Come Home Rhondda Boy

D A D

[Spoken]

D
At the end of the First World War 
weary men returned
A
from the battlefield in Europe to a 
land fit for heroes

Some how things don't turn out that 
way
                 D
You see the Mine Lords in the 
country told the miners

that they have to work for longer 
hours
         G
for less wages

On the street through out the Rhonda
 valley
              D
in South Wales the battle cries rose

Not a minute of the day not a penny 
off the
A
pay the miners went on strike.
         D
It was a long and bitter fight

Times were hard,
G
children went hungry

Many people left the valley of Wales
 to
D
try and make better life for 
themselves in cities all over the 
World
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Em           A                   
This song is dedicated to them 
        D
and their descendants


[Verse 1]

       D                      G    
So you went and left your the 
A                 D
valley all those years ago
    A                              
And many were the young men at the 
D
time
                    G      D      
And as you left the station you 
                Bm
saw that you were leaving
    G           A                 
The rivers, the mountains and the 
D
mines


[Verse 2]

                  G  A         
You came into the city left your 
             D
friends at home
   A                               
To make yourself a better life was 
     D
your aim
                     G       D    
The heartbeat of the Rhondda is 
               Bm
not the thing to see
         G      A                
But it's always calling out your 
D
name


[Chorus]

     Bm         E   A            
Come home, come home to where you
   F#m
 belong
Bm                  D             
Back to the Rhondda, your land of 
F#
soul
    Bm                   E   A   
The bright lights of the city are
               F#m
 not what they seem
     G            A             
Come home Rhondda boy where the 
Bm
valleys are green


[Interlude]

D G A D

[Bridge Spoken]

D                               G
So all of your life you've been home
A                   D       G   
since you left your valley. Now 
         A           D
you know nothing can compare
                  G             
Where else in all over this wide 
       D                    Bm
world could you stand on a mountain
G          A                     
and hear a thousand voices fill 
   D
the air


[Chorus 2]

     Bm         E   A            
Come home, come home to where you
   F#m
 belong
Bm                  D             
Back to the Rhondda, your land of 
F#
soul
    Bm                   E   A   
The bright lights of the city are
               F#m
 not what they seem
     G            A             
Come home Rhondda boy where the 
Bm
valleys are green