Springhill Mine Disaster

       Em      D           Em
In the town of Springhill, Nova 
    D
Scotia
Em          G            A       
Down in the dark of the 
  Em
Cumberland Mine
        Em           A            
There's blood on the coal and the 
D      B
miners lie
       Em         D         Em   
In the roads that never saw sun 
    D
nor sky
Em         D         Em       B
Roads that never saw sun nor sky


       Em       D              Em
In the town of Springhill, you 
           D
don't sleep easy
Em         G          A          
Often the earth will tremble and 
Em
roar
         Em        A         D   
When the earth is restless, 
   B
miners die
Em       D            Em       D
Bone and blood is the price of coal.
Em       D            Em       B
Bone and blood is the price of coal.


       Em       D          Em   
In the town of Springhill, Nova 
D
Scotia
Em          G       A     Em
Late in the year of fifty eight
    Em        A             D
The day still comes and the sun 
         B
still shines
         Em           D           
But it's dark as the grave in the 
Em         D
Cumberland mine.
Em          D            Em     
Dark as the grave in the 
    B
Cumberland mine.


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Em          D          Em 
Down at the coal face, miners 
    D
working
Em            G            A    
Rattle of the belt and the 
    Em
cutter’s blade
Em            A            D    
Rumble of the rock and the walls
        B
 closed round
      Em              D       Em 
(The) living and the dead men two
       D
 miles down
Em             D        Em      
living and the dead men two 
     B
miles down


Em          D      Em            
Twelve men lay two miles from the 
 D
pitshaft
Em         G           A       Em
Twelve men lay in the dark and sang
Em        A          D       B
Long hot days in the miners tomb
         Em         D        
(It) was three feet high and a 
  Em       D
hundred long
Em         D          Em       B
three feet high and a hundred long


Em          D             Em    
Three days passed and the lamps 
     D
gave out and
Em    G            A      Em
Kaela Brushton got up and said
        Em       A      D       
There’s no more water, light or 
B
bread
         Em      D         Em
So we'll live on songs and hope 
    D
instead.
Em      D         Em    B
live on songs and hope instead


Em             D          
Listen for the shouts of the 
   Em        D
barefaced miners
Em              G            A  
Listen thru the rubble for a 
    Em
rescue team
    Em      A       D        B
Six hundred tons of coal and slag
Em      D            Em         
Hope imprisoned in a three foot 
D
seam.
Em     D             Em         
Hope imprisoned in a three foot 
B
seam.


Em         D        Em    
Eight long days and some were 
    D
rescued
Em          G       A    Em
Leaving the dead to lie alone
     Em        A          D      
Thru all their lives they dug 
   B
their grave
    Em       D           Em      
Two miles of earth for a marking 
D
stone
    Em       D           Em      
Two miles of earth for a marking 
B
stone


(this is my first tab on ultimate 
guitar, for improvement suggestions 
you can
write a mail to will-annika@web.de)
(the Socalled version is actually 
called 'Mine' Disaster, unlike the 
U2 version)