Waiting At The Gate Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Tel[D]l t[G]he
miners'
kids and wives
There's a [C]blast in the number five
And the [D]families I see standing
at the [G]gate
The inspector years ago said
[C]number five's a deadly hole
And the [D]men most likely
won't come out [G]alive

[Verse 2]
[G]Waiting at the gate,
we are waiting at the [D]gate
Smoke and [G]fire does boil and roll
from that [C]dark and deadly hole
While [D]the miners' kids and wives
wait at the [G]gate

[Verse 3]
The inspector [G]told the boss,
it was [C]more than a year ago
You're [D]risking these men's
lives in number [G]five
That hole's full of fumes and dust,
full of [C]high explosive gas
[D]But the boss said we'll just
have to take the [G]chance

[Verse 4]
Waiting at the [G]gate,
we are waiting [D]at the gate
Smoke and [G]fire does boil and roll
from that [C]dark and deadly hole
While the [D]miners' kids
and wives wait at the [G]gate
Well the men in the number five kissed their [C]wives

[Verse 5]
and kids goodbye
Then they [D]walk with their
lunch kits up the [G]hill
Everybody told the owner that this
[C]deadly day would come
[D]But he said we had to
work to pay our [G]bills

[Verse 6]
[G]Waiting at the gate,
we are waiting at the [D]gate
Smoke and [G]fire does roll and boil
from that [C]dark and deadly hole
While the [D]miners' kids and
wives wait at the [G]gate

[Verse 7]
Well I tried [G]to get a look
of the [C]face I often [D]know
As the men are carried
out wrapped up in [G]sheets
I can hear the church bells ringing for
the one [C]hundred eleven dead
I can [D]hear the families weeping in the streets

[Verse 8]
[G]Waiting at the gate,
we are waiting at the [D]gate
Smoke and [G]fire does roll and boil
from that [C]dark and deadly hole
While the [D]miners' kids and wives
wait at the [G]gate

[Verse 9]
This explosion struck on [G]Wednesday
And I [C]stood by the gate till Saturday
'Til they [D]laid my daddy out with
the other [G]men
In the pocket of his shirt [C]I found
a little note he wrote
[D]Never go down in a dangerous
mine [G]again

[Verse 10]
Waiting [G]at the gate,
we are waiting at the [D]gate
Smoke and [G]fire does roll and boil
from that [C]dark and deadly hole
While the [D]miners' kids and
wives wait at the [G]gate