{"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":1874031,"song":"Fire In The Mine","artist":"Stompin' Tom Connors","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11419876-fire-in-the-mine-chords-by-stompin-tom-connors/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1874031?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nThere was a grief among the people, [/tab]\r\n\r\nin that northern Timmons town \r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen somebody yelled fire, the mine is burnin down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen rushing to the surface came those McIntyre men[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen they readied and prepared to let the fire fighters in[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a fire way down in the mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was February second in the year of sixty five[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA miner life was taken by the carbon monoxide [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe gas had been created , way down a mile or so[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the McIntyre hell fire six Thousand feet below[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a fire, way down in the mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nThe call went through the northland[/tab]\r\n\r\nFor men to fight the flame\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom Sudbury to Noranda and from everywhere they came[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nWith oxygen and gas masks, they worked for a month of days[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a 150 degrees of heat, they faught that gassy blaze[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a fire way down in the mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nThe deadly gas kept rising, in the McIntyre high[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch] \r\nTil it spread through the walls and the fire doors[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the Hollinger mine nearby [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nFor nearly a thousand miners now, ther was no work below[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe word came from the office, boys we have to let you go[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a fire way down in the mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nThe smiles of hope now faded, many faces wore a frown[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMust we see our children hungry , must have leave the town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nWill they have to close the mine up[/tab]\r\n\r\nBringing trouble strife and woe\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr will they beat the gassy hellfire six thousand feet below[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a fire way down in the mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen at last it was all over, they'd sealed the fire in[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAs it died they called the miners, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSlowly back to work again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nSome may say that it was nothing, and the world may pass it by[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the people up in Timmins, will always hear that cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a fire way down in the hole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a fire way down in the hole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a fire way down in the hole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a fire way down in the hole[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nin that northern Timmons town \n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\nFor men to fight the flame\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\nBringing trouble strife and woe\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]","chords":["D","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}