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Big Big Train - The First Rebreather
from English Electric Part 1 (2012)
Transcribed by Cory (coryp23@gmail.com)
Standard tuning

Dm (riff 1)
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(3)----(3)(3)------(3)(3)------(3)---|
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Dm (riff 1)
In a place where the river banks draw near
Men work a heading to the west.
Where streams like giants' fingers close
From the hills to the emptiness beneath, 
                     CTo (x32010@1)the depths of the mere.

C#m (x13321@4)    Dsus2 (xx0230@1)  Esus2 (xx2452@1)Dsus2 (xx0230@1) 
-4-------5--------7------5-----|
-5-------5--------7------5-----| 
-6-------7--------9------7-----|
-6-------7--------9------7-----| 
-4-------5--------7------5-----| 
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Morning light, midwinter sun

C#m      Dsus2  Esus2 C#m7b5 
-4-------5------7------------|
-5-------5------7-----5------| 
-6-------7------9-----4------|
-6-------7------9-----5------| 
-4-------5------7-----4------| 
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Underneath; the river song.

Dm (riff 1)
In a place where the river banks draw close
Men break stone to make new ground.
Light and air are hard down deep to find
Engines work to hold the water back
To the edge of the mere.

C#m (x13321@4)     Dsus2 (xx0230@1)Esus2'Run (xx2452@1)boys run toward the light; 
C#m (x13321@4)        Dsus2 (xx0230@1)Esus2The (xx2452@1)river's in, the tunnel's in'; 
         AHere (x02220@1)she comes
            D/AThe (x00232@1)sleeper wakes, 
             ATen (x02220@1)thousand years
           GShe (320003@1)lay in wait for this.

Dm (riff 1)
Every night their dreams were filled
With the fear of the river breaking in.
But this was not a river god, 
This was something rising from the deep, 
From the depths of the mere.

C#m (x13321@4)     Dsus2 (xx0230@1)  Esus2'Run (xx2452@1)boys run make for the light, 
C#m (x13321@4)    Dsus2 (xx0230@1)   Esus2Save (xx2452@1)yourselves, the tunnel's in.'
        AHere (x02220@1)he comes
           D/AThe (x00232@1)first rebreather, 
       ALike (x02220@1)a mummer, 
    GLike (320003@1)a souler (Come to save them.)

| Bm/F#| (x2444x@1)G/F# (320002@1) | Bbdim (3423xx@1)| Em (022000@1) |  
| D (xx0232@1)   | F#7/C# |   %    |

Flute solo:
| Bm (x24432@1)  | G/B (143121@7)  | Bbdim (3423xx@1)| Em (022000@1) |
| D (xx0232@1)   | F#7/C# |  %     |
| Bm (x24432@1)  | G/B (143121@7)  | A (x02220@1)    | G (320003@1)  |
| Em (022000@1)  | D (xx0232@1)    | F#7/C# | %    |

Bm (x24432@1)   G/B (143121@7)     Bbdim (3423xx@1)       Em (022000@1)   DRising (xx0232@1)up to the height of the river (river)
   F#7At (242352@1)flood tide.
Bm (x24432@1)    G/B (143121@7) A/E (002220@1)       G/DEngines (4x3121@7)fail, lost to the water
   Bsus (x24452@1)  Em7
As silence falls.

Dsus2     Bm7 G/B
This man will walk into darkness, 
Em (022000@1)        Dsus2 (xx0230@1)      Bm7G/B
One foot in front of the other,

Bm (x24432@1)     G/B (143121@7)     BbdimInto (3423xx@1)the unsounded depths
       Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)     F#7Of (242352@1)the heading; (ooh-ooh oooh) Ouuu-

Bm (x24432@1)         G/B (143121@7)           BbdimOut (3423xx@1)into the fifth circle of hell, 
        G/D (4x3121@7)             BmWith (x24432@1)no light to lead him home, 
           F#7 (242352@1)        Em7
Man is all alone at the end.
            
              Dsus2 (xx0230@1)   Bm (x24432@1)G/BThis (143121@7)man will walk into darkness
Em7                  Dsus2 (xx0230@1)      BmG/B
Without fear of what lurks in the shadows.

| Bm (x24432@1)  | G/B (143121@7)  | Bbdim (3423xx@1)| Em (022000@1) |
| D (xx0232@1)   | F#7/C# |  %     |

Guitar Solo:
| Bm (x24432@1)  | G/B (143121@7)  | Bbdim (3423xx@1)| Em (022000@1) |
| D (xx0232@1)   | F#7/C# |  %     |
| Bm (x24432@1)  | G/B (143121@7)  | A (x02220@1)    | G (320003@1)  |
| Em (022000@1)  | D (xx0232@1)    | F#7/C# | %    |

Em7          Dsus2 (xx0230@1)      Bm (x24432@1)  G/BWatching (143121@7)the surface grow quite still,

Em7         Dsus2 (xx0230@1)     Bm (x24432@1)  G/BWaiting (143121@7)for hope at the ninth hour, 
Em7     Dsus2 (xx0230@1)      Bm (x24432@1)G/BMan (143121@7)all alone in the darkness.

Em-0-----------------------------------| (022000@1)-0------0--1--------1--3--------3----|
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 Em (022000@1)           Em/D (010000@1)        D-------2---5----------7---10-----------14----17--| (xx0232@1)---3-----3--------8-----8--------15-------15-----|
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                              Here     he 
| A (x02220@1)| D/A| (x00232@1)A (x02220@1) | D/A| (x00232@1)comes       Aaaaa-aaahh
| A (x02220@1)| D/A| (x00232@1)F/G| (303211@1)C/G| (3x555x@1)G (320003@1) |
      na na naa

| A (x02220@1)| D/A| (x00232@1)A (x02220@1) | D/A| (x00232@1)| A (x02220@1)| D/A| (x00232@1)F/G| (303211@1)C/G| (3x555x@1)G (320003@1) |

| A (x02220@1)| D/A| (x00232@1)A (x02220@1) | G (320003@1) |

| Em| (022000@1)DBm   | G/B| (143121@7)| Em| (022000@1)DBm   | G/B| (143121@7)| Em| (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)