{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1754546,"song":"Springhill Mining Disaster","artist":"The Dubliners","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11379566-springhill-mining-disaster-chords-by-the-dubliners/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1754546?type=chord","rating":4.68166,"votes":23,"content":"Springhill Mining Disaster\r\nBy Dubliners\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] \r\nIn the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch] \r\nDown in the dark of the Cumberland Mine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]    \r\nThere's blood on the coal and the miners lie            [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nIn the roads that never saw sun nor sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nRoads that never saw sun nor sky [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] \r\nIn the town of Springhill, you don't sleep easy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch] \r\nOften the earth will tremble and roll[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]    \r\nWhen the earth is restless, miners die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBone and blood is the price of coal. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBone and blood is the price of coal.  [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] \r\nIn the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] \r\nLate in the year of fifty eight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]    \r\nThe day still comes and the sun still shines[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBut it's dark as the grave in the Cumberland mine. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch] \r\nDark as the grave in the Cumberland mine. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThree days past and the lamps gave out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd Caleb Rushton got up and and said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]    \r\nWe have no more water, or light, or bread[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nSo we'll live on song and hope instead. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nlive on song and hope instead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nListen for the shouts of the black faced miners[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch] \r\nListen thru the rubble for a rescue team[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]    \r\nThree hundred ton of coal and slag[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nHope imprisoned in a three foot seam. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nHope imprisoned in a three foot seam.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] \r\nTwelve days passed and some were rescued[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] \r\nLeaving the dead to lie alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]    \r\nThru all their days they dug their grave[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwo miles of earth for a marking stone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nTwo miles of earth for a marking stone.[/tab]","plain_text":"Springhill Mining Disaster\nBy Dubliners\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]","chords":["Am","D","G","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}