Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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I was a miner
Em
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G
and I was a ducker
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G
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D
I was a railwayman between the wars
Em
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G
I raised a family in times of austerity
Am
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Sweat at the foundry
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D
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between the wars
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I joined the union
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and best times grew harder
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Looked to the government
to lend a helping hand
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Em
They bought prosperity down
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at the armory,
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between the wars.
I kept the faith,
Em
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and I kept voting,
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not for the iron fist,
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but for the helping hand.
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wall around it
Am
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Mine is the faith of
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my fellow man
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Theirs is the land of power and glory
the factory floor
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all dark now with bombers,
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Mine is the peace within,
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the queen of wars.
So call me the craftsman,
Em
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bring me the draftsman,
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Make me a pathway from
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cradle to grave.
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to any government
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Will not deny a man a living wage
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Go call the young men
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never to fight again
of the days gone by
Em
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it's the heart of this nation.
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Desert us not,
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we are between the wars.
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we are between the
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wars.
you
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