Big River Mark Knopfler
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[Intro]
and stevadores are g
to where all the
but mem
that was when
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f skin and boneC#m
jumping on a traG#m
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I can reEsus4
member then,E
as I was justA
a boy of tenC#m
hanging arG#m
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ide Bsus4
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coal was king,E
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for this was a
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big A
river, B
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nt you all to kG#m
now that I was proF#m
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big rA
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that was long aG#m
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now, Bsus4
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that's not noE
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my father was a wEsus4
orking man,E
he earned our living wA
ith his handsC#m
he had to cross the rG#m
iver every dayF#m
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he picked up a uEsus4
nion cardE
out of the A
Neptune yardC#m
mouths to fG#m
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there came aE
time for him toC#m
sail across the sea and faA
r awayA
finally wE
hen the war was wonF#sus4
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rought him hoBsus4
me and hoB
me he stayed E
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and when his Esus4
days were done, E
under a A
golden sunC#m
you took him back to G#m
where he longed to F#m
be,Bsus4
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sea A
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for this was a
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big rA
iver,B
I
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want you all to kG#m
now that I was proF#m
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big rA
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the Neptune was the Esus4
last to go,E
I heard it on my rA
adioC#m
and then they played the lG#m
atest number onF#m
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but wadda they Esus4
do all day?E
and what are they sA
upposed to say?C#m
what does Am
fG#m
ather tell his son?F#m
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if you you beE
lieve that there's Am
bC#m
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on to what we F#sus4
had, we
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build them sBsus4
trong, we buB
ild to lasE
tE
'cause this is a Esus4
mighty town,E
built upon a sA
olid groundC#m
and everything they tG#m
ried so hard to kiF#m
ll,Bsus4
we B
will rebuiE
ld A
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for this was a
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big A
riverB
I
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want you all to kG#m
now I'm so very prF#m
oud Bsus4
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this was a
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big rA
iverB
, but C#m
that was long aG#m
go,that's not
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now Bsus4
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and this is a
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big big rA
iver,and
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in my heart I knG#m
ow it will rise agaiA
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