West Virginia Mine Disaster chords by Jean Ritchie
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Verse 1
Did (E minor) you see him going?
(A minor) It was early this morning. (E minor)
(A minor) He passed (E minor) by these houses on
(A major) his way to (A minor) the coal.
(E minor) He was tall, (F sharp major) he was (F major) slender,
(A minor) and his dark eyes so (E minor) tender. (A minor)
(E minor) His occupation (A minor) was mining
West
Virginia his home.
It was just (F major) be fore 12 I
(A minor) was feeding the children.
(E minor) Ben
Moseley came running to
(A minor) bring us the news.
(F major) Number 8 (B flat major) is all (F major) flooded and many
men are in danger (B flat major) .
(A minor) And we (B flat major) don't know (A minor) their number (E minor) but
(A minor) we fear (B flatdim) they're all (B flat major) doomed. (A minor)
So (F major) I picked (E minor) up the baby and
(A minor) I left all the (E minor) others
(A minor) To comfort (E minor) each other
and pray (A minor) for our (E minor) own
(A minor) There (E minor) is
Timmy (F major) fourteen (A minor) an d there's
John not
much (E minor) younger
(B flat minor) Their (A minor) own time soon will be coming
(A major) to go (A minor) down the (B flat major) black hole. (F major) (A minor)
(F major) Oh, if I had (B flat major) the (F major) money to (A minor) do more
than just (E minor) feed them,
(A minor) I'd (F major) give them good learning,
(A minor) the best could be found.
(F major) So (B flat major) when they (B flat minor) grow up,
(F major) they'd be (A minor) checkers (B flat minor) an d weighers
and not (B flat major) spend their time (A minor) drilling
in the dark (B flat major) underground. (A minor)
Now what (B flat minor) can I say to his
(F major) poor little chil (B flat major) dren?
(B flat minor) Or what can I (F major) tell his
old mother at home? (B flat minor)
Or what (F major) can I say to my heart
that's clear broken?
(B flat minor) To my (B flat major) heart that's (B flat minor) clear broken
(F major) if my (B flat major) darling is gone. (A minor) (A major)
Say did you (B flat minor) see him going so
early this morning?
(B flat minor) He walked by your houses
(F major) on his way to the coal.
(B flat minor) He was (B flat major) tall, he was slender,
(F major) and his dark eyes so tender.
(B flat minor) His occupa (B flat minor) tion was mine (A minor) in
West (A major)
Vir (B flat major) ginia, (B flat minor) his home.
West Virginia Mine Disaster
Jean Ritchie
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