Ballad Of Springhill Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]In t[G]he[Am][Em][Am][Em][Am][C][Em]
[Am]town on Spring Hill,
Nova Scotia
Down in the dark of
[A]the Cumberland mine
[Am]There's [A]blood on the [D]coal
and the [G]miners' [E]line
In the [Am]roads that nev[A]er
saw sun nor sky
Roads that nev[Am]er saw sun nor s[E]ky
In the [A]town on [G]Spring Hill
you [Am]don't sleep [G]easy
Of[Am]ten the [C]earth will t[D]remble and r[Am]oll
When the earth is [D]restless [G]miners [E]die
[Am]Bone [G]and blood is the [A]price of [G]gold
Bone [Am]and b[G]lood is the [Am]price of g[Em]old[E]
In the [Am]town of [G]Springhill, [Am]Nova Sco[G]tia
[Am]Late in the [C]year of [D]58[Am]
Day still [D]comes and the [G]sun still [E]shines
But it's [Am]dark as the [G]grave
in the [Am]Cumberland Mark
[G]It's dar[Am]k as the gra[G]ve in the
[Am]pampala [Em]night[E][Am]
Down at the coal face, miners work[G]ing
[Am]Rattle of the [C]belt and the
[D]catcher's [Esus4]blade
[C]Rumble of [D]the rock and
the [G]walls close [A]round
The [F]living and the [G]dead
men [Am]two miles [G]down
The [F]living and the [Am]dead men
two miles [Em]down[E][Em]
[Am]Twelve men [G]lay two [Am]miles
from the [G]pit shop
[Am]Twelve men [C]lay in the [D]dark and [Esus4]sang
[C]Long hot [D]days and a [G]minus [A]two
It was [F]three feet high and
a hundred long
[G]Three [F]feet [G]high and [Am]a hundred [Em]long[Am][G][Am][G][Am]
[C][D][Am][D][G][E][Am][G][Am][G][Am][G]
[Am][Em]
Three [Am]days [G]passed and
the [Am]lamps gave [Em]out
And [Am]Caleb [C]rushed on
[D]the app [A]and said
[Am]There's no more [D]water, no [G]light, no [E]bread
So [Am]we live on [G]songs and [Am]hope instead
[G]We [Am]live on [G]songs and [Am]hope instead
[Em]List[E]en f[Em]or the shou[A]ts[Am]
of the bare -faced [A]miners
[Am]Listen through the rubble
for [A]a rescue team
[Am]Six [D]hundred feet of [G]coal and s[Esus4]lag
[Em]Hope[Am] imprisoned in a[G] three[Am] -foot sea
[G]Hop[Am]e imprisoned in [G]a thr[Am]ee
[Em]-foot sea[Am][G][Am][G]
[Am]Eight days [A]passed and
some were [Am]res cued
Leaving the [C]dead to [D]lie
[Esus4]alone[C][D][G][A]
Two [F]miles of earth for a marking [G]stone
Two [F]miles of [G]earth for [Am]a marking [Em]stone [E]you