Runrig – The Wire (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
A     D
Wo__  o__

    A       E
Wo  ho__    o__

F#m    D     A
Wo__   o__   ho__
[Verse 1]
    A
We listened into the Iceage

        A
And we built up man round the Picts

         A        E            F#m
And the daybreak hammered out warning

        D
To the weak
[Chorus]
A     D
Wo__  o__

    A       E
Wo  ho__    o__

F#m    D     A
Wo__   o__   ho__

     A               A
Transmitting, transmitting

    D              A
Breaking down the wire

       A            A
Transmitting, transmitting

  D                A    F#m   F#m    Bm  Bm
Breaking down the wire 
[Verse 2]
   A
We dreamed on moor with passion

       A
And on the long lochs bluer than eyes

          A        E      F#m
'Till the mists of bygone ages

          D
heard our cries
[Chorus]
A     D
Wo__  o__

    A       E
Wo  ho__    o__

F#m    D     A
Wo__   o__   ho__

     A               A
Transmitting, transmitting

    D              A
Breaking down the wire

       A            A
Transmitting, transmitting

  D                A    F#m   F#m    Bm  Bm
Breaking down the wire 
[Verse 3]
     A
I've seen us among thousands

       A
All of one name waiting to run

         A                   E           F#m
And when the charge came heather on heartbeat

         D
Steel on gun
[Chorus]
A     D
Wo__  o__

    A       E
Wo  ho__    o__

F#m    D     A
Wo__   o__   ho__

     A               A
Transmitting, transmitting

    D              A
Breaking down the wire

       A            A
Transmitting, transmitting

  D                A    F#m   F#m    Bm  Bm
Breaking down the wire 
[Verse 4]
    A
The old rock leaves us with fossil

         A
From the ancient pagan rites

     A         E     F#m
From the universal inroads

        D
back to Christ
[Chorus]
A     D
Wo__  o__

    A       E
Wo  ho__    o__

F#m    D     A
Wo__   o__   ho__

     A               A
Transmitting, transmitting

    D              A
Breaking down the wire

       A            A
Transmitting, transmitting

  D                A    F#m   F#m    Bm  Bm
Breaking down the wire 
[Verse 5]
   A
As we look out over the morning

        A
And the days of this life's spring

        A         E         F#m
And the joy of Gaelic's lifeblood

        D
Made me sing
[Chorus]
A     D
Wo__  o__

    A       E
Wo  ho__    o__

F#m    D     A
Wo__   o__   ho__

     A               A
Transmitting, transmitting

    D              A
Breaking down the wire

       A            A
Transmitting, transmitting

  D                A    F#m   F#m    Bm  Bm
Breaking down the wire
[Verse 6]
   A
Watching your beauty on this journey

         A
With the lick of youth in your eyes

       A          E        F#m
Let us sow this olden heartland

        D
Reap in time
[Chorus]
A     D
Wo__  o__

    A       E
Wo  ho__    o__

F#m    D     A
Wo__   o__   ho__

     A               A
Transmitting, transmitting

    D              A
Breaking down the wire

       A            A
Transmitting, transmitting

  D                A    F#m   F#m    Bm  Bm
Breaking down the wire