Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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C
Am
Bm
E
By
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C
Bm
where I sadly did wander,
C
Am
Bm
E
Among the pit -peeps as evening drew nigh,
A
C
Bm
called to rest in deep morning,
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Am
Bm
E
A -weepin' and wailin' with many a sigh I stepped
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E
Bm
up beside her and thus I addressed her
D
A
Sobbing and sighing,
Am
C
Bm
at last she did answer
Johnny
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E
was my true lover's name
Bm
C
Bm
full of youth and good -looking
Am
A
To wipe down the mines from high
Bm
E
Blantyre he came
Bm
C
Bm
all the guests were invited
Bm
E
Johnny was slain
E
Bm
all the women and children
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Am
With pale anxious faces,
Bm
E
they hazed to the mine
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C
E
Bm
the hills rang with their moaning
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Am
Three hundred and ten
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E
young miners were slain
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Bm
sweethearts and brothers
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Am
That plantire explosion
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E
they'll never forget
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Bm
that hear my sad story
Bm
E
lay to their rest.
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Am
E
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