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Mill Boys chords by Barclay James Harvest

  • G

  • C

  • D

  • Em

  • Am

  • F

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Verse 1
(G major) Sky (C major) was (G major) black, Lord,
(D major) rain came pouring (E minor) down (G major)
(C major) Number 12 bus (G major) shuffling
down Shaw (D major) Road (A minor) way
(C major) Mules keep spinning, (G major)
black-faced lifers (D major) lifers peck the ground (E minor)
(G major) Sun (C major) comes up like (G major) lightning
over (D major) Tandle Hills (A minor) grey
(D major) We are (A minor) (G major) mill boys,
stuck on the (A minor) hill boys
Stuck in the mill (C major) boys,
'till (F major) our dying (G major) day (A minor) (C major) (G major)
We are mill (E minor) (A minor) boys, stuck
on the hill boys
Stuck (C major) (G major) (A minor) in (C major) (G major) (E minor) (A minor)
the mill
boys, 'till our dying (F major) day (D major)
Verse 2
(C major) Cotton mill will get (G major) you, boy,
she'll take (D major) you to your (E minor) grave (G major)
(C major) Tell you boy to use (G major) your head,
ap (D major) prentice out your (A minor) days
(C major) You'll end up a noth (G major) ing, buy,
with cotton (D major) as your trade (E minor)
(G major) Sun (C major) comes up like (G major) lightning
over (D major) Tandle Hill (A minor) s grey

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Verse 3
(A minor)
We are (C major) (G major) mill boys, stuck on the (A minor) hill boys
Stuck in the mill (C major) boys, 'till (F major) our dying (G major) day
We are mill boys, stuck on the (A minor) hill boys
Stuck in the mill (C major) boys,
'till (F major) our dying (G major) day
Verse 4
It's (C major) easy to see a (G major) poor boy's blues
When he's working (A minor) every day (G major)
It's (C major) harder to be there (G major) in his shoes
He was born (A minor) to be that way (G major)
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