m staking all that?s real 
          Am               G
Where the waters washed us clear 
 
 
Am F           C    G
Soaring like a bird 
         Am    F
Where do we go 
         C      G
Where do we go 
Am      F          C    G
On and over all we know 
         Am     F
Where do we go 
            C
Where do we go
 
 
Still the ocean rolled round this smallest sphere 
Through an endless void, to fade and disappear 
Our fickle hearts sat down in time 
For the fleeting beat of a last divide 
 
One more, and I can see it all again 
Like I was young 
Strong in heart and dreams 
Once more I?m staking all that?s real 
Where the waters washed us clear 
 
Soaring like a bird 
Where do we go 
Where do we go 
On and over all we know 
Where do we go 
Where do we go
 
 
Solo: E Am F C Am F C G  2x
        Am F C G  4x
 
 
Am F           C    G
Soaring like a bird 
         Am    F
Where do we go 
         C      G
Where do we go 
Am      F          C    G
On and over all we know 
         Am     F
Where do we go 
            C
Where do we go
 
Outro: Am F C G  4x

The Ocean Road

50 Great Songs

Intro:

G   D   Am   C
G   D   Am   C


      G              D
Every river I try to cross
      Am            C
Every hill I try to climb
      G              D
Every ocean I try to swim
      Am            C
Every road I try to find


    G      Em
You ask me to
C          G
Believe in magic
G            Em
Expect me to commit
C              D
Suicide of the heart
        G         Em
And you ask me to play
     C            G
This game without question
Am          C
Raising the stakes on this
Am      D        D
Shotgun roulette


      G              D
Every river I try to cross
      Am            C
Every hill I try to climb
      G              D
Every ocean I try to swim
      Am            C
Every road I try to find
        G          D
All the ways of my life
    Em             C
I'd rather be with you
           G   D
There's no way
Em      C
Without you


[Break]

G   D   Am   C
G   D   Am   C   C


    G       Em
You came to me
C                G
Like the ways of children
G         Em
Simple as breathing,
C       D
Easy as air
        G             Em
Now the years show no fear,
C                       G
Like the wind they pass over
Am     C
Loved, forgiven,
Am         D    D
Washed and saved


      G              D
Every river I try to cross
      Am            C
Every hill I try to climb
      G              D
Every ocean I try to swim
      Am            C
Every road I try to find
        G          D
All the ways of my life
    Em             C
I'd rather be with you
           G   D
There's no way
Em      C
Without you

Every River

G                                   D
There's thunder clouds round the home town bay
        C                 G
As i walk out in the rain
G                               D                 C               D
Through the seepier showers and the fort of flood days
G                                       D
I caught a fleeting glimpse of light 
C                                      G
Though the waters black as night
G                  D                     C      D
Colours of Scotland leave you young inside

Chorus
Em                     C
There must be a place
G             D
Under the sun
Em                      C     G            D
Where hearts of olden glory grow young

Verse2
G                                D
Theres a vision coming soon
                   C                            G
Through the faith that cleans your wounds
G                     D         C       D
Hearts of olden glory, will be re-unied

G                                                      D
And down the glens where the headland stands
               C                     G
I feel a healing through this land
G                    D                   C                      D
A cross for our people, like the wind through your hands

Chorus

Hearts Of Olden Glory

G		      D
The red hot sun burns up the hill
    em			D
The winter's bride, the summer's king
  em		    C
I tramp these acres and I feel
am	    D
Once upon a time

G			D
And then it seemed that everything
    em			D
You saw and touched and felt was real
    em			   C
You turned the tap and you turned the wheel
am	  D
Breathing free


Now you search the open evening sky
Trace the memory in your eyes
For the prophet's hard rain and the deluge
Lie in tears around your door
Once there were trees and livestock here
A mother's love, the warnings clear
But you chose to turn away from fear
Breathing free

Now there's a faceless cross on a distant hill
A wasted voice, a silent scream
Where the lovers love and the dreamers dream
You stand and dream alone
You took your sacrifice to the gods of war
Traded your children's lives for a mess of gold
And you beat your ploughshares into swords
Breathing free


D	  G
Once in a lifetime
    C
You live and love
	  G
Once in a lifetime
    D
You die

	  G
Once in a moment
    C
The sun goes down

     em  D	  em  D
Prot-ect a-nd sur-vi - ve
     em  D	  em D G
Prot-ect a-nd sur-vi - ve

Protect And Survive

Long Distance: The Best of Runrig

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

F Am Dm C

    F              Am            Bb          C
The skirts go up, before the wall  among the madding crowds, 
    
     F                      Am                    Dm     C
They ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin
          F                      Am           Bb           C
You are a living doll riding the circle tracks  behind the walls of clocks, 
        F                      Am                   Dm     C
In your ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin     

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistlng part)

F Am Dm C

        F                     Am               Bb            C     
Now the candle's end, you are a light turned low  and like the rest of us,
                 F            Am               Dm     C
You've got those old, eternity blues, eternity blues
      F                              Am         Bb                C
Your fingers raised, you're looking for the word, what you want is accident
            F                 Am                 Dm    C
And not the drag, spectacular view, what you can lose

 Bb                         F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                            F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ruuuule
 Bb                         F         C
Windows will close in the crash years 

Bb                          F        C      Dm     C
    Honey child, you're not safe here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (whistling part)

Bb 

F Am Dm C

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistling part)

        F                   Am            Dm                  C
And the ruins the wild, the ruins the wild, tonight will be an open mic.

# (Repeat six times and end on an F)

Crash Years

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

B
Situation Number one
B
Its the one that's just begun
    E                 F#   E
But evidently its too late
B
Situation Number two
B
Its the only chance for you
     E                         F#   E
It's controlled by denizens of hate
B
Situation Number three
B
It's the one that no one sees
E                          F#   E
All too often dismissed as fate
B
Situation Number four
B
The one that left you wanting more
E                       F#   E
Tantalized you with its bait

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

Situations

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

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