The Ballad Of Springhill Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]In t[D]he t[Am]own [Em]of[Am]
[G]Spring Hill,
[Am]Nova Sco[G]tia,
[Am]Down in the dark of the [D]Cumberland [Am]mine,
There's blood and the [D]coal
and the [G]miner[Em]s lie
[E]In the roa[Am]ds that nev[G]er
saw [Am]sun or s[G]ky,
[Am]Roads that n[G]ever saw s[Am]un n[G]or s[Em]ky.
In [E]the [Am]town of [G]Spring Hill
you [Am]don't sleep [G]easy.
[Am]Often the earth will [D]tremble and [Am]roll.
When the earth is [D]restless,
[G]miner[D]s die.[E]
[Am]Bone and [G]blood is the [Am]price of [G]coal.
[Am]Bone and [G]blood is the [Am]price of [Em]coal.
[E]In the [Am]town of [G]Spring Hill,
[Am]Nova Sco[G]tia,
[Am]Late in the year of [D]fifty [Am]-eight,
Day still [D]comes and the
[G]sun [D]still [E]shines,
But it's [Am]dark as the [G]grave
in the [Am]Cumberland [G]mine.
[Am]Dark as the [G]grave in the
[Am]Cumberland [Em]mine.
[Am]Down at the [G]coal face,
[Am]miners [G]work in
The [Am]rattle of the belts and
the [D]cutter's [Am]blade.
Rumble of [D]rock and the [G]walls close [E]round
The [Am]liv ing and the [G]dead men
[Am]two miles [G]down.
Flip[Am]ping and the [G]dead man
[Am]two miles [Em]down.
[G]Twelve [Am]men lay t[G]wo miles[Am]
from the [G]pitch shaft.
[Am]Twelve men lay in the [D]dark and [Am]sang.
Long hop [D]gazed in a [G]minus [D]two.
[E]It was thr[Am]ee feet hig[G]h and
a [Am]hundred long.
[G]Three [Am]feet [G]high and a [Am]hundred
[Em]long.[E][Em][G]
[Am]Three days [G]passed
and the [Am]lamps gave [G]out
And [Am]Caleb rushed and [D]he up and [Am]said
There's no more [D]wa ter, no [G]light, [D]no bread
[E]So we'll liv[Am]e on son[G]gs and hop[Am]e instead
[G]Live [Am]on so[G]ngs and ho[Am]pe ins[Em]tead.
[G]Listen [Am]for the s[G]houts
of the [Am]bare -faced [G]miners.
[Am]Listen through the rubble
for [D]a rescue team.
[Am]Six hundred feet[D] of coal[G] and slag.[E]
[Am]Hope imprisoned [G]in a [Am]three -foot seam.
[G]Hope [Am]impriso[G]ned in a three[Am] -foot[Em] seam
[G]Eight [Am]days passe[G]d and
[Am]some were [G]rescued
Leav[Am]ing the dead to [D]lie alone
[Am]Through all their live[D]s they dug a[G] grave[E]
Two [Am]miles of [G]earth for [Am]a marking [G]stone
Two [Am]miles of [G]earth for [Am]a marking [Em]stone