{"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":1817079,"song":"Blackleg Miner","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11401050-blackleg-miner-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1817079?type=chord","rating":4.84907,"votes":20,"content":"Traditional, from Northumberland (north-eastern England). \r\nThere have been many miners' strikes over the years,\r\nand it's unclear which one this dates from - perhaps from the strikes of 1844,\r\nwhich collapsed after 20 weeks thanks to strike-breaking (blackleg) miners. \r\nIt enjoyed a revival thanks to the miners' strikes of the 1980s \r\nunder Margaret Thatcher's government.\r\n\r\nVarious artists have recorded this; this version is from the oral tradition \r\nof Forest School Camps.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's in the evening, after dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe blackleg miner gans ta wark[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn his moleskin pants and dirty shirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere goes the blackleg miner[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe takes his pick and down he goes[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo hew the coal that lies below[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's not a woman in this town row[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWould look at a blackleg miner[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor Deleval is a terrible place[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey rub wet clay in a blackleg's face[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAround the pits they run a foot race[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo catch the blackleg miner[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd don't go near the Seghill mine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAcross the top they've stretched a line[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo catch the throat and break the spine[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOf the dirty blackleg miner[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, they take his pick and duds as well[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd they hurl them down the pit of Hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo off you go and fare thee well[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou dirty blackleg miner[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo join the union while you may[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDon't wait till your dying day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor that may not be far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou dirty blackleg miner[/tab]","plain_text":"Traditional, from Northumberland (north-eastern England). \nThere have been many miners' strikes over the years,\nand it's unclear which one this dates from - perhaps from the strikes of 1844,\nwhich collapsed after 20 weeks thanks to strike-breaking (blackleg) miners. \nIt enjoyed a revival thanks to the miners' strikes of the 1980s \nunder Margaret Thatcher's government.\n\nVarious artists have recorded this; this version is from the oral tradition \nof Forest School Camps.","chords":["Dm","C","Am"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]}}}