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The Shaft chords by George Canyon

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • A

  • F#m

    2
  • E

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Intro 1
(D major) (B minor) (G major) (A major)
(D major)
Verse 1
Can you smell that (D major)
McDonell it don't smell (A major) so (B minor) well
Or the (G major) one in the cage tipped
(A major) over (D major) an d fell
And if we lived to see Sunday
be able to (B minor) tell
Of the (G major) terror below and the
(A major) place we call Hell
(D major)

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Verse 2
'Cause it's a (G major) shaft that will feed
us and the (D major) shaft that will kill
Our (G major) brothers and fathers
who die (D major) by her (A major) will
The (G major) fishing is slow and there's
(D major) work to be (B minor) done
So I'll (G major) put on my hat and I'll
(A major) go underground
(D major)
Verse 3
Now I fear for my children,
I fear for my (B minor) wife
And if I (G major) don't make it back
now I've (A major) had a good life
(D major) For there's a cave in behind
us only one way to (B minor) go
Down (G major) deep in the shaft so (A major) far below
(D major) 'Cause it's the
Verse 4
(G major) shaft that will
feed us and the (D major) shaft that will kill
Our (G major) brothers and fathers
who die (D major) by her (A major) will
The (G major) fishing is slow and
there's (D major) work to be (B minor) done
So I'll (G major) put on my hat and I'll
(A major) go under (D major) ground
Verse 5
(B minor) What do you say to a fam (F sharp minor) ily of one
Who (G major) don't come back (A major) up with the (D major) rest
Is it (B minor) better to let them just
(F sharp minor) mourn by themselves
Or (E major) tell 'em he was one of the (A major) best
(D major)
Interlude 1
(B minor) (F sharp minor) (G major)
(A major) (D major)
Verse 6
There's (D major) a flash above head,
is it fire or (B minor) light (G major)
McDonell lies seethin'
the (A major) draggers in sight (D major)
And a few hours later we'll be
smellin' sweet (B minor) air
With (G major) all of our children the
(A major) stores we'll share (D major)
Verse 7
Of the (G major) shaft that will feed us
and the (D major) shaft that will kill
Our (G major) brothers and fathers
who die (D major) by her (A major) will
The (G major) fishing is slow and there's
(D major) work to be (B minor) done
So I'll (G major) put on my hat and I'll
(A major) go underground
(B minor) (D major) So I (G major) put on my hat and I (A major) go
under (D major) ground
Outro 1
(D major) (B minor) (G major) (A major)
(D major)
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