Runrig – The Place Where The Rivers Run (Guitar)

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(R and C MacDonald) from the 2016 Album The Story [Intro] G G G G [Verse 1]
G                         Em                      G
I'm backing up the lorry, can't wait for night to come

G                              Em               G
I'm sweeping out the back yard on a Friday afternoon

G                              Em              G6          Em
We'll gather round the players and we'll head off for the stars

C                  D       Dsus4         G
Pack the van with poetry, drums and the guitars
[Verse 2]
G                                Em             G
We'll take Billy for the whisky, Willie for the door

G                                      Em                 G
We'll take Mary Kate and Lizzy for the dancing round the floor

G                           Em         G6     Em
We'll turn this empty hall into city full of lights

C                    D                 Dsus4           G
And lift the summer spirits through the passing of the night
[Chorus]
C          D            C          G
There was laughing, and there were tears

C                  Em            Bm     D
There were so many shattered hopes and dreams

C             D            C   G
But there was treasure and 40 years

G             D               G
In the place where the rivers run
[Verse 3]
G                             Em                  G
We'll hammer on the two-step, we'll lay it on the snare

G                        Em               G
Romancing the accordion, waltzing out the aires

G                        Em          G           Em
These sacred swaying anthems, within our lover's grasp

C                   D            Dsus4            G
Stripping down the willow to the footsteps of the past
[Chorus]
C          D            C          G
There was laughing, and there were tears

C                  Em            Bm     D
There were so many shattered hopes and dreams

C             D            C   G
But there was treasure and 40 years

G             D               G
In the place where the rivers run
[Instrumental] G C G D G C G D G [Bridge]
G                           C          Em
We were kings and queens, the reels go round

Em7                            C       D
It's the badge of our culture, say it loud

          C          D           C            G6
And it's all in the gift of the young and the proud

G                      D      G
In the place where the rivers run
[Verse 4]
G                                Em              G
We're loading out the back door, now the hour is come

G                                 Em                    G
Driving through the black hills with the red and rising sun

G                               Em      G6       Em
There's a river and a distance, far as eyes can see

C                 D                 Dsus4    G
Home by Kyle and Broadford round by Memphis Tennessee
[Link] D Em C D G [Chorus]
C          D            C          G
There was laughing, and there were tears

C                  Em            Bm     D
There were so many shattered hopes and dreams

C             D            C   G
But there was treasure and 40 years

G             D               G
In the place where the rivers run

G             D               G
In the place where the rivers run

G             D               G
In the place where the rivers run
[Instrumental] G C G D G C G D G G C G D G C G D G G C G D G C G D G G Mark W