Runrig – Stamping Ground chords
Chords:
An excellent song by Runrig that's relatively easy to play even for beginners as there are only 4 chords used (C, G, D, Em) (Translation: Gaidhlig: 'Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o' English: 'There's a new grass growing on the top of the soil' (Just singing in the verses. After the first two choruses, instruments stop playing and there is only singing, apart from the 3 drum beats used on 'Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o' line. Verse 1:G C GApril comes to the new grass on the hills of goldG C G CTha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh oG CWhere winter falls in the long cold northG C GBlack waters wait in the Ice and snowG C G CTha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh oG CBlack waters wait in the Ice and sunC GThrough the glens where your great rivers runChorus:C G D CBack on the stamping groundEm C G Dto where it all beganC G D CBack on the stamping groundGWe come againSame notes for verses 2 & 3: (G, C) Same chords for chorus: (C, G, D, C, Em, C, G, D, C, G, D, C, G) Verse 2: So we tend and we nurtur all the seeds we've sown Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o Through all the frosts and rains the west winds blow till the fields turn ripe and a harvest stored Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o Through all the frosts and rains the west winds blow We will wait here till the winter's end Chorus: Back on the stamping ground to where it all began Back on the stamping ground We come again Verse 3: So it's blood on blood, our bond, our word Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o For the strength and weakness of our days is to take you there on a journey shared Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o So take this ring, make it sparkle and glow it's much greater than we may ever know Chorus: Back on the stamping ground to where it all began Back on the stamping ground We come again