Socalled - Springhill Mine Disaster Chords & Tabs
Socalled - Springhill Mine Disaster Chords
Socalled (http://www.socalledmusic.com/) / Springhill Mine Disaster / album: Sleepover / 2011
(originally starting with Dm, for that version transpose 5 whole steps up)
Em D Em D
In the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia
Em G A Em
Down in the dark of the Cumberland Mine
Em A D B
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 B
Roads that never saw sun nor sky
Em D Em D
In the town of Springhill, you don't sleep easy
Em G A Em
Often the earth will tremble and roar
Em A D B
When the earth is restless, miners die
Em D Em D
Bone and blood is the price of coal.
Em D Em B
Bone and blood is the price of coal.
Em D Em D
In the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia
Em G A Em
Late in the year of fifty eight
Em A D B
The 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 B
Dark as the grave in the Cumberland mine.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/misc_unsigned_bands/socalled_springhill_mine_disaster_crd.html ]
Em D Em D
Down at the coal face, miners working
Em G A Em
Rattle of the belt and the cutter’s blade
Em A D B
Rumble of the rock and the walls closed round
Em D Em D
(The) living and the dead men two miles down
Em D Em B
living and the dead men two miles down
Em D Em D
Twelve men lay two miles from the pitshaft
Em G A Em
Twelve men lay in the dark and sang
Em A D B
Long hot days in the miners tomb
Em D Em D
(It) was three feet high and a hundred long
Em D Em B
three feet high and a hundred long
Em D Em D
Three days passed and the lamps gave out and
Em G A Em
Kaela Brushton got up and said
Em A D B
There’s no more water, light or bread
Em D Em D
So we'll live on songs and hope instead.
Em D Em B
live on songs and hope instead
Em D Em D
Listen for the shouts of the barefaced miners
Em G A Em
Listen thru the rubble for a rescue team
Em A D B
Six hundred tons of coal and slag
Em D Em D
Hope imprisoned in a three foot seam.
Em D Em B
Hope imprisoned in a three foot seam.
Em D Em D
Eight long days and some were rescued
Em G A Em
Leaving the dead to lie alone
Em A D B
Thru all their lives they dug their grave
Em D Em D
Two miles of earth for a marking stone
Em D Em B
Two miles of earth for a marking stone
(this is my first tab on ultimate guitar, for improvement suggestions you can
write a mail to will-annika@web.de)
(the Socalled version is actually called 'Mine' Disaster, unlike the U2 version)
