Big Sky

runrig - big sky tuning - tune guitar down one semi tone . ( D# - A# - F# - C# - G# - D# ) alternatively put capo on 1st fret and transpose all these chords down two half steps ( so a becomes G , G becomes F etc . ) Intro Asus2 , Gsus2 , Asus2 , Gsus2 spoken lyrics : Asus2 diardaoin , an ceathramh latha , dhan ’ghiblein Gsus2 deagh latha eile . air mo chois trath . leig mi fhein is m’athair A - mach an crodh . tha alasdair a’ Asus2 treabhadh thall taobh an iar . dh , fhalbh sinn sios A dh’orasaigh , fodraigeadh nam beathaichean agus Gsus2 thainig sinn air ais timcheall cleit , a’ cumail suil Asus 2 A - mach airson na h - uain . tha E math a bhi beo , Asus2 tha E math a bhi beo . A the light is on me A all time is here G i’m going down to clachan D to stem the rush of years A big sky above me A powerlines overhead G i get lifted up enraptured D i keep falling at your feet Am D i’m looking over colourfields Am past the white sands C D and our human years G D/F# Em and it’s all waiting here Am F C G A breaking the seed Chorus D Em it’s coming again C gathering the wind G A returning to claim a harvest D Em i’m lifted where i stand C on the never - ending land G A D i’m coming to a sense of home spoken Verse 2 Asus2 air an oidhche bha sluagh mor A - staigh agus bha againn ri dhol suas gu taigh neil airson tuilleadh Gsus2 sheidhrichean . tha an teaghlach uile dhachaidh Asus2 A - neisd . a’ suidhe air an staidhre a coimhead air an uinneag . a’ gheallach , an crogaire , loch an aonghais . Gsus2 fhad’s a bha ruairidh sheumais a’ gabhail na leabhraichean . tha gnothaichean caran mun aon rud . A wind through the barley A your early dream G a rising choir of birdsong D your fields of summer green A it’s all passing over A i’ve no complaints G we’re just a row of unlit candles D waiting at the gate of saints Am D i’m living on the borderline Am between the moment C D and the shining miles G D/F# Em the far stretching stones Am F C G A all the lines of the sown D Em it’s coming again C gathering the wind G A returning to claim a harvest D Em i’m lifted where i stand C on the never - ending land G A D i’m coming to a sense of home D Em the light of ancient shine C on your ordinary lives G A we joyed went to the fires of harvest D Em so open up the land C open up the sand G A D D returning again in clachan Outro D G Bm A D falling down , falling down again G falling down again . Bm A D oh can’t hold back the feeling play following chords to fade . D , D , G , Bm , A enjoy!