Lyr/Chords: The Rock and the Tide (Brian McNeill)

Subject: Chord Req: the rock and the tide by brian mcneil
From: bunnet
Date: 02 Sep 06 - 06:16 AM

can anyone please supply the chord for "The Rock and The Tide" by Brian McNeil?

Subject: Chord Req: the rock and the tide by brian mcneil
From: bunnet
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 05:54 AM

does anyone have the chords for this song by brian mcneil?

Subject: RE: Chord Req: the rock and the tide by brian mcne
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 05:59 PM

I'm no musician but I'll give it a try. From Brian's songbook 'The Back o' the North Wind':

Come all(D) of you who lie(C) in the pris(G)ons o' the migh(D)ty
Who refuse(G) to deny(G) what you believe(D)
And know(C) your great(G)est foe(D) is the ser(D)vant o' the night(G)
Who tries(D) to sell the bar(C)gain of reprieve(D)
And when the cap(G)tains o' the cruel(D) come to whis(C)per(G) their lies(D)
Let their temp(C)tations fall(G) by your side(A)
Lis(G)ten tae the o(G)cean and remem(D)ber
How the rock(D) stands firm(C) against the tide(D)

Hope this is of some use to you.

Subject: Lyr Add: THE ROCK AND THE TIDE (Brian McNeill)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 29 Apr 24 - 11:23 AM

You can hear this on Spotify. Here are the words to this grand song, found online and checked by me against the recording:


THE ROCK AND THE TIDE
As recorded by Brian McNeill on “The Back o' the North Wind,” 1991.

Come all of you who lie in the prisons of the mighty,
Who refuse to deny what you believe,
And know your greatest foe is the servant o' the night
Who tries to sell the bargain of reprieve;
And when the captains o' the cruel come to whisper their lies,
Let their temptations fall by your side.
Listen tae the ocean and remember
How the rock stands firm against the tide.

And you who would be jailers, take this warning:
For every man you break upon your wheel
There's another whose courage will pierce you like a thorn.
When you see you can never make him kneel,
And when the thorn digs deep into the canker of your heart,
And the prisoner sees the shame you cannot hide,
It's then you'll fear the sound o' the ocean
Where the rock stands firm against the tide.

No matter the freedom, no matter the cause,
No matter the truth that lies beyond,
No evil can triumph, though it cloak itself in law,
Against a man whose word is his bond.
No cage can hold the spirit of a true man's heart,
And injustice can never fetter pride.
No tyrant can ever chain the ocean
While the rock stands firm against the tide.