Key: B minor
Verse 1
Bm
A
Bm
F#m
Bm
F#m
Bm
D
F#m
In the
Nova Scotia
Down in the dark of
Bm
B
E
There's blood on the coal
A
F#
and the miners' line
Bm
B
In the roads that never
saw sun nor sky
Bm
F#
Roads that never saw sun nor sky
B
A
In the town on Spring Hill
Bm
A
you don't sleep easy
Bm
D
E
Bm
Often the earth will tremble and roll
E
A
F#
When the earth is restless miners die
Bm
A
B
A
Bone and blood is the price of gold
Bm
A
Bm
F#m
F#
Bone and blood is the price of gold
Bm
A
Bm
A
In the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia
Bm
D
E
Bm
Late in the year of 58
E
A
F#
Day still comes and the sun still shines
Bm
A
But it's dark as the grave
A
Bm
A
It's dark as the grave in the
Bm
F#m
F#
Bm
pampala night
Bm
D
Rattle of the belt and the
E
F#sus4
catcher's blade
D
E
Rumble of the rock and
A
B
the walls close round
G
A
The living and the dead
Bm
A
men two miles down
G
Bm
The living and the dead men
F#m
F#
F#m
two miles down
Bm
A
Bm
Twelve men lay two miles
Bm
D
E
F#sus4
Twelve men lay in the dark and sang
D
E
A
B
Long hot days and a minus two
a hundred long
A
G
A
Bm
F#m
Bm
A
Bm
A
Bm
Three feet high and a hundred long
D
E
Bm
E
A
F#
Bm
A
Bm
A
Bm
A
Bm
F#m
Bm
A
Three days passed and
Bm
F#m
the lamps gave out
Bm
D
And Caleb rushed on
E
B
the app and said
Bm
E
A
F#
There's no more water, no light, no bread
Bm
A
Bm
So we live on songs and hope instead
A
Bm
A
Bm
We live on songs and hope instead
F#m
F#
F#m
B
Bm
Listen for the shouts
Bm
E
A
F#sus4
Six hundred feet of coal and slag
F#m
Bm
A
Bm
Hope imprisoned in a three -foot sea
A
Bm
A
Bm
Hope imprisoned in a three
F#m
Bm
A
Bm
A
-foot sea
Bm
B
Eight days passed and
D
E
Leaving the dead to lie
F#sus4
D
E
A
B
alone
G
A
Two miles of earth for a marking stone
G
A
Bm
F#m
F#
Two miles of earth for a marking stone you
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