Springhill Mine Disaster chords by Martin Carthy
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Verse 1
(A minor) (Adim) (A minor) (D major) (A major) (Faug) (A major) (A minor) In the
(D minor) town of Springhill (C major) (D minor) Nova (C major) Scotia
(D minor) Deep in (F major) the heart of (G major) the Cumberland
Mine (F major)
(D minor) There's blood on the (G major) coal and
the miners (A minor) lie (F major)
(D minor) In roads that (C major) never saw (D minor) sun nor sky (C major)
(D minor) Roads (C major) that never saw (Dsus4) sun (C major) nor (A minor) sky
(D minor) In the town of
Verse 2
(C major) Springhill
you (D minor) don't sleep (C major) easy
(D minor) Often (F major) the earth would (G major) tremble and roll
(F major) When (D minor) the earth is (G major) restless miners (A minor) die
(D minor) Bone and (C major) blood is the (Dsus4) price
of (D minor) coal (C major) (Dsus4)
(D minor) Bone and (C major) blood is the (Dsus4) price (C major) of (A minor) coal
(D minor) In the town of
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Verse 3
(C major) Springhill Nova (D minor) (C major) Scotia
(D minor) Late in the year of (G major) (F major) 58
The (D minor) day still (G major) comes and
the sun still (A minor) shines (F major)
But (D minor) it's dark as the (C major) grave in the
(D minor) Cumberland (C major) Mine (Dsus4)
(D minor) Dark as (C major) the grave in the
(Dsus4) Cumber (C major) land (A minor) Mine
(D minor) Down at the coal face (C major)
Verse 4
(D minor) miners (C major) working
(D minor) Rattle of the belts (F major) and the (G major) cutter blades
(F major) Then a (D minor) rumble of (G major) rock
and the walls close (A minor) round
(D minor) Living and (C major) the dead men (D minor) two miles (C major) down
(D minor) Living and (C major) the dead men (D minor) two (C major) miles (A minor) down
(D minor) Twelve (C major) men lay two
Verse 5
(D minor) miles
from the (C major) (D minor) pitshaft
Twelve (F major) men lay in the (G major) dark and (F major) sang
(D minor) Long hot (G major) days in the miner's (A minor) tomb
(D minor) It was three foot (C major) wide by (Dsus4) a hundred (C major) long
(D minor) Three foot (C major) wide by a (Dsus4) hun (C major) dred (A minor) long
(D minor) Three days
Verse 6
(C major) passed and
(D minor) the lights gave out (C major)
(D minor) When the leading (F major) man got
(G major) up and said (F major)
(D minor) There's no more wa (G major) ter
nor light nor (A minor) bread
(D minor) So we'll live (C major) on songs (D minor) of hope instead
(C major) (Dsus4) (D minor) Live on (C major) songs of
(Dsus4) hope (C major) in stead (A minor)
Verse 7
(D minor) Listen (D major) for the (D minor) shouts (C major) of the (D minor)
bare (C major) face miners
(D minor) Listen through the (F major) rubble
for the (G major) rescue team (F major)
(D minor) Six hundred (G major) feet of coal and slag (A minor)
(D minor) Hope im (C major) prisoned in a (D minor) three- foot seam (C major)
(D minor) Hope im (C major) prisoned in a
(D minor) three- (C major) foot seam (A minor)
Verse 8
(D minor) Eight (C major) days passed (D minor) an
d some were res (C major) cued
(D minor) Leaving the rest to (G major) die alone (F major)
Through (D minor) all their (G major) lives they
(C major) dug (G major) a grave (A minor) (F major)
(D minor) Two miles of (C major) earth for a (D minor) marking stone (C major)
(D minor) Two miles of (C major) earth for a (D minor) marking
(A minor) stone
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Springhill Mine Disaster
Martin Carthy
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