Verse
Em D Em D
In the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia,
Em G Em
Down in the dark of the Cumberland mine,
G D Bm
There's blood on the coal and the miners lie
Em D Em D
In the roads that never saw sun nor sky,
Em D Em B7
Roads that never saw sun nor sky.
[Verse 2]
Em D Em D
In the town of Springhill you don't sleep easy,
Em G Em
Often the Earth will tremble and roll;
G D Bm
When the Earth is restless, miners die;
Em D Em
Bone and blood is the price of coal,
Em D Em B7
Bone and blood is the price of coal.
[Verse 3]
Em D Em D
In the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia,
Em G Em
Late in the year of '58,
G D Bm
Day still comes and the Sun still shines,
Em D Em D
But it's dark as the grave in the Cumberland mine,
Em D Em B7
Dark as the grave in the Cumberland mine.
[Verse 4]
Em D Em D
Down at the coal-face, miners working,
Em G Em
Rattle of the belt and the cutter's blade;
G D Bm
Rumble of rock, and the walls close 'round:
Em D Em D
The living and the dead men two miles down,
Em D Em B7
Living and the dead men two miles down.
[Verse 5]
Em D Em D
Twelve men lay two miles from the pit-shaft;
Em G Em
Twelve men lay in the dark and sang.
G D Bm
Long hot days in the miners tomb:
Em D Em D
It was three feet high and a hundred long,
Em D Em B7
Three feet high and a hundred long.
[Verse 6]
Em D Em D
Three days passed and the lamps gave out,
Em G Em
And Kaehler Brushen, he up and said,
G D Bm
"There's no more water, nor light, nor bread,
Em D Em D
So we'll live on songs and hope instead,
Em D Em B7
Live on songs and hope instead."
[Verse 7]
Em D Em D
Listen for the shouts of the bare-faced miners,
Em G Em
Listen through the rubble for a rescue team;
G D Bm
Six hundred feet of coal and slag
Em D Em D
Hope imprisoned in a three foot seam,
Em D Em B7
Hope imprisoned in a three foot seam.
[Verse 8]
Em D Em D
Eight days passed and some were rescued,
Em G Em
Leaving the dead to lie alone
G D Bm
Through all their lives they dug a grave:
Em D Em D
Two miles of earth for a marking stone,
Em D Em B7
Two miles of earth for a marking stone.
# Submitted to the ftp.nevada.edu:/pub/guitar archives
# by Steve Putz
# 7 September 1992
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