Fire In The Mine
Stompin Tom Connors
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D There was a grief among the people, in that northern Timmons townA G When somebody yelled fire, theD mine is burnin downD Then rushing to the surface came those McIntyre menA Then they readied and prepared toG D let the fire fighters in [Chorus]D G A D There's a fire way down in the mine [Verse 2]D It was February second in the year of sixty fiveA G A miner life was taken by theD carbon monoxideD The gas had been created , way down a mile or soA In the McIntyre hell fire sixG D Thousand feet below [Chorus]D G A D There's a fire, way down in the mine [Verse 3]D The call went through the northlandContinúa después del anuncioFor men to fight the flameA G From Sudbury to Noranda and fromD everywhere they cameD With oxygen and gas masks, they worked for a month of daysA In a 150 degrees of heat, theyG D faught that gassy blaze [Chorus]D G A D There's a fire way down in the mine [Verse 4]D The deadly gas kept rising, in the McIntyre highA Til it spread through the walls and the fire doorsG D To the Hollinger mine nearbyD For nearly a thousand miners now, ther was no work belowA The word came from the office, boysG D we have to let you go [Chorus]D G A D There's a fire way down in the mine [Verse 5]D The smiles of hope now faded, many faces wore a frownA Must we see our children hungry ,G D must have leave the townD Will they have to close the mine up Bringing trouble strife and woeA Or will they beat the gassyG D hellfire six thousand feet below [Chorus]D G A D There's a fire way down in the mine [Verse 6]D Then at last it was all over, they'd sealed the fire inA As it died they called the miners,G D Slowly back to work againD Some may say that it was nothing, and the world may pass it byA But the people up in Timmins, willG D always hear that cryD G A D There's a fire way down in the holeD G A D There's a fire way down in the holeD G A D There's a fire way down in the holeD G A D There's a fire way down in the hole