Beaconsfield chords by Colin Buchanan

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Verse 1
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Way down south in Beaconsfield,
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late on An zac Day.
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A thousand meters down below,
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a hundred tons gave way.
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Fourteen miners scrambled clear,
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but seventeen went down.
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Fallen rock and twisted steel,
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three men down in Beaconsfield,
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three men down in Beaconsfield.
Well, Larry didn't make it out,
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they found him two days in.
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Still no sign of Todd and Brand,
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things were looking grim.
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Come late on Sunday afternoon,
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hope was all but dead
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When voices in the dark revealed,
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two alive in Deakinsfield
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Two alive in Deakinsfield
Tears of joy, they're safe and strong,
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a miracle from God
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Across the town, across the world
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Spread word of Brandt and Todd
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They chatted to their rescuers
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Just metres from their cage
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Can you send us down a counter meal
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From the club hotel in Beaconsfield
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From the miners' pub in Beaconsfield
Well, that Tassie rock is hard as nails
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But the folks are tougher still
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Their families were praying
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And their mates were on the drill
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Freedom caught its way on
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Through the darkness and the dread
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They kept their shoulders to the wheel
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They breed them tough in Beaconsfield
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Freedom Top in Dinkinsfield
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And who'll forget that moment
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When the lads we thought were dead
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Stepped out onto the surface,
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taught Russell and Brandt women
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They held their loved ones tightly
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and they moved their tags to safe
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And every miner's face revealed
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they are the gold of Beaconsfield
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They are the gold of Beaconsfield,
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and they were free from Beaconsfield you