The Springhill Disaster
Ewan Maccoll
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Am G Am In the town of Springhill, NovaG Scotia,Am C Down in the dark of the CumberlandAm mine,C There's blood on the coal and theG Em miners lieAm G Am In the roads that never saw sunG nor sky,Am G Am E7 Roads that never saw sun nor sky. [Verse 2]Am G Am In the town of Springhill youG don't sleep easy,Am C Often the Earth will tremble andAm roll;C G When the Earth is restless, minersEm die;Am G Am Bone and blood is the price of coal,Am G Am E7 Bone and blood is the price of coal. [Verse 3]Am G Am In the town of Springhill, NovaG Scotia,Am C Am Late in the year of '58,C G Day still comes and the Sun stillEm shines,Am G But it's dark as the grave in theAm G Cumberland mine,Am G Am Dark as the grave in theE7 Cumberland mine.Continúa después del anuncio[Verse 4]Am G Am Down at the coal-face, minersG working,Am C Am Rattle of the belt and the cutter's blade;C G Rumble of rock, and the wallsEm close 'round:Am G The living and the dead men twoAm G miles down,Am G Am Living and the dead men two milesE7 down. [Verse 5]Am G Am Twelve men lay two miles from theG pit-shaft;Am C Am Twelve men lay in the dark and sang.C G Em Long hot days in the miners tomb:Am G Am It was three feet high and aG hundred long,Am G Am E7 Three feet high and a hundred long. [Verse 6]Am G Am Three days passed and the lampsG gave out,Am C Am And Kaehler Brushen, he up and said,C G "There's no more water, norEm light, nor bread,Am G Am So we'll live on songs and hopeG instead,Am G Am E7 Live on songs and hope instead." [Verse 7]Am G Listen for the shouts of theAm G bare-faced miners,Am C Listen through the rubble for aAm rescue team;C G Em Six hundred feet of coal and slagAm G Am Hope imprisoned in a three footG seam,Am G Am Hope imprisoned in a three footE7 seam. [Verse 8]Am G Am Eight days passed and some wereG rescued,Am C Am Leaving the dead to lie aloneC G Through all their lives they dug aEm grave:Am G Am Two miles of earth for a markingG stone,Am G Am Two miles of earth for a markingE7 stone. # Submitted to the ftp.nevada.edu:/pub/guitar archives # by Steve Putz # 7 September 1992