Biography:
Great Big Sea is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs. The band also performs original material.
On March 11, 2010, Great Big Sea celebrated their seventeenth birthday as a band. And like almost every one of their many anniversaries spent together, they celebrated it by playing a concert, this one in Omaha, Nebraska. For the players it was an important landmark
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Other songs:
- A Boat Like Gideon Brown
- French Shore
- Harbour Lecou
- Mari Mac
- Old Black Rum
- The River Driver
- When I Am King
- Bad As I Am
- Banks Of Newfoundland
- Barque In The Harbour
- Beat The Drum
- Born To Believe
- Boston And St Johns
- Buying Time
- Cant Stop Falling
- Captain Kidd
- Captain Wedderburn
- Clearest Indication
- Cod Liver Oil
- Come And I Will Sing You The Twelve Apostles
- Company Of Fools
- Concerning Charlie Horse
- Consequence Free
- Dance Dance
- Dear Home Town
- Demasduit Dream
- Dont Wanna Go Home
- Dream To Live
- End Of The World As We Know It
- England
- Everything Shines
- Excursion Around The Bay
- Fast As I Can
- Feel It Turn
- Ferryland Sealer
- Fishermans Lament
- Follow Me Back
- French Perfume
- Goin Up
- Gone By The Board
- Good People
- Graceful And Charming
- Hard Case
- Have A Cuppa Tea
- Heart Of Hearts
- Heart Of Stone
- Helmet Head
- Here And Now
- Hit The Ground And Run
- How Did We Get From Saying I Love You
- I Havent Seen You In A Long Time
- Im A Rover
- Ise The By
- Its The End Of The World As We Know It
- Jack Hinks
- Jakeys Gin
- John Barbour
- Jolly Roving Tar
- Josephine The Baker
- Let It Go
- Let My Love Open The Door
- Live This Life
- Long Lost Love
- Love
- Love Me Tonight
- Lucky Me
- Lukey
- Margarita
- Mari
- Mary Mac
- Mermaid
- My Apology
- Nothing But A Song
- Nothing Out Of Nothing
- Oh Yeah
- Old Polina
- Ordinary Day
- Own True Way
- Penelope
- Protest Song
- Rant And Roar
- Recruiting Sargeant
- Road To Ruin
- Rocks Of Merasheen
- Run Runaway
- Sally Ann
- Scolding Wife
- Sea Of No Cares
- Seagulls
- Shines Right Through Me
- Someday Soon
- Somedays
- Something Beautiful
- Something To It
- Straight To Hell
- Stumblin In
- Summer
- The Chemical Workers Song Process Man
- The Jolly Butcher
- The Mermaid
- The Night Pat Murphy Died
- The Old Black Rum
- Tickle Cove Pond
- Time Brings
- Walk On The Moon
- Wandering Ways
- Wave Over Wave
- What Are Ya At
- When Im Up
- When Im Up I Cant Get Down
- Widow In The Window
- Yankee Sailor
- Yarmouth Town
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!
"England"(McCann)
From "Fortune's Favour" (2008)
This is certainly mr. McCann's most impressive
song to date.Alan Doyle's Nic Jones style guitar
part is played in Open C and deserving of a full tab.
this transcription will follow the implied chords andor
the ones played (in standard) by Murray Foster's guitar.
Use A capo on the fifth fret.
Intro:|C |
C F G5 C
We were far from the shores of England
C F G5
Far from our children and wives
F C G5 C
To play our hand in the Newfoundland
F C G5
where the wind cuts like a knife
C F G5 C
we were far from the shores of England
C G5 C
We shipped on board the Maryanne
F G5
to find a better life
F C G5 C
and we walked across the water
F C G5
when she broke up on the ice
we came ashore in Carbonear
with nothing but our rights
and I wondered if I e'er again
would see my London Lights
we were far from the shores of England
far from our children and wives
to play our hand in the Newfoundland
where the wind cuts like a knife
we were far from the shores of England
far from our native soil
to chase a wish,and to hunt the fish,
and on the rocks to toil
we were far from the shores of England
We spend our days amid the waves
working water, hook and twine
we'd go for weeks with blistered cheeks
waiting for the sun to shine
but as long as the sky hold over us
we will not taste the brine
and we'll curse the cod with the fear of god
as we haul in every line
CHORUS
Break: |C Dm7 G| X2
Should we find fortune's favour,
and be spared from the gale
we will live off honest labour
with our hearts as big as sails
but if I should die don't bury me
or leave me to the sea
just send my bones back to my home
where my spirit can be free
CHORUS, end on C
From "Fortune's Favour" (2008)
This is certainly mr. McCann's most impressive
song to date.Alan Doyle's Nic Jones style guitar
part is played in Open C and deserving of a full tab.
this transcription will follow the implied chords andor
the ones played (in standard) by Murray Foster's guitar.
Use A capo on the fifth fret.
Intro:|C |
C F G5 C
We were far from the shores of England
C F G5
Far from our children and wives
F C G5 C
To play our hand in the Newfoundland
F C G5
where the wind cuts like a knife
C F G5 C
we were far from the shores of England
C G5 C
We shipped on board the Maryanne
F G5
to find a better life
F C G5 C
and we walked across the water
F C G5
when she broke up on the ice
we came ashore in Carbonear
with nothing but our rights
and I wondered if I e'er again
would see my London Lights
we were far from the shores of England
far from our children and wives
to play our hand in the Newfoundland
where the wind cuts like a knife
we were far from the shores of England
far from our native soil
to chase a wish,and to hunt the fish,
and on the rocks to toil
we were far from the shores of England
We spend our days amid the waves
working water, hook and twine
we'd go for weeks with blistered cheeks
waiting for the sun to shine
but as long as the sky hold over us
we will not taste the brine
and we'll curse the cod with the fear of god
as we haul in every line
CHORUS
Break: |C Dm7 G| X2
Should we find fortune's favour,
and be spared from the gale
we will live off honest labour
with our hearts as big as sails
but if I should die don't bury me
or leave me to the sea
just send my bones back to my home
where my spirit can be free
CHORUS, end on C
Green Day
Green Valley
Greenhorns
Greenskeepers
Greensky Bluegra (...)
Gregory Issac
Gregory Page
Gregory Porter
Greta Isaac
Grey