Quecreek Flood chords by Anaïs Mitchell
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Intro 1
(A minor) (G major) (Gsus4) (D minor) (A minor) (G major) (D minor) (D major)
(A minor) (G major) (D minor) (E minor)
(A minor) It was
Verse 1
late in July
At the (G major) Quecreek coal mine (F major)
(D minor) When the (A minor) water came rolling (G major) (A minor) down
As (F major) black as (D minor) bad (G major) blood
To where nine (D minor) good men (E minor) stood
Shud (D minor) dering, (G major) shivering
And (D minor) shouting (Gsus2) for (D minor) deliverance
Sure (G major) they (Dsus4) would drown
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Interlude 1
(A minor) (G major)
(A minor) (D minor) (A minor) (G major) (A minor)
Verse 2
And (A minor) safe above ground
The boss (G major) paced (Gsus4) around (F major)
(D minor) Sur (A minor) veying the scene of the flood
After chas (D minor) ing away (G major)
The (D minor) (E minor) UNWA
So inspec (D minor) tions were cheap (G major)
(F major) He didn't (D minor) lose sleep (G major)
He just stood in (D minor) the sun (G major)
What (D minor) could we have done
(G major) He said (D minor) this was an act (G major) of God (A minor)
Interlude 2
(G major) (Asus4) (D major) (A major) (A minor) (G major) (D minor)
Verse 3
And the (A minor) President came
From (G major) his party campaign (F major)
(D minor) To shake (A minor) every hero's
right hand (G major) (A minor) (D major)
(D minor) After (F major) slashing the (D minor) funds
(G major) For the (D minor) miners' black lung (E minor) s
And the reg (D minor) ulations (G major)
(A minor) God (D minor) bless our na (G major) tion
He said (D minor) united (G major) we stand (A minor)
Interlude 3
(G major) (D minor) (A minor) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 4
And (A minor) the anchor girl cried
When the miner's survived
(F major) She (A minor) lauded her god in his glory
And the tired (F major) camer (D minor) a man (G major)
(A minor) Packed (F major) up the van (E minor)
And they (D minor) wore the same frown (G major)
As they (F major) drove (G major) out of town
Where (E minor) they found (D minor) the next (G major) sellable story
Interlude 4
(A major) (A minor) (G major) (D minor)
(Asus4) (A minor) (A major) (A minor) (Asus4) (D major) (A major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor)
(D minor) (E minor)
(A minor) And
Verse 5
we who were raised
By invisible hands (D major)
And (A minor) we who were raised
On government lies (D major)
(A minor) The (F major) prodigal chil (G major) dren
(A minor) Of the prom (D minor) ised land (E minor)
(F major) Who's gon (A minor) na open our eyes
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(A minor) (G major) (D minor) (E minor)
Quecreek Flood
Anaïs Mitchell
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