Key: B minor•
Verse 1
Bm
A
Bm
Of where the red iron orbits run aplenty
At the carpet -filled windows
Bm
A
Bm
Tell you now that the whole town is empty
In the north end of town
Bm
A
Bm
But I was raised on the other
In the years of youth
Bm
A
Bm
And I was brought up by my brother
The iron oar pulled
Bm
A
The drag lines and the shovels
Till one day my brother
Bm
A
Bm
The same as my father before him
Where the long winters
waved
A
Bm
they couldn't have been kinder
Till my school was cut
Bm
A
Bm
To marry John Thomas, a miner
All the years passed again
Bm
A
Bm
With a lunch bucket filled every season
There were three babies born,
Bm
A
Bm
To a half a day's shift with no reason
And the shaft was soon shut
Bm
F#m
Bm
And the fire in the air, felt frozen
Until a man came to speak
Bm
A
Bm
That number 11 was closing
They complain in these,
A
Bm
ain't worth digging
And it's much cheaper down
Bm
A
Where the miners work almost for
Bm
A
Bm
A
nothing
Bm
A
Bm
A
Bm
So the morning gates locked
Bm
A
Bm
And the room smelled heavy from drinking
And the sad siren's song
Bm
A
Bm
As I waited for the sun to go sinking
I lived by the window
Bm
A
Bm
And the silence of transit was building
it was black
Bm
A
Bm
And I's left alone with three children
The summer is gone
Bm
A
Bm
And the stars, one by one, they are falling
Bm
A
For there ain't nothing here now
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBm A F#m
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