G G G G
G G D D
G G Em Em
D C Em Em
D D G G
[Verse 1]
G
One fair girl with fine yellow hair
G D
Wild flower of the west country
G C
Left one night for a stormy ride
D C G D C G
On a winding road to the east
[Verse 2]
G
One fair girl at the Birmingham Mill
G D
For a dollar and a half times three
G C
See the spinning wheels turn, she is young but she'll learn
D C G D C G
With her slender white hands to weave
[Verse 3]
G
Twelve smoke stacks in a row row row
G D
And a girl of five times three
G C
See the mill boss patrol, hear the factory bells toll
D C G
And the girls look as sad as can be
D G D C G
And she cried for her home country
[Interlude]
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G G D D
G G C C
D C G G
D D G G
[Verse 4]
G
One little spark set a light to a flame
G D
And the fire climbed through to the east
G C
And the roof it crashed and the girls all dashed
D C G
And they all cried "oh god please"
D G D C G
And she crawled on her hands and her knees
[Interlude]
G G G G
G G D D
G G Em Em
D C Em Em
D D G G
[Verse 5]
G
At the Birmingham Mill where the wild flowers grow
G D
Round the grave of the girl so fair
G C
See the lilly bells bloom round her cold marble tomb
D C G D C G
And they come in the spring of the year
