Biography:
Big Country were a new wave/alternative rock band which formed in Dunfermline, Scotland in 1981. The band consisted of Stuart Adamson (vocals, guitar), Bruce Watson (guitar, vocals), Tony Butler (bass) and Mark Brzezicki (drums). Adamson was a former member of the Scottish punk band The Skids. The band was best known for using the device known as the "e-bow" to alter their guitars to sound like bagpipes. Despite having 15 Top 40 hits in the UK, the band has remained a one hit wonder in the US with their third single "In A Big Country".
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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!
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:
Em C G D Em C
Em C G D Em C
D Em C G D C
D Em C Baug
Verse:
Em C G
The day they had a party
D Em C
Right out in the street
Em C G
Flags and flowers and singing
D Em C
For the homecome hero's treat
D Em C
I sat in the kitchen
G D C
Without a fire on the range
D Em C
I knew this house had lost the cause
Baug
To ever make me warm again
Chorus:
Em C G
Come back to me
G/F# Em
Days are all too long
Em C G
Come back to me
G/F# Em
You never should have gone
C D G
I was so young and full of pride
D Em C
And you were wild and strong
Baug Baug/G Baug/F#
I never knew how weak I was
Verse:
Em C G
I watched them gather round him
D Em C
When he stepped down from the car
Em C G
While tears fell on my cigarette
D Em C
He handed out ci - gars
D Em C
I have your child in - side me
G D C
But you will never know
D Em C
I never will for - get you
Baug
While I watch that child grow
Chorus:
Em C G
Come back to me
G/F# Em
Days are all too long
Em C G
Come back to me
G/F# Em
You never should have gone
C D G
I was so young and full of pride
D Em C
And you were wild and strong
Baug
I never knew how weak I was
Em C G G/F# Em
Em C G G/F# Em
Em C G
I was so young and full of pride
D Em C
Baug Baug/G Baug/F#
I never knew (I never, I never, I never knew)
Verse:
Em C G
I will always be here
D Em C
Fading by the day
Em C G
I will wash the bloody hands
D Em C
And cast the bowl away
D Em C
As the years hang on me
G D C
You will always be young
D Em C
And one day I will lie down
Baug
Where the rose was flung
Chorus:
Em C G
Come back to me
G/F# Em
Days are all too long
Em C G
Come back to me
G/F# Em
You never should have gone
C D G
I was so young and full of pride
D Em C
And you were wild and strong
Baug
I never knew how weak I was
(2 bars of rest)
G D C (Repeat as necessary and fade out)
Em C G D Em C
Em C G D Em C
D Em C G D C
D Em C Baug
Verse:
Em C G
The day they had a party
D Em C
Right out in the street
Em C G
Flags and flowers and singing
D Em C
For the homecome hero's treat
D Em C
I sat in the kitchen
G D C
Without a fire on the range
D Em C
I knew this house had lost the cause
Baug
To ever make me warm again
Chorus:
Em C G
Come back to me
G/F# Em
Days are all too long
Em C G
Come back to me
G/F# Em
You never should have gone
C D G
I was so young and full of pride
D Em C
And you were wild and strong
Baug Baug/G Baug/F#
I never knew how weak I was
Verse:
Em C G
I watched them gather round him
D Em C
When he stepped down from the car
Em C G
While tears fell on my cigarette
D Em C
He handed out ci - gars
D Em C
I have your child in - side me
G D C
But you will never know
D Em C
I never will for - get you
Baug
While I watch that child grow
Chorus:
Em C G
Come back to me
G/F# Em
Days are all too long
Em C G
Come back to me
G/F# Em
You never should have gone
C D G
I was so young and full of pride
D Em C
And you were wild and strong
Baug
I never knew how weak I was
Em C G G/F# Em
Em C G G/F# Em
Em C G
I was so young and full of pride
D Em C
Baug Baug/G Baug/F#
I never knew (I never, I never, I never knew)
Verse:
Em C G
I will always be here
D Em C
Fading by the day
Em C G
I will wash the bloody hands
D Em C
And cast the bowl away
D Em C
As the years hang on me
G D C
You will always be young
D Em C
And one day I will lie down
Baug
Where the rose was flung
Chorus:
Em C G
Come back to me
G/F# Em
Days are all too long
Em C G
Come back to me
G/F# Em
You never should have gone
C D G
I was so young and full of pride
D Em C
And you were wild and strong
Baug
I never knew how weak I was
(2 bars of rest)
G D C (Repeat as necessary and fade out)
