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Waiting At The Gate easy guitar chords by
Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie

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Verse 1
G
D
G

Tell the

miners'

kids and wives
C

There's a blast in the number five
D

And the families I see standing
G

at the gate

The inspector years ago said
C

number five's a deadly hole
D

And the men most likely
G

won't come out alive
Verse 2
G

Waiting at the gate,
D

we are waiting at the gate
G

Smoke and fire does boil and roll
C

from that dark and deadly hole
D

While the miners' kids and wives
G

wait at the gate
Verse 3
G

The inspector told the boss,
C

it was more than a year ago
D

You're risking these men's
G

lives in number five

That hole's full of fumes and dust,
C

full of high explosive gas
D

But the boss said we'll just
G

have to take the chance
Verse 4
G

Waiting at the gate,
D

we are waiting at the gate
G

Smoke and fire does boil and roll
C

from that dark and deadly hole
D

While the miners' kids
G

and wives wait at the gate
C
Well the men in the number five kissed their wives
Verse 5


and kids goodbye
D

Then they walk with their
G

lunch kits up the hill

Everybody told the owner that this
C

deadly day would come
D

But he said we had to
G

work to pay our bills
Verse 6
G

Waiting at the gate,
D

we are waiting at the gate
G

Smoke and fire does roll and boil
C

from that dark and deadly hole
D

While the miners' kids and
G

wives wait at the gate
Verse 7
G

Well I tried to get a look
C
D

of the face I often know

As the men are carried
G

out wrapped up in sheets

I can hear the church bells ringing for
C

the one hundred eleven dead
D

I can hear the families weeping in the streets
Verse 8
G

Waiting at the gate,
D

we are waiting at the gate
G

Smoke and fire does roll and boil
C

from that dark and deadly hole
D

While the miners' kids and wives
G

wait at the gate
Verse 9
G

This explosion struck on Wednesday
C

And I stood by the gate till Saturday
D

'Til they laid my daddy out with
G

the other men
C

In the pocket of his shirt I found

a little note he wrote
D

Never go down in a dangerous
G

mine again
Verse 10
G

Waiting at the gate,
D

we are waiting at the gate
G

Smoke and fire does roll and boil
C

from that dark and deadly hole
D

While the miners' kids and
G

wives wait at the gate

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