Biography:
BIG BIG TRAIN is a progressive rock band based in Bournemouth, England. The band currently consists of founder members Andy Poole and Gregory Spawton, vocalist David Longdon, Nick D'Virgilio (drums) and Dave Gregory (guitars).
Big Big Train have released six albums including the critically acclaimed The Underfall Yard.
Big Big Train was formed in 1990. A demo cassette tape of the band's first songs, recorded on 8-track, was released in October 1991 and was followed by a handful of live performances.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[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]
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
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
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Big Circo
Big City Dreams
Big Country
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