Runrig – Stamping Ground (Ukulele)

An excellent song by Runrig that's relatively easy to play even for beginners as there are only 4 chords used (F, C, G, Am) (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:

C                             F                 C
April comes to the new grass on the hills of gold

C                F               C                 F
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o

        C                   F
Where winter falls in the long cold north

      C                   F        C
Black waters wait in the Ice and snow

C                F               C               F
Tha feur ur air bar an tallamh, bar an tallamh, horribh o

      C                   F
Black waters wait in the Ice and sun

              F                               C
Through the glens where your great rivers run

Chorus:

            F        C      G     F
Back on the stamping ground

             Am    F    C    G
to where it all began

            F        C      G     F
Back on the stamping ground

    C
We come again

Same notes for verses 2 & 3: (C, F) Same chords for chorus: (F, C, G, F, Am, F, C, G, F, C, G, F, C) 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