Ballad Of Springhill Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]In t[D]he t[Am]own [Em]of Sprin[Am]g
[G]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 [Am]roads that nev[G]er
saw [Am]sun nor [G]sky,
[Am]Roads that nev[G]er
saw [Am]sun [G]nor [Em]sky.
[E]In 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 d[E]ie.
[Am]Bone and [G]blood is the [Am]price of [G]coal.
[Am]Bone and [G]blood is the [Am]price of [Em]coal.
In the [Am]town of [G]Spring Hill,
[Am]Nova Sco[G]tia,
[Am]Late in the year of [D]fifty [Am]-eight,
Gay 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 liv[Am]ing and the d[G]ead
men [Am]two miles [G]down.
Flip[Am]ping and the [G]dead man
[Am]two miles [Em]down.[G]
[Am]Twelve men [G]lay two [Am]miles
from the [G]pitch shaft.
[Am]Twelve men lay in the [D]dark and [Am]sang
Long hot [D]days in a [G]minus [D]two.[E]
It was [Am]three feet [G]high and
a [Am]hundred [G]long.
[Am]Three feet [G]high and a [Am]hundred [E]long
[G]Three [Am]days passe[G]d
and the [Am]lamps gave [G]out
And [Am]Caleb rushed and he [D]up and said
[Am]There's no more water,[D]
nor [G]light, nor bread
[E]So we'll liv[Am]e on son[G]gs and hop[Am]e instead
[G]Liv[Am]e on son[G]gs and hop[Am]e instead.
[Em]List[G]en for t[Am]he shouts[G]
of the [Am]bare -faced [G]miners,
[Am]Listen through the rubble
for a [D]rescue [Am]team,
Six hundred [D]feet of [G]coal and [E]slag,
[Am]Hope [G]imprisoned in a [Am]three -foot seam,
[G]Hop[Am]e impri[G]soned in
a [Am]three -foot [Em]seam
[G]Eight [Am]days passe[G]d and
[Am]some were [G]rescued
[Am]Leaving the dead to [D]lie [Am]alone
Through all their [D]lives they [G]dug a [E]grave
Two [Am]miles of [G]earth for a
[Am]marking [G]stone
Two [Am]miles of [G]earth for a [Am]marking [Em]stone