Waiting At The Gate
Waiting At The Gate

Waiting At The Gate easy guitar chords by Woody Guthrie

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    • Verse 1
    Tell the 

    miners' 

    kids 
    and wives 

    There's 
    a 
    blast 
    in the number five 

    And the 
    families 
    I see 
    standing 

    at the 
    gate 

    The inspector 
    years 
    ago 
    said 

    number 
    five's 
    a deadly 
    hole 

    And 
    the 
    men most 
    likely 

    won't come 
    out 
    alive 

    Verse 2
    Waiting 
    at the 
    gate, 

    we are 
    waiting 
    at the 
    gate 

    Smoke 
    and 
    fire 
    does 
    boil 
    and roll 

    from that 
    dark 
    and deadly 
    hole 

    While 
    the 
    miners' 
    kids 
    and wives 

    wait at the 
    gate 

    Verse 3
    The inspector 
    told 
    the boss, 

    it was 
    more than 
    a year ago 

    You're 
    risking 
    these men's 

    lives 
    in number 
    five 

    That hole's 
    full of 
    fumes 
    and dust, 

    full of 
    high explosive 
    gas 

    But the 
    boss said 
    we'll just 

    have to 
    take the 
    chance 

    Verse 4
    Waiting 
    at the 
    gate, 

    we are 
    waiting 
    at the 
    gate 

    Smoke and 
    fire 
    does 
    boil 
    and roll 

    from that 
    dark 
    and deadly 
    hole 

    While 
    the 
    miners' 
    kids 

    and wives 
    wait at 
    the 
    gate 

    Well 
    the men in 
    the number 
    five 
    kissed their 
    wives 
    Verse 5

    and kids 
    goodbye 

    Then they 
    walk 
    with their 

    lunch kits 
    up the 
    hill 

    Everybody 
    told 
    the owner 
    that this 

    deadly 
    day would 
    come 

    But he 
    said we 
    had to 

    work to 
    pay our 
    bills 

    Verse 6
    Waiting 
    at the 
    gate, 

    we are 
    waiting 
    at the 
    gate 

    Smoke 
    and 
    fire 
    does 
    roll 
    and boil 

    from that 
    dark 
    and deadly 
    hole 

    While 
    the 
    miners' 
    kids and 

    wives 
    wait at the 
    gate 

    Verse 7
    Well I 
    tried 
    to get a 
    look 

    of the 
    face 
    I often 
    know 

    As 
    the men are 
    carried 

    out wrapped 
    up in 
    sheets 

    I can 
    hear the 
    church bells 
    ringing 
    for 

    the one 
    hundred 
    eleven 
    dead 

    I can 
    hear the 
    families 
    weeping 
    in the 
    streets 

    Verse 8
    Waiting 
    at the 
    gate, 

    we are 
    waiting 
    at the 
    gate 

    Smoke 
    and 
    fire 
    does 
    roll 
    and boil 

    from that 
    dark 
    and deadly 
    hole 

    While 
    the 
    miners' 
    kids and 
    wives 

    wait 
    at the 
    gate 

    Verse 9
    This explosion 
    struck on 
    Wednesday 

    And I 
    stood by 
    the gate till 
    Saturday 

    'Til they 
    laid my 
    daddy 
    out with 

    the other 
    men 

    In the pocket 
    of his 
    shirt 
    I found 

    a little 
    note he 
    wrote 

    Never 
    go 
    down 
    in a dangerous 

    mine 
    again 

    Verse 10
    Waiting 
    at the 
    gate, 

    we are 
    waiting 
    at the 
    gate 

    Smoke and 
    fire 
    does 
    roll and 
    boil 

    from that 
    dark 
    and deadly 
    hole 

    While 
    the 
    miners' 
    kids and 

    wives 
    wait 
    at the 
    gate 

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